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Geneva Conventions

ICRC action during the Algerian War <br> of Independence (1954-1962)

ICRC action during the Algerian War
of Independence (1954-1962)

17 March 2023, Article / Crosswise / Library
Clara 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 ...

ICRC action in the Korean War <br> (1950-1953)

ICRC action in the Korean War
(1950-1953)

9 January 2023, Article / Crosswise / Library
Clara 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, ...

Diplomatic Conferences for the adoption of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols

Diplomatic Conferences for the adoption of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols

4 November 2021, Library / Research Guide

Click here to display the timeline in full screen. Treaties are traditionally negotiated or revised within diplomatic conferences of plenipotentiaries specifically convened for that ...

Iconographic Collections <br>in the ICRC Archives

Iconographic Collections
in the ICRC Archives

8 September 2021, Archives / Article
Gregory Nobs and Maude Graeppi

The V CI sub-fonds, Iconographic Collections, contains approximately 330 images of historical interest related to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ...

Jean de Preux

6 July 2021, Library / Portrait
Charlotte Mohr, ICRC Library

The adoption of the four 1949 Geneva Conventions marked the beginning of a new era for the ICRC in its role as promoter ...

Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol

Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol

8 February 2021, Library / Research Guide

The Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was adopted on 8 December 2005. The adoption of the red crystal as ...

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer

12 March 2020, Library / Portrait
Camille Meyre, Library

Renée-Marguerite Frick-Cramer was an important figure of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the early 20th century. A legal scholar and ...

Drafting history of the 1977 Additional Protocols

Drafting history of the 1977 Additional Protocols

16 October 2019, Library / Research Guide

The first two Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 were adopted on 8 June 1977. Numerous expert meetings were organized in ...

Drafting history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions

Drafting history of the 1949 Geneva Conventions

12 August 2017, Library / Research Guide

The Geneva Conventions were adopted on August 12, 1949. Numerous expert meetings were organized in the lead-up to the adoption of the Conventions. ...

The relevance of preparatory work and archival materials in updating the ICRC Commentaries

The relevance of preparatory work and archival materials in updating the ICRC Commentaries

5 June 2017, Archives / Crosswise / Interview / Library

In 2011, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) embarked on a major project aimed at updating its original Commentaries on the ...