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Podcast: ICRC Humanitarian Law and Policy Blog
Episode: Engaging non-state armed groups on the protection of missing people and their families
Description: The ICRC continues to witness unacceptable levels of suffering when the law designed to protect families, prevent people from going missing, and ensure the dignified and respectful treatment of the dead is disregarded. At the same time, we have also documented countless, daily efforts by parties to armed conflict to prevent family separation, clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people, and treat the dead with dignity and respect. This is a humanitarian imperative, a legal obligation that should be a priority of any party to an armed conflict.
In this post, ICRC Legal Advisers Tilman Rodenhäuser and Ximena L...