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The ICRC in Yemen: 60 years of work for the Yemeni people

The ICRC in Yemen: 60 years of work for the Yemeni people

6 March 2023, Article / Crosswise
Cédric 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, ...

Sources in conversation: the 10th International Conference of the Red Cross, on and off screen

Sources in conversation: the 10th International Conference of the Red Cross, on and off screen

10 November 2021, Article / Audiovisual / Crosswise / Library
Damian Gonzalez, Marina Meier, Charlotte Mohr, Daniel Palmieri

At the beginning of 1921, the ICRC has its humanitarian action captured on film for the first time, in preparation of the upcoming ...

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), ...

A gift that keeps giving

A gift that keeps giving

18 December 2020, Archives / Article / Tracing Archives
Marie 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 and the protection of prisoners of war: highlights from <br>the ICRC Library’s collections

The ICRC and the protection of prisoners of war: highlights from
the ICRC Library’s collections

14 September 2020, Article / Library
Sonia Crenn, Charlotte Mohr, Ismaël Raboud

Following the recent launch of the updated ICRC Commentary on the Third Geneva Convention, we’re travelling back in time to retrace the parallel ...

The long journey of an Italian prisoner of war

The long journey of an Italian prisoner of war

30 April 2020, Archives / Portrait / Tracing Archives
Marie Allemann, Archives Agence

Find out the long journey of an Italian prisoner of war during the Second World War. The Italian prisoners of war captured by ...

Hugo Pratt and ICRC in Ethiopia

Hugo Pratt and ICRC in Ethiopia

16 April 2020, Archives / Portrait / Tracing Archives
Marie Allemann, Archives Agence

Hugo Pratt, author of the comic book series “Corto Maltese”, is one of the celebrities registered in the archives of the Central Prisoners ...

The Agency’s Gazette

The Agency’s Gazette

2 April 2020, General Archives / Photo / Tracing Archives
Marie Allemann, Daniel Palmieri, Damian Gonzalez

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the “Basel Agency” (forerunner of the ICRC’s tracing and protection activities), we are pleased to ...

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 ...

The ICRC during World War I

The ICRC during World War I

3 June 2019, Archives / Audiovisual / Crosswise / Library / Research Guide

World War I represents a major turn in the history of the International Committee of ...