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South Africa: Restoring family links from Angola to Rwanda

… ICRC facilitates family reunification of three unaccompanied … The ICRC received a request from a Rwandan family member based in Kigali who inquired … their parents. “The ICRC Protection of Family Links department helps people reconnect with …

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Relatives of the three unaccompanied receiving them from the ICRC staff

ICRC Archives

… This work plays a crucial role in restoring family links and facilitating the exchange of news …

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 Geneva, ICRC headquarters. Current archives. Thierry Gassmann/ICRC

We help people affected by armed conflict

… that helps refugees get back in touch with family members from whom they have become … with training and support for prison staff. Restoring family links If detainees lose contact with their …

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An ICRC employee talks to a child during a distribution of essential household items.

The ICRC and data protection

… Data Protection Framework Biometrics Policy Restoring Family Links Code of Conduct Handbook on Data …

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In, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ICRC delegates assess conditions of detention during a private talk with a prisoner.

Topics, debates and disarmament

… principles on the use of weapons Useful links ICRC statements Disarmament and … of Europe and Foreign Affairs On prisoners, family life and collective punishment: The … mind? Exposing the human cost of detention “Restoring hope where all hope was lost”: …

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Kuala Lumpur. 25th Asia-Pacific Roundtable with Alain Aeschlimann, Head of Operations for East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific.

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 …

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ICRC exhibition brings reality of war to Australian cities

… had stopped as they brought relief or family news to survivors. The request was … soon as they can. Returning home is a way of restoring their identity. But it depends on … suffering of their families, particularly by restoring communication between detainees and …

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Myanmar: ICRC helps families trace and connect with missing loved ones

… Daw A also sent a red cross message and a family photo to her son. In late 2022, she … An ICRC staff from Sittwe explains our Restoring Family Links programme to Daw A. Photo: Oo Than …

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Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict: The Red Cross and Red Crescent response from February 2022 to June 2023

… services, as well as restoration of family links. Ukrainian Red Cross teams are bringing … services, as well as restoration of family links. Ukrainian Red Cross teams are on …

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Operational Update: Herat Earthquake’s One-month

… donated to help the ARCS's response. The ARCS Restoring Family Links (RFL) team was deployed to the affected …

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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.

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Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.