Commemorating the Missing
'Commemorating the Missing' portrays the efforts of the families of the missing in Nepal to honour their loved ones. Fifty-nine commemorative memorials such as water wells, pillars, gates, waiting …
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Joint Statement by the Republic of South Africa and the International Committee of the Red Cross on the occasion of the 16th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law
Statement State representatives from 15 African countries gathered in Pretoria, South Africa from 23 to 26 August 2016 for the 16th Annual Regional Seminar on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) …
Hateymalo: Accompanying families of the missing in Nepal
In 2010, the ICRC launched a Psychosocial Support Programme called Hateymalo (Joining Hands) to help the families of the missing by providing psychological, social-cultural, economic and legal …
Hateymalo Accompaniment Programme Reports
The Hateymalo programme covered the families in five consecutive phases, beginning with a pilot phase in Bardiya District and ending with a fourth expansion into remote districts. Two external …
Sri Lanka: Families of missing persons learn to cope together
Today was no ordinary day for Ashoka. 26 May 2016 began at 4:00 am as she prepared breakfast and lunch with the help of her mother and neighbours. Ashoka, her mother and a group of others would be …
Living between two realities in Afghanistan
Fahima's sister, brother-in-law, nephew and niece died when the boat taking them from Turkey to Lesvos capsized. Her nephew's body is still missing, leaving Fahima and her remaining family unable to …
Photo gallery: Living with diabetes in Yemen
Ayman Al-Amari Ayman, a secondary school student, is insulin dependent. Restrictions imposed on entry of medication into and across the country means that Ayman can’t get his regular doses of …
International Day of the Disappeared: ICRC calls for more effort to establish fate of missing persons from Bougainville Crisis
29-08-2016 Port Moresby (ICRC) – More must be done to establish the fate and whereabouts of people who disappeared during the Bougainville Crisis, the International Committee of the Red Cross has …
In Yemen, searching for closure off the coast
Eighteen months into the current conflict in Yemen, hundreds of families are looking for their loved ones who have gone missing. With uncertainty prevailing, the families of those whose bodies have …
Yemen: Vital medical aid arrives
Sana'a/Geneva (ICRC) – A plane chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), touched down at Sana'a international airport earlier today, carrying vital medical aid for thousands …
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