The ICRC in Lebanon

An ICRC delegate gathers vital information about a missing person from their mother.

The ICRC has been present in Lebanon since 1967, where it continues to address the humanitarian problems arising from the internal and international conflicts of the last 45 years. It visits people deprived of their liberty, helps restore contact between separated family members, works with the families of missing persons to have their needs addressed, and helps local partners prepare for emergencies. Alongside other humanitarian organizations, the ICRC has been helping deal with the influx of refugees arriving in Lebanon from Syria.

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Facts and Figures

Some of the ICRC’s main activities in 2012:

Collecting detailed information on 612 missing persons to help clarify their fate.
Visiting 5,183 detainees in 16 places of detention.
Repatriating 15 civilians and the bodies of six Lebanese nationals from Israel to Lebanon in our capacity as a neutral intermediary between the two countries.
Running courses and workshops on treating patients with weapon injuries for over 150 doctors and nurses who were treating Syrian casualties.
Financing the renovation of 10 centres for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) of the Lebanese Red Cross and supporting the training of 3,783 volunteers all over Lebanon.
Providing IT and medical equipment to EMS stations and maintaining 168 EMS ambulances.
Distributing essential supplies (such as food, mattresses, blankets, family hygiene kits, kitchen sets and other household items) to more than 30,000 refugees from Syria, including 10,700 Palestinians from Syrian camps.

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Reference documents

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Principles in action in Lebanon

This case study demonstrates how crucial the application of the Fundamental Principles, in tandem with uniform strategies based on the Safer Access Framework, has been in making it safer for the LRC to provide emergency medical services throughout Lebanon.
Sixth annual report on the implementation of IHL at the level of Arab States, 2010 – 2011