Zimbabwe: Separated by distance, connected by wifi
… in Chipinge, eastern Zimbabwe, without any family at the end of 2017. “I don’t have any … Remmy respectively. They work together with Restoring Family Links field officer Lilian Musimwa at the …
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Global trends of war and their humanitarian impacts
A perfect storm of converging trends in global warfare is changing how the ICRC needs to think about helping those caught in conflict. ICRC President Peter Maurer addresses the National Press Club …
Kenya: Helping Margaret find her parents
… becoming a pilot in the future. Through the Restoring Family Links program in partnership with the Kenya …
The ICRC’s response to the needs of vulnerable migrants
… within our areas of expertise, such as restoring family links, visiting detained migrants and …
Venezuela: training in health care, humanitarian law and emergency preparedness
… Red Cross, is taking action to restore links between separated and missing family members. In Jamaica, over 70 students … the ICRC organised two regional workshops on Restoring Family Links and activities in favor …
International expert meeting report: The principle of proportionality
… intelligence on enemy forces. Furthermore, family members of civilians killed choose to … Department of Defense personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and … be given to the destruction of a house if a family is still living in it and is displaced …
Reunited at last in Ukraine
… to search for missing persons and restore family links. When we learned about the case of the Yevtushenko family and the fact that the youngest brother …
Regional Delegation for Venezuela and the CARICOM States: Activities Bulletin: January-June 2018
… activities. 63 tracing requests to restore family links were processed and 30 Red Cross messages …
Implementing IHL in West Africa
… support in its field of expertise including restoring family links, detention of migrants, and other …
Zambia: reunifying five children with their families
… Burundi or Tanzania,” said Talent Moyo, ICRC Restoring Family Links Assistant. “Where we have a positive, …
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