Tanzania: Family reunited amid a sea of refugees
… of Brighton, 6, and Bruce, 2. But then the Restoring Family Links project run by the Tanzania Red Cross …
Skip to main content
Search results
Indonesia: Phone calls help reconnect families
… along the way. But phone numbers of family are often protected – with details … fishermen; now living in temporary shelters. Restoring family links Phone call services for the migrants mean …
Nigeria: Reuniting refugee children with their families
… more about how we're working to restore family links . …
Somalia: Reuniting families fleeing from Yemen
… surface. In the midst of terror and panic family members can be separated in minutes. In … the protection coordinator overseeing the restoring family links (RFL) programme in Somalia, explains …
Reuniting families in Afghanistan: After 2 years of disappearance, Naqibullah stuns family as he “comes alive”
… children. Having accepted its fate, this family in Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan … many others have benefitted from the ICRC's Restoring Family Links programme launched in 2008. As part of …
South Sudan: Bringing family separation to an end
… with their loved ones. This work, known as "restoring family links" or "RFL", is one of the oldest …
Libya: Beyond Jargon Reconnecting Families Separated by War
… ones missing due to conflict as part of its Restoring Family Links program. One ICRC humanitarian worker …
Missing persons and their families - Factsheet
… to learn of the whereabouts or fate of a family member live in limbo, afforded neither … Movement to protect and restore family links, search for and identify missing people, … to preventing people from going missing; restoring and maintaining contact between …
Nigeria: Red Cross Volunteers help families separated by conflict
… equipping them with the necessary skills for restoring family links. Caption: Abubakar Abba, NRCS RFL Focal …
Nepal: New technology helps to reconnect families
… and help them respond to queries from family members." "The ICRC recently provided a … ANSWERS application. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC Restoring family links Conflict and disaster separate families, …
Didn’t find what you were looking for?
Try one of the following resources:
ICRC library
Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
IHL treaties
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary IHL
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.