檔案是一個國家重要的歷史紀錄和關鍵文檔。細數國際間的戰爭衝突，檔案無不在其中扮演了重要的角色。本文透過梳理過去戰爭衝突中檔案之作用與價值，檔案管理相關之國際條約，以及戰後檔案爭端的管理實踐，反映國際戰爭衝突中顛沛流離的檔案命運，並欲藉此引發檔案工作者在特殊情形尤其在武裝衝突狀況下對檔案保護的思考，以及維護檔案主權的信念。

Archives are important historical records and key documents of a country. Archives play an important role in the international wars and conflicts. This paper, by analyzing the conflict in the role and value of archives, archives management of the relevant international treaties, and management practice of the disputed archives after the war, reflecting the drift from place to place of archives' fate in international conflicts, is to arouse the archivists' thinking on the protection of archives in special situations, especially in the case of armed conflict, and their faith in safeguarding the sovereignty of archives.