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Landmines and explosive remnants cast a long shadow over Iraq amid recovery efforts

… In an attempt to flee to safety with her family, she unknowingly stepped on a mine, … its main activities are visiting detainees, restoring family links, and clarifying the fate of the missing …

News release
Cartel que señaliza la presencia de minas antipersonal.

International Mine Awareness Day: Addressing the threat of explosive ordnance in Syria

… their homes and livelihoods.   Amra and her family are one amongst the many people who …

Statement
Syria - Rural Damascus - WeC Disposals_ by ICRC Ammar Saboh

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar: ICRC responds to help people on the ground

… reconnect with missing loved ones through the Restoring Family Links programme . We were able to respond …

Article
ICRC rescuers carry a wounded man on a stretcher in Myanmar following a devastating earthquake, as emergency relief efforts continue.

Humanitarian Report 2025 - Colombia

… they can be identified and returned to their family with dignity. The search does not end … families. No one should disappear, and no family should have to bear such uncertainty. … going missing, we facilitate contact between family members. Likewise, we work to ensure …

Law and policy topic
Una colaboradora del CICR en Colombia conversa con miembros de una comunidad.

Sudan: Facts and Figures 2024

… SRCS, the ICRC facilitated the restoration of family links by searching for missing individuals and …

Article
Distribution multipurpose cash assistance for newly arrived displaced families in River Nile State

The ICRC in Bangladesh: 2024 in images

… down and changing the course of her life. Her family battled hopelessness as they sold their … or other challenges through its dedicated Restoring Family Links network. ICRC Training security forces …

Celebrating 75 years of the Geneva Conventions

Highlights of the ICRC’s activities in Venezuela and the Caribbean in 2024

… Red Cross and the ICRC to ensure separated family members stay in touch with their loved … financial support to train volunteers in the Restoring Family Links programme. LOWERING RISK TO PROTECT …

Article
En Magdaleno, estado Aragua, uno de los participantes del proyecto de emprendimiento está caminando por la calle conversando con un trabajador del CICR.

The ICRC appeals for 2.17 billion Swiss francs for its operations in 2025

… remain clear and relevant. South Sudan, Renk. Family members separated by the conflict in … – which spans decades, including in the family reunifications. places hardest hit by … and response, tracing and other family-links services, promoting IHL and humanitarian …

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Tigray. An ICRC staff screens conflict affected children and woman for malnutrition.

Philippines: Focusing on humanitarian action in 2024

… of our humanitarian response for 2024 250 family members of missing people received … conflict contacted to follow up on their case RESTORING FAMILY LINKS 70 240 FAMILY members of missing people …

Law and policy topic
Boat ride to a remote conflict-affected community in Agusan del Sur, Philippines

South Sudan Facts & Figures 2024

… Red Cross messages (brief messages containing family news) between the detainees and their … the ICRC delegation in Juba MAINTAINING AND RESTORING FAMILY LINKS • Documented 295 new cases of missing …

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A Sudanese women uses the ICRC`s RFL service to reconnect with her family

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