Families have the right to be informed of the fate of missing relativesAPI Art. 32 . The parties to a conflict must search for persons reported missing by an adverse party API Art. 33 and facilitate enquiries made by members of families dispersed as a result of the conflict so as to help them restore contact with one another and try to bring them together again. The parties to a conflict must also encourage the work of organizations engaged in this task GCIV Art. 26 . A further responsibility incumbent upon the parties to a conflict concerns deceased persons: lists showing the exact location and markings of the graves, together with particulars of the dead interred therein, must be exchanged API Art. 34 . Similar treaty-based and customary rules apply in non-international armed conflicts.

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