The child as a humanitarian icon : between the idiosyncratic and the enduring in six films 30 March 2023, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/videoChloé Bouffort, film archives Introduction The film archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) stretch back over a century, inevitably posing the question of ...
An ICRC delegate alone at the heart of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1923) 28 March 2023, Audiovisual / Crosswise / General Archives / Photo In 1921, Greece and the Ottoman Empire were at war. Two years later, at Lausanne, Greece and the newly formed Republic of Türkiye ...
The Red Cross was there – operations on the Asian continent 20 March 2023, Audio / Audiovisual / Crosswise / PhotoStefan E. Guyon Through its humanitarian action during armed conflicts, the international Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has witnessed pivotal moments in the contemporary history ...
ICRC action during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) 17 March 2023, Crosswise / ICRC action in... / LibraryClara 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 ...
The ICRC in Yemen: 60 years of work for the Yemeni people 6 March 2023, Articles / CrosswiseCédric Cotter, Researcher Introduction 2022 marked the 60th anniversary of the ICRC’s presence in Yemen. At the outbreak of the North Yemen Civil War in 1962, ...
