International Committee of the Red Cross archives

Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross
	The semi-current archives
	46°13'39.90"N, 6°8'14.10"E
Alternative name	Archives du CICR
Location	Switzerland/Geneva, Geneva & Satigny, Switzerland
Type	Archive of an International organisation
Established	1863
Affiliation	list of cultural properties in Geneva / Petit-Saconnex[*]
Title of director	Head of Archives and Information Management
Director	Brigitte Troyon Borgeaud
Collection size	19 kilometers
Website	www.icrc.org/en/archives

The archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are based in Geneva and were founded in 1863 at the time of the ICRC's inception.^[1] It has the dual function to manage both current records and historical archives.^[2] The general historical archives are openly accessible to the general public up to 1975.^[1]

Along with the ICRC Library, the archives are widely considered to be the greatest repository for records on International humanitarian law (IHL).^[3] They have been dubbed by the Swiss writer Nicolas Bouvier as "the storehouses of sorrow".^[4] They preserve the memory of many millions of victims of armed conflicts as "a legacy for mankind".^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference :3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Guide to the archives of intergovernmental organizations. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 1999. pp. 127–134.
^ "Library". International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ Helg, Didier (October 1995). "Focus on Humanity A Century of Photography The ICRC Archives – Nicolas Bouvier, Michèle Mercier and François Bugnion, Focus on humanity. A century of photography. Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Skira, Geneva, 1995". International Review of the Red Cross. 35 (308): 579–580. doi:10.1017/S0020860400089695.

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[:10-2] Guide to the archives of intergovernmental organizations. Paris: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 1999. pp. 127–134.

[:5-3] "Library". International Committee of the Red Cross. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

[4] Helg, Didier (October 1995). "Focus on Humanity A Century of Photography The ICRC Archives – Nicolas Bouvier, Michèle Mercier and François Bugnion, Focus on humanity. A century of photography. Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Skira, Geneva, 1995". International Review of the Red Cross. 35 (308): 579–580. doi:10.1017/S0020860400089695.

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