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, Article / Crosswise / 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, Article / 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, ...
A perilous journey across the Atlantic, part 2 23 February 2023, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann Second part of the story A perilous journey across the Atlantic. Find here the first part. The third passenger on the SS Afric ...
ICRC News Releases 27 January 2023, Library / Research Guide Access all the ICRC’s news releases, from the organization’s foundation to the present.
ICRC action in the Korean War (1950-1953) 9 January 2023, Article / Crosswise / LibraryClara 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) 4 November 2022, Article / Crosswise / LibraryClara 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 ...
Unearthing previously unseen photos 4 August 2022, Archives / Audiovisual / PhotoSabine Haberler Kreis, Aline Zuber and Damian Gonzalez As the custodian of the photographic records of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the audiovisual archives team is tasked with ...
Red Cross and Red Crescent Statutory Meetings 5 July 2022, Library / Research Guide The documentation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent statutory meetings from 1863 to this day is now available online. Find the proceedings, ...