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Cédric Cotter @cedcotter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This week, we reached an important milestone: 10 million pages from the ICRC’s archival and library fonds and collections have now been digitized, controlled and validated!

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🎲The latest addition to our collection of IHL educational materials is a board game developed by the University of Johannesburg and the ICRC @icrcafrica.bsky.social Congratulations for the launch of "Rapid Response: IHL", we can't wait to try it during our next team building! 🎲

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

For the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, find 88 newly digitized translations of the treaties online. Pictured: Australia, DPRK, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Iraq, Switzerland 🗺️🔗https://library.icrc.org/library/search/shortview?searchField=marcrecord&searchType=Simple&searchTerm=71939

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

☀️The ICRC Library will be closed from 20 July to 7 August, except for pre-arranged visits. To organize a visit or send a request, email library@icrc.org. We'll be operating with a smaller team, so we thank you for your patience in advance. We wish you all a nice summer!

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

📣Because #autonomousweapons are no longer a distant threat: ahead of the 2026 CCW Review Conference, the ICRC calls for action to prohibit certain autonomous weapons and restrict all others. A new short must-read ICRC publication in our collection : library.icrc.org/library/sear...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

✨New area at the ICRC Library✨ We now have a ‘books to give away’ corner at the library. If you happen to be passing by, feel free to pick something up! #library #bookgiveaway

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

| Behind the stacks | Among the thousands of documents we’re digitizing is our collection of translations of the 1949 #GenevaConventions and 1977 & 2005 Additional Protocols. It represents more than 140 documents, in 40 different languages! 🌐

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Today, we take a step back in time to share with you the story of the ICRC. It all began with a book: “A Memory of Solferino”. ⬇️

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Big news! We’re kicking off the operational phase of our most ambitious digitization project yet. One step closer to online access to the ICRC archives and library collections for all. Read more ⬇️

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

✨ Happy new year! Looking back on a 2025 highlight, our colleague Clara from the ICRC archives just posted a new piece on the "Fiaccolata", the Battle of Solferino, and Henry Dunant's experience. Read at : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

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A Memory of Solferino: The ‘Fiaccolata’ and a Brief Research Guide - Cross-Files | ICRC Archives, audiovisual and library

A humanitarian torchlight procession in Solferino and a research guide to the archival and library materials about Solferino and its enduring humanitarian legacy.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Happy Holidays! ✨ The library will be closed from December 22, 2025, to January 2, 2026. We wish you a pleasant end to the year, full of rest and good reads!

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

🌟The ICRC library is ready for the holidays : a somewhat precarious RC tree complete with the obligatory #IHL book ornaments! 🎄

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

#DidYouKnow ? Twenty years ago, the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 was adopted. This protocol led to the adoption of a third distinctive emblem, in addition to the #RedCross and #RedCrescent: the Red Crystal.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of welcoming colleagues from @cern.bsky.social #library and #archives. It was a wonderful opportunity to present our collections, exchange on our working methods, discuss common challenges, and spend a meaningful moment together!

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

⚖️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.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

| 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! 📚

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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/...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

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...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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]

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

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

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Newly digitized from the ICRC Archives 👇 Contribute to making them searchable—for research and remembrance.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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

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#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.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

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/...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

¡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/...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

📜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.

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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...

Anny Pfirter (center), in a 1961 photograph (A ICRC, V-P-AU-E-00012)

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🔎 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

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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)

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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...

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ICRC_Library @icrclibrary.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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.

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