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Keeping track of international humanitarian law scholarship and ICRC action since 1863. Find out more at https://www.icrc.org/en/icrc-library
⚖️Today marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the first #Nuremberg Trial.
On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
⚖️Today marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the first #Nuremberg Trial.
On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
On the 20th of November 1945, the International Military Tribunal began prosecuting high-ranking Nazi leaders for conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
📚We have posted on our blog a new article presenting a selection of books on environmental issues in times of armed conflict. Enjoy the read!
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: Books Selection - Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library
November 6th marks the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. For this occasion, we have put together a selection of books on this subject from...
blogs.icrc.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📚We have posted on our blog a new article presenting a selection of books on environmental issues in times of armed conflict. Enjoy the read!
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
In the latest issue of the Int'l Review of the Red Cross on the Protection of the Dead, we recommend the book "Anthropology of violent death". 📖 Read in #openaccess: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In the latest issue of the Int'l Review of the Red Cross on the Protection of the Dead, we recommend the book "Anthropology of violent death". 📖 Read in #openaccess: doi.org/10.1017/S181...
| Behind the stacks |
The library team just started preparing its next digitization project. Highlights so far: tackling publications with three different reference codes and discovering unknown translations in Swahili or in Urdu … 50 boxes done, 250 more to go! 📚
The library team just started preparing its next digitization project. Highlights so far: tackling publications with three different reference codes and discovering unknown translations in Swahili or in Urdu … 50 boxes done, 250 more to go! 📚
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
| Behind the stacks |
The library team just started preparing its next digitization project. Highlights so far: tackling publications with three different reference codes and discovering unknown translations in Swahili or in Urdu … 50 boxes done, 250 more to go! 📚
The library team just started preparing its next digitization project. Highlights so far: tackling publications with three different reference codes and discovering unknown translations in Swahili or in Urdu … 50 boxes done, 250 more to go! 📚
📃 Want to know more about the adoption and the evolution of our Fundamental Principles? Read our research guide :
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📃 Want to know more about the adoption and the evolution of our Fundamental Principles? Read our research guide :
We’re kicking off a new series on the ICRC Library & Archives blog: stories of WWII Prisoners-of-War escapes told through our unique sources.
🪁 blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
🪁 blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
We’re kicking off a new series on the ICRC Library & Archives blog: stories of WWII Prisoners-of-War escapes told through our unique sources.
🪁 blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
🪁 blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
Did you know the @icrc.org's first president was a General? Swiss General Dufour died exactly 150 years ago. The ICRC’s humanitarian mission was grounded in battlefield experience from the start.
🔗Today’s military perspectives in the Intl Review of the Red Cross: library.icrc.org/library/sear...
🔗Today’s military perspectives in the Intl Review of the Red Cross: library.icrc.org/library/sear...
July 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Did you know the @icrc.org's first president was a General? Swiss General Dufour died exactly 150 years ago. The ICRC’s humanitarian mission was grounded in battlefield experience from the start.
🔗Today’s military perspectives in the Intl Review of the Red Cross: library.icrc.org/library/sear...
🔗Today’s military perspectives in the Intl Review of the Red Cross: library.icrc.org/library/sear...
It was only in 1996 that ICRC archives opened its reading rooms to external researchers. What research tools were put at their disposal back then? How have these tools evolved throughout history?
#ArchivesAreAccessible
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [fr]
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [en]
#ArchivesAreAccessible
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [fr]
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [en]
June 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It was only in 1996 that ICRC archives opened its reading rooms to external researchers. What research tools were put at their disposal back then? How have these tools evolved throughout history?
#ArchivesAreAccessible
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [fr]
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [en]
#ArchivesAreAccessible
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [fr]
blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... [en]
Since February 2025 the ICRC Public Archives have launched their new online catalogue, enabling researchers to browse inventories covering more than a hundred years of humanitarian history! #ArchivesAreAccessible #IAW2025
Explore the Archives online catalogue: archives.icrc.org/search/simple
Explore the Archives online catalogue: archives.icrc.org/search/simple
June 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Since February 2025 the ICRC Public Archives have launched their new online catalogue, enabling researchers to browse inventories covering more than a hundred years of humanitarian history! #ArchivesAreAccessible #IAW2025
Explore the Archives online catalogue: archives.icrc.org/search/simple
Explore the Archives online catalogue: archives.icrc.org/search/simple
It’s #InternationalArchivesWeek and this year’s theme is #ArchivesAreAccessible.
Perfect time to learn about the rules of access to the ICRC Archives, a balance between transparency and protection that reflects multiple stakes and challenges.
library.icrc.org/library/sear...
#IAW2025
Perfect time to learn about the rules of access to the ICRC Archives, a balance between transparency and protection that reflects multiple stakes and challenges.
library.icrc.org/library/sear...
#IAW2025
June 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s #InternationalArchivesWeek and this year’s theme is #ArchivesAreAccessible.
Perfect time to learn about the rules of access to the ICRC Archives, a balance between transparency and protection that reflects multiple stakes and challenges.
library.icrc.org/library/sear...
#IAW2025
Perfect time to learn about the rules of access to the ICRC Archives, a balance between transparency and protection that reflects multiple stakes and challenges.
library.icrc.org/library/sear...
#IAW2025
Newly digitized from the ICRC Archives 👇
Contribute to making them searchable—for research and remembrance.
Contribute to making them searchable—for research and remembrance.
The Nazis deported 64,000 Jews from the Drancy camp near Paris. Less than 2,000 survived. To mark 80 years since the end of Nazi rule, we publish Drancy file cards on #everynamecounts. Help build the our digital memorial to the victims of Nazism: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en/ @icrc.org
May 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Newly digitized from the ICRC Archives 👇
Contribute to making them searchable—for research and remembrance.
Contribute to making them searchable—for research and remembrance.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Nazi rule, @arolsenarchives.bsky.social will publish file cards from Drancy camp that are part of ICRC Archives on platform #everynamecounts.
Help build the world's largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazism: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
Help build the world's largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazism: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
#everynamecounts – Digitales Denkmal für NS-Opfer!
Die Nazis verfolgten und ermordeten Millionen Menschen. Hilf mit, an die Opfer zu erinnern. Eine Crowdsourcing-Initiative der Arolsen Archives.
everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of Nazi rule, @arolsenarchives.bsky.social will publish file cards from Drancy camp that are part of ICRC Archives on platform #everynamecounts.
Help build the world's largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazism: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
Help build the world's largest digital memorial to the victims of Nazism: everynamecounts.arolsen-archives.org/en
Since 1863, our library collections tell the history of the #RedCross #RedCrescent Movement.
On World #RedCrossDay and #RedCrescentDay, explore our collections of publications from National Societies around the 🌎 : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
On World #RedCrossDay and #RedCrescentDay, explore our collections of publications from National Societies around the 🌎 : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Since 1863, our library collections tell the history of the #RedCross #RedCrescent Movement.
On World #RedCrossDay and #RedCrescentDay, explore our collections of publications from National Societies around the 🌎 : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
On World #RedCrossDay and #RedCrescentDay, explore our collections of publications from National Societies around the 🌎 : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
¡Hoy es el Día del Idioma Español!
Para celebrarlo, lanzamos la versión en español de nuestro blog.
Explora nuestros artículos traducidos: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
Para celebrarlo, lanzamos la versión en español de nuestro blog.
Explora nuestros artículos traducidos: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
April 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
¡Hoy es el Día del Idioma Español!
Para celebrarlo, lanzamos la versión en español de nuestro blog.
Explora nuestros artículos traducidos: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
Para celebrarlo, lanzamos la versión en español de nuestro blog.
Explora nuestros artículos traducidos: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...
📜The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are entering the @unesco.org #MemoryOfTheWorld International Register. Thank you to the Swiss Federal Archives for preserving the original signed treaties.
All must preserve – and uphold – their spirit.
All must preserve – and uphold – their spirit.
April 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📜The Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols are entering the @unesco.org #MemoryOfTheWorld International Register. Thank you to the Swiss Federal Archives for preserving the original signed treaties.
All must preserve – and uphold – their spirit.
All must preserve – and uphold – their spirit.
We mark today the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
An @icrc.org nurse, Anny Pfirter, cared for the survivors.
Read about the return of hope, after dehumanization and atrocities, in her own words : library.icrc.org/library/sear...
An @icrc.org nurse, Anny Pfirter, cared for the survivors.
Read about the return of hope, after dehumanization and atrocities, in her own words : library.icrc.org/library/sear...
April 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We mark today the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
An @icrc.org nurse, Anny Pfirter, cared for the survivors.
Read about the return of hope, after dehumanization and atrocities, in her own words : library.icrc.org/library/sear...
An @icrc.org nurse, Anny Pfirter, cared for the survivors.
Read about the return of hope, after dehumanization and atrocities, in her own words : library.icrc.org/library/sear...
🔎 We’ve made it easier to do a full-text search across all ICRC activity reports, from 1863 to present day.
From our library catalogue’s extended search menu (library.icrc.org/library/sear...), follow the example in the screenshot below 👇
Happy searching!
Write library@icrc.org for support
From our library catalogue’s extended search menu (library.icrc.org/library/sear...), follow the example in the screenshot below 👇
Happy searching!
Write library@icrc.org for support
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🔎 We’ve made it easier to do a full-text search across all ICRC activity reports, from 1863 to present day.
From our library catalogue’s extended search menu (library.icrc.org/library/sear...), follow the example in the screenshot below 👇
Happy searching!
Write library@icrc.org for support
From our library catalogue’s extended search menu (library.icrc.org/library/sear...), follow the example in the screenshot below 👇
Happy searching!
Write library@icrc.org for support
Our latest research guide 'ICRC History : A Primer' offers both an overview of key moments in @icrc.org history and tons of links to related public sources & resources to support your own research 🔍
Find it on our blog Cross-files at blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... (also available in French)
Find it on our blog Cross-files at blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... (also available in French)
March 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Our latest research guide 'ICRC History : A Primer' offers both an overview of key moments in @icrc.org history and tons of links to related public sources & resources to support your own research 🔍
Find it on our blog Cross-files at blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... (also available in French)
Find it on our blog Cross-files at blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/... (also available in French)
Part of our library’s mission is to gather all translations of @icrc.org publications. Today’s newbies: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law in Armenian & the ICRC’s 2024 IHL Challenges Report in French.
Find all 📚 at library.icrc.org/library/sear... and library.icrc.org/library/sear...
Find all 📚 at library.icrc.org/library/sear... and library.icrc.org/library/sear...
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Part of our library’s mission is to gather all translations of @icrc.org publications. Today’s newbies: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law in Armenian & the ICRC’s 2024 IHL Challenges Report in French.
Find all 📚 at library.icrc.org/library/sear... and library.icrc.org/library/sear...
Find all 📚 at library.icrc.org/library/sear... and library.icrc.org/library/sear...
We’re packing the books and flying to new skies 🦋
Follow us for useful resources to support your research in humanitarian law, action and history – many available online (for the rest, write library@icrc.org)
Plus ‘behind the scenes’, treasure finds, and snapshots of @icrc.org history.
Follow us for useful resources to support your research in humanitarian law, action and history – many available online (for the rest, write library@icrc.org)
Plus ‘behind the scenes’, treasure finds, and snapshots of @icrc.org history.
February 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
We’re packing the books and flying to new skies 🦋
Follow us for useful resources to support your research in humanitarian law, action and history – many available online (for the rest, write library@icrc.org)
Plus ‘behind the scenes’, treasure finds, and snapshots of @icrc.org history.
Follow us for useful resources to support your research in humanitarian law, action and history – many available online (for the rest, write library@icrc.org)
Plus ‘behind the scenes’, treasure finds, and snapshots of @icrc.org history.