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In Sri Lanka, the ICRC helps people affected by the past conflict, including detainees, the families of missing persons and economically vulnerable households. We also work with ministries, armed forces, police and universities to promote IHL and international human rights law. Read more about the ICRC in Sri Lanka.
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In numbers
Sri Lanka COVID-19 Response
- 24prisons where cleaning materials and medical supplies were donated to
- 125beneficiaries of cleaning materials and protective equipment across 5 police stations
- 7,500people across 1,500 houses received food assistance, with the help from National Societies
- 35COVID-19 treating hospitals received protective equipment and medical supplies
- 500overalls distributed to the Ministry of Health
- 123beneficiaries across 1 immigration detention center received medical and hygiene supplies along with guidelines and expertise
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- Publications in English
- The ICRC in Sri Lanka
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: October 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: May 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: January 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: September 2021
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: May 2021
- ICRC Sri Lanka COVID-19 Response: 2020
- ICRC Sri Lanka COVID-19 Press Release: April 2020
- Families of missing persons help each other
- Report: Living with Uncertainty
- Publications in Sinhala
- The ICRC in Sri Lanka
- Families of missing persons help each other
- Families of the Missing: Psychosocial effects and therapeutic approaches
- ICRC Sri Lanka COVID-19 Press Release: April 2020
- Report: Living with Uncertainty
- The basics of international humanitarian law
- Ensuring respect for the life and dignity of persons deprived of their liberty
- International Humanitarian Law - Answers to your questions
- What is International Humanitarian Law - Factsheet
- IHL and IHRL - Factsheet
- Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: October 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: May 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: January 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: September 2021
- Publications in Tamil
- The ICRC in Sri Lanka
- Families of missing persons help each other
- Families of the Missing: Psychosocial effects and therapeutic approaches
- ICRC Sri Lanka COVID-19 Press Release: April 2020
- Report: Living with Uncertainty
- Study on Customary International Humanitarian Law
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: October 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: May 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: January 2022
- ICRC Sri Lanka Newsletter: September 2021
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