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How archives counter misinformation and help field operations in times of war: the case of the International Committee of the Red Cross

How archives counter misinformation and help field operations in times of war: the case of the International Committee of the Red Cross

1 November 2024, Articles / Cross-publishing / Crosswise
Cédric Cotter, Researcher

Misinformation, « fake news », and cybersecurity issues constitute severe threats to organizations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an ...

The Timeless Relevance of the Geneva Conventions

The Timeless Relevance of the Geneva Conventions

8 July 2024, Articles / Crosswise
Cédric Cotter, Researcher

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, a cornerstone of IHL, and the 160th anniversary of the first 1864 ...

A Quarter of a Century in the ICRC Film Archives

A Quarter of a Century in the ICRC Film Archives

21 September 2023, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

It was the end of the last century. At a time when the World Wide Web had not yet reached the age of ...

The equivocations of humanitarian cinema: the example of Helft Helfen! (1948)

The equivocations of humanitarian cinema: the example of Helft Helfen! (1948)

27 July 2023, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Marina Meier, archivist (film archives) and Daniel Palmieri (historian)

In 1948, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) produced Helft helfen !, a documentary set in devastated post-war Berlin. Atypical of ...

Preserving humanity in warfare. The role of archival resources in advancing international humanitarian law

Preserving humanity in warfare. The role of archival resources in advancing international humanitarian law

18 July 2023, Archives / Articles / Crosswise
Cédric Cotter, Researcher

Post amended since first publication Introduction International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of war, is a set of rules that ...

The child as a humanitarian icon : between the idiosyncratic and the enduring in six films

The child as a humanitarian icon : between the idiosyncratic and the enduring in six films

30 March 2023, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Chloé 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 ...

The ICRC in Yemen: 60 years of work for the Yemeni people

The ICRC in Yemen: 60 years of work for the Yemeni people

6 March 2023, Articles / Crosswise
Cédric 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, ...

The ICRC vs. fake news: Setting the record straight in the First World War

The ICRC vs. fake news: Setting the record straight in the First World War

22 April 2022, Articles / Crosswise
Cédric Cotter, Researcher

The term “fake news” has been a constant presence in the media for several years now. The deliberate spread of false information seems ...

A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on film (2)

A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on film (2)

14 April 2022, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla, film archives

Second and last part of the article A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on film, dedicated to the ICRC intervention during the ...

A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on film (1)

A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on film (1)

14 April 2022, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla, film archives

Introduction When civil war broke out in Yemen between the royalist tribes of Muhammad al-Badr and the republican forces under Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal, ...