Books behind barbed wire: ICRC’s intellectual relief for POWs during the Second World War 23 April 2025, Articles / Crosswise / LibraryClara Palmisano, Library “While respecting the individual preferences of every prisoner, the Detaining Power shall encourage the practice of intellectual, educational, and recreational pursuits, sports and ...
ICRC history : a primer 10 March 2025, Crosswise / Research Guides From its foundation in 1863 to its role in shaping modern international humanitarian law (IHL), ICRC’s neutral, impartial, and independent humanitarian action has ...
Books, Bandages & Breakthroughs Weapon-Wounded Care in the ICRC Library’s Heritage Collection 5 February 2025, LibraryCharlotte Mohr, ICRC Library The 1st ICRC Conference on Weapon-Wounded Care was held in Geneva on December 17 and 18, 2024. The ICRC Library was there – ...
ICRC action in Colombia (1969 – present) 25 November 2024, Crosswise / ICRC action in... / LibraryClara Palmisano, Library “An extraordinary 72% of Colombians say the ICRC/Red Cross has played the biggest role in preventing mistreatment and abuses during the armed conflict.” ...
How archives counter misinformation and help field operations in times of war: the case of the International Committee of the Red Cross 1 November 2024, Articles / Cross-publishing / CrosswiseCédric Cotter, Researcher Misinformation, « fake news », and cybersecurity issues constitute severe threats to organizations like the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an ...
The Timeless Relevance of the Geneva Conventions 8 July 2024, Articles / CrosswiseCédric Cotter, Researcher This year marks the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions, a cornerstone of IHL, and the 160th anniversary of the first 1864 ...
The ICRC photographic archives: an action oriented collection 27 December 2023, Audiovisual Archives / PhotoDamian Gonzalez The photographic archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) contain some 140,000 images in various formats documenting 160 years of ...
Preserving humanity in warfare. The role of archival resources in advancing international humanitarian law 18 July 2023, Archives / Articles / 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 Archives / Crosswise / General Archives / Photo In 1921, Greece and the Ottoman Empire were at war. Two years later, at Lausanne, ...
ICRC action during the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) 17 March 2023, Crosswise / ICRC action in... / 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 ...
