Annual Report 2018
The Annual Report 2018 is an account of the field activities the ICRC conducted worldwide over the year. These activities are part of the organization's mandate to protect the lives and dignity of …
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Over 40 gravesites to be excavated in search for missing people related to 1992-93 armed conflict in Abkhazia
19-06-2019 Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is about to begin another round of excavations in search of the remains of people who went missing as a consequence of …
Joint statement of the Tripartite Commission
Discovery of human remains offers hope for families of missing people from 1990-1991 Gulf War More than 28 years after the end of the 1990–1991 Gulf War, families of missing people in both Kuwait and …
Dialogue on persons missing in connection with 1990s and August 2008 armed conflicts continues
20-06-2019 Geneva (ICRC) – The 14 th meeting of the Coordination Mechanism seeking to clarify the fate and whereabouts of people missing in relation to 1990s and August 2008 armed conflicts took …
Renewed hope for livestock owners in Sudan
Musa, was one of the scores of livestock owners who brought their cattle to the vaccination centre in Wadaa in North Darfur, to be vaccinated during a vaccination programme organized by the ICRC. It …
Guatemala: A year ago 172 victims of the armed conflict received dignified burial in Comalapa
On June 20, 2018, 127 unidentified remains were returned to the community, who were then able, at long last, to offer them a wake and a dignified burial. The Coordinator of Widows of Guatemala …
Dignified management of the dead: ASEAN Member States lay importance on first responders’ role
Jakarta (AHA Centre / BNPB / ICRC) – A regional seminar on dignified management of the dead in disaster situations drew attention to the need to train first responders in proper identification of the …
Study on the management and operationalization of Health Care in Danger as a cross-cutting initiative
In 2019, the ICRC commissioned an external evaluation of the Health Care in Danger (HCiD) initiative. This evaluation took a case study approach to address a knowledge gap in how HCiD was being …
Myanmar: New, upgraded family visit facility at Insein Prison to reduce strain of separation
With 13,000 detainees and with thousands of visitors per day, Insein Central Prison is a very busy place. The day usually opens with the eager expectation of detainees and their loved ones being able …
Climate change, conflict and resilience: Debating humanitarian policy at a high-level roundtable in Amman
Amman (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) co-hosted a policy dialogue on climate change, conflict and resilience on 19 June in …
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