The role of memory is not always visible, but it operates behind the scenes to shape the future. For the ICRC, memory is a force at work both in the ...

In addition to developing the norms that would eventually become international humanitarian law, since its founding the ICRC has also been encouraging the creation of relief societies throughout the world. ...

Since the first Conference in 1863, more than 190 National Societies have joined the family of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Over the course of their history, ...

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

Initially, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in 1863 with the mission to improve the care and protection of sick and injured soldiers in war. From ...

Find out the long journey of an Italian prisoner of war during the Second World War.

Find out how Hugo Pratt,  author of Corto Maltese, meet the ICRC delegates during the Second World War.

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