Fifteen years on from the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and ten years after the end of the conflict in Kosovo, thousands of families are still waiting for news of the fate of their loved ones classified as missing. Photographs are by Nick Danziger, the text by Rory MacLean. Launched in London, United Kingdom on 7 July, the exhibition will remain there until 26 July 2010, and then proceed to other cities across Europe and North America.

19 August is World Humanitarian Day. In 2010, the day will raise awareness of what it means to be a humanitarian aid worker by describing the work they do, explaining the principles all humanitarians are guided by, and portraying the hazards humanitarian workers face in the course of their work.

Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the International Institute of Humanitarian Law (IIHL), Sanremo, Italy, 9-11 September 2010.
Global violence is a universal scourge threatening the lives of millions of people all over the world and representing one of the major challenges of the 21st Century. The IIHL and the ICRC aim at reviewing some of the legal and practical challenges posed by contemporary armed conflicts and other situations of violence, in particular for the actors involved in deprivation of liberty.

Patio de Armas del Castillo de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain. 16 June - 31 August 2010

Lucerne, Switzerland, 31 October - 6 November 2010. The fourth Senior Workshop on International Rules governing Military Operations (SWIRMO) will take place this autumn at the Swiss Army Training Centre in Lucerne.

Bruges, Belgium, 21-22 October 2010

The ICRC is holding its 21st Surgical Seminar in Geneva from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 March 2010. Surgeons and other surgery professionals from around the world are taking part in the event, whose presenters include ICRC specialists on the treatment and management of war-wounded.

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Online course. Many of those held in prisons around the world do not receive adequate medical care. To improve their access to quality health services, the ICRC has participated in a World Medical Association project to produce an internet-based course for doctors working in prisons.

Switzerland, Geneva, 23-28 August 2010

3 March-25 July 2010 at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva – Humanity in War is a photographic record of warfare over the last 150 years.

Meeting of experts, Geneva, 7-9 December 2009. Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Cartagena, Colombia, 29 November - 4 December 2009. Second Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

Nairobi, Kenya, 23 to 25 November 2009. The Council of Delegates – bringing together all 186 National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, their International Federation and the ICRC – will meet in Africa for the first time.

From 22 June to 27 June 2009, Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers from more than 150 countries will come together, in Solferino, to reflect on 150 years of action and to examine tomorrow's challenges.

Paris, France, 28 June - 10 July 2009. The Third Senior Workshop on International Rules Governing Military Operations (SWIRMO) will take place at the École Militaire in Paris with the cooperation and support of the French army. SWIRMO 2009 will bring together some 60 senior military officers from around the world to explore principles and problems related to international humanitarian law.