Rules governing access to the IFRC archives

The IFRC considers the following categories of records to be public:    
 
1. IFRC publications that the Secretariat either sells or distributes freely to the public.    
 
2. Decisions of the General Assembly and of the Governing Board, as well as the policies and reports adopted through those decisions, unless specifically designated as confidential by the respective body.    
 
3. Minutes and reports of the General Assembly and the Governing Board that are more than 20 years old.    
 
4. Unrestricted Secretariat files that are more than 30 years old.    
 
Notes: 
  • Records classified as “restricted” - typically those containing personal data - remain closed to the public.
  • The period after which a record becomes public is calculated from the date on which the record is closed, not from the date of creation.


Digital cameras are permitted for making research copies of documents for personal use only.    
 
Consulting IFRC archives is possible only by appointment with the archivists: archives.contact@ifrc.org 
 

Registration form for visiting researchers     

• Researchers who have booked their appointment with the IFRC Archives must complete the IFRC Archives Researcher Registration Form (French) Registration Form (English).    

• Researchers must either send their completed form to archives.contact@ifrc.org before their planned visit, or they can manually complete a printed form and hand it to the IFRC archivists during their visit.