Head of General Archives

Since 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has worked to relieve suffering and preserve human dignity during war and armed violence. Alongside our Red Cross and Red Crescent partners, we deliver life‑saving aid across front lines and strive to reconnect families and locate missing people.

Engaging with authorities and armed forces on all sides, often confidentially, we advocate for humane treatment of detainees and urge compliance with international humanitarian law to protect civilians from harm, including online.

About Archives Division

The Division of Archives, Library and Outreach valorizes ICRC heritage, past actions and thinking to inform current and future decision‑making and promotes the ICRC’s present thinking, legal and policy positions internally and externally.

The ICRC’s archives form the memory of the organization and of individuals and their families affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. ...