Mali: Tackling scabies outbreaks in prisons
… arrested in connection with the conflict. Restoring family links The ICRC offers inmates the possibility …
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Colombia: Humanitarian situation and ICRC activities
… ARMED GROUPS 97,000 detainees visited 1,000 family visits supported 64 detention … mutual support to help alleviate their grief. Restoring family links ICRC teams, in collaboration with the …
Colombia: Mother and son reunited after 15 years
… an ICRC delegate and asked him to trace his family. The painstaking search was successful … Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) restored links between 83 families split up by the …
Children and armed conflict & violence against children
… or armed groups and endeavours to restore family links. Much of the suffering imposed on …
ICRC policy documents
… and exposure to violence – detention visits, restoring family links, etc.; specific considerations related …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Preparatory discussion, December 2013
… beneficial flow-on effects (e.g. building links between stakeholders for other forms of … activities may first and foremost be aimed at restoring an attitude of respect of IHL in the … for reasons of resource constraints. Links with the International Conferences of …
Strengthening Compliance with IHL – Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with IHL, June 2013
Second Meeting of States on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) June 17/18, 2013 Geneva Background Document May 2013 Contents 1. Introduction …
Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law, Geneva, 8-9 April 2013
2nd Discussion on Strengthening Compliance with International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Functions of a possible IHL compliance system and their features 8–9 April 2013 Background document Geneva, March …
From our archives: Modes of transport
… The purpose of these messages is to restore links between Congolese people and their …
How does law protect in war?
… allowing easy navigation, through hyperlinks, from legal theory to humanitarian … pp. 6-24. a) capture cards (to be sent to the family and the Central Tracing Agency) GC III, … Institute of Bangladesh, 2007, 144 pp. e) restoring family links GC III, Arts. 70 and …
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