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National Societies and the ICRC : 150 years of history

National Societies and the ICRC : 150 years of history

26 October 2020, Articles / Library
Sebastian Zelada, Library

In addition to developing the norms that would eventually become international humanitarian law, since its founding the ICRC has also been encouraging the ...

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, Articles / 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 ...

You have mail: <i>Letter from Lebanon</i>, a film by John Ash (4)

You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash (4)

26 March 2020, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Patrizia Romagnoli, film archives

Fourth and final part of the article “You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash”, an analysis of this short ...

You have mail: <i>Letter from Lebanon</i>, a film by John Ash (3)

You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash (3)

24 March 2020, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Patrizia Romagnoli, film archives

Third part of the article “You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash”, an analysis of this short film produced ...

You have mail: <i>Letter from Lebanon</i>, a film by John Ash (2)

You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash (2)

19 March 2020, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Patrizia Romagnoli, film archives

Second part of the article “You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash”, an analysis of this short film produced ...

You have mail: <i>Letter from Lebanon</i>, a film by John Ash (1)

You have mail: Letter from Lebanon, a film by John Ash (1)

17 March 2020, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Patrizia Romagnoli, film archives

Letter from Lebanon was filmed in 1983 [1] eight years after the civil war had broken out in the country. A sensitive and ...

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, Articles / 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 ...

Three presidents in the field: Cornelio Sommaruga; Jakob Kellenberger; Peter Maurer

Three presidents in the field: Cornelio Sommaruga; Jakob Kellenberger; Peter Maurer

29 January 2019, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Elodie Dupas, film archives

The richness of the film archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has already allowed the study of several topics. ...

Filming the exodus

Filming the exodus

4 January 2018, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual / Film/video
Julie Farine, film archives

Within three years, the oldest films in the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will celebrate their 100th anniversary. ...

DOT TO DOT : Exploring humanitarian activities in the early Nineteenth Century

DOT TO DOT : Exploring humanitarian activities in the early Nineteenth Century

17 October 2017, Articles / Crosswise
by Natalie Klein-Kelly, Fellow of the GHRA 2017

Cross-posted from : Humanitarianism and Human Rights blog Histories of humanitarianism often cite two specific examples of nineteenth century humanitarianism: the latter parts ...