Located in the courtyard of the Town Hall to the left of the main courtyard door. Plaque The plaque commemorates two events that took place in the building in what is now called the "Alabama Room." The first is the First Geneva Convention in 1864 which founded the International Committee of the Red Cross. The second is resolving of a dispute between Great Britain and the United States about the damages caused by the Confederate ship CSS Alabama during the Civil War.

DANS CETTE SALLE, FUT SIGNÉE LE 22 AOÛT 1864, LA PREMIERE CONVENTION DE GENEVE POUR L'AMELIORATION DU SORT DES MILITARIES BLESSES DANS LE ARMEES EN CAMPAGNE. ACTE INITIAL DE L'ACTIVITE DE LA CROIX-ROUGE INTERNATIONALE. C'EST EGALEMENT DANS CETTE SALLE QUE FUT PRONONCEE, LE 14 SEPTEMBRE 1872, LA SENTENCE DU TRIBUNAL ARBITRAL CHARGE DE TRANCHER LE DIFFEREND SURVENU ENTRE LES ETATS-UNIS ET LA GRANDE-BRETAGNE A LA SUITE DES DOMMAGES CAUSES PENDANT LA GUERRE DE SECESSION PAR LE VAISSEAU CORSAIRE SUDISTE "ALABAMA"

English translation: IN THIS ROOM, WAS SIGNED ON 22 August 1864 THE FIRST GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FATE OF COMBATTANTS INJURED WHILE ARMED IN THE FIELD. ACT INITIAL ACTIVITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS. ALSO IN THIS ROOM WAS DELIVERED, SEPTEMBER 14, 1872 THE AWARD OF THE ARBITRATION COURT CHARGED TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE WHICH OCCURRED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE DURING THE CIVIL WAR BY CRAFT CORSAIR SOUTHERNER "ALABAMA"