MLDI serves a critical legal, medical and public health purpose by investigating deaths due to violence, injury or other unnatural causes, helping law enforcement agencies establish whether a crime has been committed. To learn more about the interaction between MLDI systems and countries’ CRVS laws, scroll below.
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For a death referred to the MLDI system, does the law specify how cause of death information is transmitted to the civil registrar and/or statistics agency?
Sri Lanka
Yes for transmission of information to civil registrar
Indonesia
Yes for transmission of information to statistics agency
Bolivia
Yes for transmission of information to civil registrar
Is the same form used for all types of deaths, including natural deaths and deaths referred to MLDI?
Sri Lanka
No
Indonesia
No
Bolivia
Yes
Does the law clearly state who is responsible for medically certifying cause of death when deaths are unnatural or suspicious, or otherwise referred to the MLDI authority?
Sri Lanka
No
Indonesia
No
Bolivia
Yes
Does the law mandate that deaths in custody be referred to the medicolegal death investigation authority and specify who is responsible for notifying the authority?
Sri Lanka
Yes
Indonesia
Bolivia
No
Does the law clearly state what types of cases must be referred to the MLDI authority and is this in accordance with international guidance?
Sri Lanka
Yes
Indonesia
Bolivia
Yes
Who is the medicolegal death investigation (MLDI) authority in the jurisdiction?
Sri Lanka
Coroner System
Indonesia
Bolivia
Hybrid Coroner/Medical Examiner System
Can the death registration record be amended by the registrar in medicolegal cases, after the inquiry has concluded?
Sri Lanka
Yes except cause of death information
Indonesia
Bolivia
Unclear
What evidence or documents are required to register death?
Sri Lanka
Notice of Death and Declaration of Death
Indonesia
Notice of death
Bolivia
Medical Certifcate of Cause of Death
Who is designated primary informant for unnatural or suspicious deaths?
