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The HIV Podcast is a joint production from the AIDS Committee of Ottawa (ACO) and CHUO 89.1 FM. In this series, members of the ACO share their experiences and expertise to shed light on life with HIV/AIDS. These episodes cover an array of topics from personal diagnosis stories to the social stigmas that exist today, the medical advancements that have been made and the AIDS crisis in the 80s.

In times of armed conflict, people all too often get separated in the chaos of fighting, displacement and the struggle for survival. For families, this can mean weeks, months or even years of anguish and distress – but also of hope that their loved ones will return one day. Under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, States have obligations to prevent people from going missing and to provide families with information if they do. In this podcast, we’re looking particularly at how these obligations are reflected in the work of the ICRC Central Tracing Agency Bureau for the ...