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The ICRC’s relief action for displaced persons and refugees. Timeline 1921-2022

The ICRC’s relief action for displaced persons and refugees. Timeline 1921-2022

16 June 2022, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla and Marina Meier, film archives

Every time a conflict breaks out somewhere in the world, thousands of people are forced to flee, leaving behind their homes, their families, ...

From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries

From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries

8 June 2022, Crosswise / Library
Ellen Policinski and Charlotte Mohr

The updated ICRC Commentaries on the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are heirs to a long tradition of legal commentaries published to ...

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 Archives / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla, film archives

Second and last part of the article A voyage through the Yemeni desert, captured on ...

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 Archives / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla, film archives

Introduction When civil war broke out in Yemen between the royalist tribes of Muhammad al-Badr ...

One way remains open ! : some viewing notes

One way remains open ! : some viewing notes

31 March 2022, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

This article summarises the information gathered from the archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on the production of One ...

The ICRC as a neutral intermediary. Historical and contemporary perspectives

The ICRC as a neutral intermediary. Historical and contemporary perspectives

24 March 2022, Articles / Crosswise
Cédric Cotter, Researcher

Introduction On 15 and 16 October 2020, eleven flights from and to five airports in Yemen and Saudi Arabia repatriated more than 1,000 ...

International humanitarian law treaties: essential documents

International humanitarian law treaties: essential documents

3 March 2022, Library / Research Guides

International humanitarian law is a set of rules intended for humanitarian reasons to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects those who ...

The Drancy file

The Drancy file

11 January 2022, Archives / Tracing Archives
Marie Allemann, Archives Agence

In 2022, the ICRC archives with the support of the Arolsen Archives launched an effort to digitize the Drancy file, with the aim ...

The cross in the crosshairs. A photographic record of the bombing of Red Cross field hospitals during the Second Italo–Ethiopian war

The cross in the crosshairs. A photographic record of the bombing of Red Cross field hospitals during the Second Italo–Ethiopian war

4 January 2022, Articles / Audiovisual Archives / Photo
Aline Zuber

Between December 1935 and spring 1936, approximately 20 Red Cross and Red Crescent field hospitals entitled to protection under the Geneva Conventions were ...