Georgia: Help for families of missing persons
Lile Pilpanis brother went missing over 20 years ago. Devastated by the loss, Lile was left to support her mother and daughter single handed. Life is a little easier thanks to a small grant from the …
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Families of the missing live with uncertainty about the fate of their loved ones
28-08-2015 Kampala (ICRC) – Families of thousands of missing persons in northern Uganda continue to live in the sorrowful ambiguity of the loss of their loved ones, unsure whether to wait for their …
Yemen: Situation deteriorating in Taiz
28-08-2015 Geneva / Sana'a – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is seriously concerned about an increase in fighting in the city of Taiz. There has been indiscriminate shelling of …
Cambodia: The gift of mobility
A child waits for treatment. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sam Spicer Battambang Regional Physical Rehabilitation Centre in Cambodia. CC BY-NC-ND / ICRC / Sam Spicer A staff member works on the finishing …
A life on hold: Addressing the needs of families of the missing
Disappearances are a reality. They happen for different reasons: during war, when people migrate, due to natural or man-made disasters. For the families of the disappeared, the anguish of uncertainty …
Breaking the silence: Bougainville's missing persons
Over two decades have passed since the Bougainville Conflict broke out and an unknown number of the estimated 20,000 victims of the violence remain missing and unaccounted for. This brief glimpse …
ICRC action to assist the families of missing persons in Lebanon
Promoting the right to know Since the end of the civil war in 1990, the ICRC has been encouraging the Lebanese authorities at all levels to take concrete measures to clarify the fate of people …
Lebanon: Missing persons and their families
During the 1975–1990 conflict, thousands of people went missing across Lebanon. The majority of them were young males in their twenties of various nationalities (Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian and …
Australia: Ensuring war games play by the rules
The ICRC regularly participates in military training exercises. But it's not every day that they involve over 30,000 troops, 21 ships, three submarines and more than 200 aircraft. These were the …
Ukraine: One front line, two communities, hundreds of families divided
The people of eastern Ukraine are still suffering the effects of the recent fighting. In opposition-controlled Oleksandrivka and government-controlled Mariinka, the front line makes short journeys …
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