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 …
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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 …
International Day of the Disappeared: Indifference to a humanitarian tragedy
29-08-2016 The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has called on governments to urgently address the humanitarian issue of missing people: those who …
Clarifying the Fate of Missing Persons
Powered by Eventbrite On 30 August 2016, 12.00-14.00, the ICRC will host a panel on ''Clarifying the fate of missing persons: challenges in international humanitarian law and international human …
Drawn together: The plight of the missing
The International Day of the Disappeared is marked on 30 August. But why isn't more being done to resolve the fate of so many people? For a few hours there will be news stories about the 'missing'. …
Iraq: The suffering never ends for families of the missing
The disappearance of a loved one is a tragedy for their families. They live with uncertainty and anguish, unable to close this painful chapter of their lives …
Ukraine crisis: Several thousand families still searching for their loved ones
30-08-2016 Kiev (ICRC) – Two years after the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the problem of missing persons remains acute. At least 1,000 people have gone missing, though no exact numbers …
International Day of the Disappeared: Why it matters
Anyone can understand the grief and desolation felt when a loved one dies. But what about the crushing hurt and uncertainty when somebody just disappears? Hundreds of thousands of people are …
Zimbabwe: Inmates are beating the cold by making their own jerseys
From 2016, inmates in Zimbabwe prisons will keep the cold away by wearing jerseys that they produced themselves. This follows a project jointly initiated by the ICRC and the Zimbabwe Prisons and …
Lebanon: Families of missing have waited long enough
31-08-2016 Beirut (ICRC) – A conference on the fate of thousands of people who have been missing since the Lebanese civil war took place today. The event, organized by the International Committee of …
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