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In the very early 60s, at a time when there was nothing else and no one talked yet of NGOs, the ICRC established itself on virgin soil: in Yemen. As head of this dangerous mission, it named André Rochat, an unusual and charismatic representative who, in eight years, took on the mad challenge of getting the Geneva Convention accepted by a warrior nation who had always decapitated and emasculated their prisoners. As told by those who risked their lives in this operation, beginning with Rochat himself, this adventure takes us from the desert to the wings of humanitarian authority and the sources of the fight for human dignity, against a backdrop of citadels as old as the Bible, which have remained partially intact until now.

Switzerland - 2008 - 1 h 36 mn - DV Cam • 16/9 • PAL - Colour and B&W

Director Frédéric Gonseth Writer Frédéric Gonseth Archives André Rochat Camera Frédéric Gonseth Sound Catherine Azad Editing Frédéric Gonseth Music Catherine Azad

Production Frederic Gonseth Prod., 6, chemin Monnard, 1003 Lausanne, Suisse Tél : +41 (0)21 351 0511 Fax : +41 (0)21 351 0513 E-mail : info@fgprod.ch Co-Production Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse

Sales Frédéric Gonseth Frederic Gonseth Prod., Frédéric Gonseth, 6, chemin Monnard, 1003 Lausanne, Suisse Tél : +41 (0)21 351 0511 Fax : +41 (0)21 351 0513 E-mail : frederic.gonseth@span.ch