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ICRC action during the Algerian War <br> of Independence (1954-1962)

ICRC action during the Algerian War
of Independence (1954-1962)

17 March 2023, Article / Crosswise / Library
Clara Király, Library

“It is with anguish that we watch [torture] resurface, more or less secretly, sometimes under the cover of exceptional laws aimed at repressing ...

ICRC action in the Korean War <br> (1950-1953)

ICRC action in the Korean War
(1950-1953)

9 January 2023, Article / Crosswise / Library
Clara Király, Library

“In the desire of bringing to all victims of the war the strictly impartial aid of the International Committee of the Red Cross, ...

ICRC action during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (1994)

ICRC action during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (1994)

4 November 2022, Article / Crosswise / Library
Clara Király, Library

“Ten thousand people, it’s nothing in a conflict that killed almost a million in less than three months, it’s just a millimeter of ...

2021 International Archives Week – The importance of archives to ICRC’s work

2021 International Archives Week – The importance of archives to ICRC’s work

9 June 2021, Archives / Interview / Library
Giulia Carlini and Charlotte Mohr, ICRC Library

To mark the 2021 International Archives Week, we wanted to celebrate the successful collaboration between the ICRC archives and library teams and other ...

Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol

Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol

8 February 2021, Library / Research Guide

The Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was adopted on 8 December 2005. The adoption of the red crystal as ...

16 Days of Activism against Sexual <br>and Gender-based Violence<br>Selected Readings

16 Days of Activism against Sexual
and Gender-based Violence
Selected Readings

3 December 2020, Library
Charlotte Mohr, Library

November 25th marked the beginning of a 16 days campaign of activism against sexual and gender-based violence. We’ve selected for the occasion 16 ...

The ICRC and the protection of prisoners of war: highlights from <br>the ICRC Library’s collections

The ICRC and the protection of prisoners of war: highlights from
the ICRC Library’s collections

14 September 2020, Article / Library
Sonia Crenn, Charlotte Mohr, Ismaël Raboud

Following the recent launch of the updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, we’re travelling back in time to retrace the parallel ...

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer

12 March 2020, Library / Portrait
Camille Meyre, Library

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer was an important figure of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the early 20th century. A legal scholar and ...

Marcel Junod

28 January 2020, Library / Portrait
Camille Meyre, Library

In an article published in the International Review of the Red Cross in 2007, Marcel Junod is introduced as the “spiritual father for ...

150+ Years of Movement History at Your Fingertips: Digitizing the Statutory Meetings Documentation

150+ Years of Movement History at Your Fingertips: Digitizing the Statutory Meetings Documentation

22 November 2019, Article / Library
The Library Team, with a special thanks to all the ICRC teams who contributed to this successful endeavor

Reflection of the power of humanity The “power of humanity”, the tagline of the 33rd International Conference, is well reflected in the more ...