International Committee of the Red Cross Library

International Committee of the Red Cross Library
EstablishedFebruary 17, 1863 (1863-02-17)
Coordinates46°13′40″N 6°08′14″E / 46.227865°N 6.137265°E / 46.227865; 6.137265
Typememory institution, public library, Research library
FounderGustave Moynier
Websitehttps://www.icrc.org/en/library
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The library of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – in French: la bibliothèque du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR) – is a public library based at the headquarter of the international organization in Geneva, Switzerland. It was apparently founded around the time of the ICRC's inception in 1863.

The library in its self-description is "the leading documentary resource" on the ICRC in particular and International humanitarian law (IHL) in general, along with the ICRC Archives.[1] It plays a central role for the mandate of the ICRC according to article 4 (g) of its Statutes

"to work for the understanding and dissemination of knowledge of international humanitarian law applicable in armed conflicts and to prepare any development thereof".[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Crenn, Sonia; Kuster, Etienne (2016). "Sharing information and promoting international humanitarian law (IHL) at the ICRC" (PDF). Vereinigung der Juristischen Bibliotheken der Schweiz (VJBS). Retrieved 10 September 2020.