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Our library catalogue will be offline for a bit.
📚Books, files and librarians still available : email 📩 [email protected] if you need any support while we're offline. We might even get to do some digging in the good old card catalogue (ok, a bit unnecessary, but fun).
For over a decade, the ICRC has expressed concern about autonomous weapons.
2014: library.icrc.org/library/sea…
2026: library.icrc.org/library/sea…
Join the online event “The fierce urgency of now”: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Find more publications in our catalogue: library.icrc.org/library/
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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!
🎲The latest addition to our collection of IHL educational materials is a board game developed by the University of Johannesburg @go2uj and the ICRC @ICRC_SAfrica.
Congratulations for the launch of "Rapid Response: IHL", we can't wait to try it during our next team building! 🎲
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After World War II, the world made a promise: even in war, there are limits we must never cross. That promise became the Geneva Conventions, a universal commitment to protect civilians, the wounded, prisoners of war and humanitarian workers, among others.
Today, with over 130 armed conflicts worldwide, twice as many as 15 years ago, these rules are under immense pressure. Over 110 countries have joined the Global Initiative on international humanitarian law to strengthen commitment to the rules that limit suffering in war.
The Geneva Conventions do not protect the powerful. They protect people caught in war. And upholding them is the responsibility of every country on Earth.
Learn more about the Global IHL Initiative 👉🏽ms.spr.ly/6011aHsd1
For the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, find 88 newly digitized translations of the treaties online.
Pictured below : Australia, DPRK, Israel, Russia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Iraq, and Switzerland 🗺️
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90 years ago, the Spanish Civil War began. Among its many humanitarian consequences was the displacement of thousands of children. Discover the ICRC’s work by reading our article “The ICRC and the evacuation of children during the Spanish Civil War”: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/t…
ALT Spanish Civil War 1936-1939. Geneva. Swiss Red Cross buses leaving for Spain. They will be used for the transport of refugees. Reference : V-P-HIST-01860-27 (ICRC audiovisual archives)
☀️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 [email protected].
We'll be operating with a smaller team, so we thank you for your patience in advance.
We wish you all a nice summer!
📢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/sea…
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Il y a quelques jours, nous avons vécu un moment symbolique avec la numérisation du premier cahier de procès-verbaux du CICR. Il commence par le compte-rendu de la séance constitutive de ce qui allait devenir le CICR, rédigé par Henry Dunant lui-même.
✨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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📚“We’re going to need to do a second round, aren’t we ?”: a glimpse behind the scenes of our current digitization project in a new blogpost: blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/i…
➡️Did you know?
Our library's first catalogue was handwritten. Later on, a card catalogue was adopted: each publication had its own card summarising key info about it. Today, our online catalogue allows you to access our collections instantly, wherever you are! #WorldBookDay
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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! 🌐
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”. ⬇️
3/ From those early discussions emerged an institution that kept the same objective from the start: ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife.
4/ Would you like to learn more about the history of the ICRC? Explore our research guide “ICRC history: a primer” on Cross-files! blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/i…
3/ From those early discussions emerged an institution that kept the same objective from the start: ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife.
4/ Would you like to learn more about the history of the ICRC? Explore our research guide “ICRC history: a primer” on Cross-files! blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/i…