Preserving humanity in warfare. The role of archival resources in advancing international humanitarian law 18 July 2023, Archives / Article / CrosswiseCédric Cotter, Researcher Post amended since first publication Introduction International humanitarian law (IHL), also known as the law of war, is a set of rules that ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
From the Gilded Age to the Digital Age: The Evolution of ICRC Legal Commentaries 8 June 2022, Crosswise / LibraryEllen 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 22 April 2022, Article / CrosswiseCédric 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 ...
The ICRC as a neutral intermediary. Historical and contemporary perspectives 24 March 2022, Article / CrosswiseCédric 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 3 March 2022, Library / Research Guide International humanitarian law is a set of rules intended for humanitarian reasons to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects those who ...