Searching for Renato 27 April 2021, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence A family finds its roots When Clare Collins sent a message to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Agency Archives on ...
Theatre in Third Reich prisoner of war camps 26 April 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / PhotoFarah Hocine, photographic archives History and photography are undeniably intertwined; historians often lament, unsurprisingly, that photography was not invented earlier.[1] Visitors to the ICRC’s online audiovisual archive ...
A controversial emblem 21 April 2021, Articles / LibrarySebastian Zelada The red cross emblem is much more than a mere logo. It is a symbol of such profound significance that the original relief ...
Prisonnier de guerre…: when fiction staked its place in the ICRC’s filmography 14 April 2021, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual Archives / Film/videoPauline Juvet, film archives In the course of the Second World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross ...
Ten years of IHL scholarship on the Syrian conflict 15 March 2021, Bibliographies / Library To mark the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian conflict, the ICRC Library is publishing a special issue of the IHL ...
Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol 8 February 2021, Library / Research Guides The Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was adopted on 8 December 2005. The adoption of the red crystal as ...
The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. Journey into the past 28 January 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/videoMarina Meier, film archives 1921-2021: the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is celebrating this year the 100th anniversary of its first film. This is an ...
A gift that keeps giving 18 December 2020, Archives / Articles / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence My tale of an unusual research in the Tracing Archives In the summer of 2020, Wolfgang Maass and his wife Renate received an ...
The ICRC’s film archives from yesterday to nowadays 8 December 2020, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/videoMarina Meier, film archives For a century, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been producing films to document and publicize its work to protect ...
16 Days of Activism against Sexual and Gender-based ViolenceSelected Readings 3 December 2020, LibraryCharlotte Mohr, Library November 25th marked the beginning of a 16 days campaign of activism against sexual and gender-based violence. We’ve selected for the occasion 16 ...
