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Tens of thousands of Guatemalan families still do not know what happened to relatives who disappeared during the armed conflict ... Carlos Batallas heads the ICRC's Guatemala office.

• 2010-02-22
• Interview

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Missing persons

Guatemala City (ICRC) – Years have passed since the end of the armed conflict in Guatemala, yet thousands of people are still ... 22-02-2010 News Release 10/23 Guatemala City (ICRC) – Years have ...

• 2010-02-22
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

Twenty-two-year-old Hugo is from San Antonio Suchitepequez, a small town on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. ... Working in rural Guatemala on a minimum wage – just 7 USD a day – and where social services ...

• 2010-05-06
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Physical rehabilitation

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Nicaragua

... around 5,000 children became separated from their families during the internal armed conflict in Guatemala. ... separated from their families during the internal armed conflict in Guatemala.

• 2008-09-01
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Missing persons

28-02-1999 Feature Pedro, father Margarita, mother Tomas, son Manuela, daughter Juana, daughter Francisco, son Elena, ... Up there, in the unhabited woods, it is cold and damp. Just as it was in April 1983 ...

• 1999-02-28
• Feature
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Refugees and displaced persons

Following the devastation wrought by hurricane Stan when it struck Guatemala, the ICRC has been helping the Guatemalan Red Cross ... it struck Guatemala, the ICRC has been helping the Guatemalan Red ...

• 2005-11-02
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

They are the stories of people who still suffer because a member of their family disappeared during the armed violence in Guatemala. ... family disappeared during the armed violence in Guatemala.

• 2010-02-19
• Film

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Missing persons

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Missing persons

The stories of Edgar, Guadalupe and Don Jacinto are typical of ... They are the stories of people who still suffer because a member of their family disappeared during the armed violence in Guatemala.

• 2010-10-12
• Video

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Missing persons

03-03-1995 News Release 1796 Geneva (ICRC) - The President of the Republic of Guatemala, Mr Ramiro De León Carpio, ... He went on to express his appreciation of Guatemala's support for the ICRC ...

• 1995-03-03
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

The 1960-1996 internal armed conflict in Guatemala left tens of thousands of people dead and missing. ... The ICRC offers technical advice and material assistance to the Guatemalan organizations that are ...

• 2009-05-29
• Feature

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

• People
  • Missing persons

States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add. Protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 States party to the Geneva conventions and their add. protocols - ICRC Annual report 2010 International ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Customary law

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • IHL in brief

They protect people who do not take part in the fighting (civilians, medics, ... Links to selected resources. States party to the Geneva Conventions and their add.

• 2010-07-01
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Treaties and customary law
      • Geneva Conventions

... (++57) 3 114 910 775 Language spoken: Spanish Guatemala ICRC Mission 18 calle 24-69, Zona 10 Edificio Empresarial Zona Pradera, Torre 2, ... 11550 (covers Mexico, Guatemala (bureau), Costa Rica, ...

• 2012-01-10
• Contact

• Topic
  • About the ICRC
    • Contacts

4082 Workshop report, Geneva, 14-16 March 2011 Workshop report: ... or the street-based violence prevention programme carried out jointly by the Guatemalan Red Cross and the Spanish Red Cross.

• 2011-11-17
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Protecting civilians

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Children

• People
  • Children

Biblio 2011-4.docx Biblio 2011-3.doc Biblio 2011-2.doc Biblio janv11-avr11.doc 18-01-2012 The bibliography contains English and ... IHL bibliography 4th trimester 2011 IHL bibliography 3rd trimester ...

• 2012-01-18
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law

Urbanisation, however, has brought with it a growing sense of vulnerability among many city dwellers faced with insecurity, ... Finally, rapid urbanization and the changing context of violence create ...

• 2010-06-18
• Section

Andrea Bianchi (HEI), stressed in his introductory remarks that humanitarian assistance is a multifaceted phenomenon that lies at ... The normal pattern of events was as follows: if there was turmoil ...

• 2004-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Ensuring economic security

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Water and habitat

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

Challenges in the fields of stockpile destruction, mine ... DOMINICA CHAD HONDURAS ERITREA SENEGAL GUATEMALA MYANMAR ST. LUCIA SUDAN GRENADA EL SALVADOR GAMBIA BURKINA BARBADOS DJIBOUTI NICARAGUA ...

• 2011-11-25
• Publication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

Participants at the meeting include experts from governments, NGOs and international ... conference on psychosocial work in exhumation processes, which was held in Antigua, Guatemala, in 2007.

• 2010-04-23
• Interview

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Missing persons

• People
  • Missing persons

The problem is compounded when the family spend what little money they do have on fortune-tellers, informants and costly ... During armed conflict, there is the additional problem of a lack of ...

• 2010-02-15
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Georgia

• People
  • Missing persons

Morris Tidball-Binz, an ICRC forensic doctor, talks about the role of forensics in ... Investigations continue in several countries of Latin America, such as Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala and Peru.

• 2009-08-28
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Protecting civilians

• People
  • Missing persons

Violence can break out suddenly or be an everyday reality. ... The ICRC now works with police forces in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, ...

• 2010-03-29
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Bolivia

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Colombia

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Ecuador

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Guatemala

Since the first meeting of the States Parties, which took place in ... France, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, The Holy See, Ireland, Japan, Laos People’s Dem.Rep, Lebanon, Lesotho, ...

• 2011-09-16
• News Release

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Lebanon

The division of geographical zones in this section represents the current ICRC ... Maps: Mexico City regional delegation Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.

• 2009-04-29
• Section

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Antigua and Barbuda

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Argentina

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Bahamas

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Barbados

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Belize

International human rights law and international humanitarian law are ... Thus, the question arises whether there is conflict and tension or synergy between various regimes.5 1 2 3 4 5 See, e.g., ...

• 2007-12-26
• Article
• by: Cordula Droege

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • IHL and other legal regimes
      • IHL and human rights