"Inside the ICRC Library’s 2025-2027 Digitization Project : Selecting and Preparing Collections" Great blogpost by my colleague Charlotte Mohr on the library's significant contribution to our digitization project. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

As part of a Master’s thesis at the HEG Geneva, a student is looking into support tools that help navigate and understand the ICRC archival and library content. Please share your thoughts until the 10th of July 2026 by completing this survey: heg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

As part of a Master’s thesis at the HEG Geneva, a student is looking into support tools that help navigate and understand the ICRC archival and library content. Please share your thoughts until the 10th of July 2026 by completing this survey: heg.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Deliberate cruelty does not happen by chance. There is no such thing as accidental torture or abuse. It is the product of a system designed to rationalize acts born from a disregard of the law and military strategies designed to irreversibly destroy. www.icrc.org/en/statement...

Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas www.icrc.org/en/news-rele...

The ICRC is looking for a historian! careers.icrc.org/job-invite/3... This is a great position focusing on absolutely fascinating and meaningful topics.

To mark 75 years of the Geneva Conventions, the International Committee of the Red Cross hosted a global colloquium exploring these fundamental questions. More → lnkd.in/eW6qiWSU #IHL #GenevaConventions #GC75#HumanitarianLaw #ICRC

"How to plan a birthday party: Reflecting on how African voices have shaped IHL over the last 75 years" This new article by Paola Forgione and Tamalin Bolus highlights how African voices and traditions have significantly shaped IHL over the past 75 years. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Frequently asked questions: The ICRC's work in Iran www.icrc.org/en/article/F...

The Geneva Conventions at 75: A Common Heritage of Humanity - International Colloquium on IHL, Religions, Cultures and Traditions The report of a great colloquium that took place in 2024 is now online: shop.icrc.org/the-geneva-c...

After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

So excited to see this out (soon) - @drmargottudor.bsky.social and @briandrohan.bsky.social did such an amazing job!!!

The @icrc.org Advisory Service on International Humanitarian Law #IHL supports states in translating their international obligations into domestic legislation, policy and practice to create a universal culture of compliance with #IHL. Here’s how👇 youtu.be/bPJT2H4czj4

The ICRC's audiovisual archive online portal (AVA) is celebrating its 10th anniversary (and one week)! It was launched on 16 February 2016. avarchives.icrc.org

Reprisals: another battlefield of the First World War The English version of my blogpost is now online blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

"The materiality of archives: from preservation to consultation" An excellent set of guidelines for researchers on how to correctly handle archival material in a reading room, by my colleague Camille Meyre blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Le CICR a commencé un ambitieux programme de numérisation de ses archives publiques (archives générales, archives agence, collections patrimoniales de la bibliothèque). Plus d'informations sur les objectifs et conséquences pour nos publics ici : blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

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 ⬇️

The ICRC has launched an ambitious digitization programme that will facilitate access to funds collections and enable a truly global reach for our unique archival materials blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Thirty years ago, on 17th January 1996, the ICRC Assembly decided to open its archives to the general public.

A Memory of Solferino: The ‘Fiaccolata’ and a Brief Research Guide New contribution on a great experience and the origins of a prominent book by my colleague @clarapalmisano.bsky.social blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Cédric Cotter Vue sur la vallée de Derborence, que mes ancêtres ont arpentée depuis des siècles, pour clore cette année 2025. A toutes et tous, le meilleur pour 2026.

Les cartes postales de la Première Guerre mondiale : une initiative au service des familles. Une contribution de mon collègue Damian Gonzalez sur Cross-Files blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Mi artículo sobre represalias durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y la reacción del CICR acaba de ser traducido al español. Está disponible en Cross-Files, el blog de Archivos y Biblioteca del CICR. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Important notice: AI-generated archival references www.icrc.org/en/article/i...

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Call for paper on a fascinatig topic: The Committed Neutrality. A Transnational History of Spanish Humanitarianism in a Global Context from the First World War to the 1920s calenda.org/1305081

The ICRC’s Advisory Service, a specialized team that helps States translate IHL into concrete national legislation, celebrates its 30th anniversary. To mark this milestone, I had the opportunity to write a short article about its history. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

📅 Save the date: 20 November | Implementing IHL in Challenging Times Marking 30 years of the ICRC’s Advisory Service on #IHL, this event reaffirms that even in challenging times, implementing IHL is both possible and essential. 🔗 Sign up now: bit.ly/4nKxhgH

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: Books Selection New blogpost on Cross-Files by my colleague Melissa Skander blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Histoires d’évasion de prisonniers de guerre – Episode 1 : Roger Bushell, le professionnel. Super blogpost écrit par mes collègues Marie Allemann, Sonia Crenn et Charlotte Mohr, entre autres à partir des archives du CICR. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Nouvelle publication sur Cross-Files, où je m’intéresse aux représailles pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Cas d’étude assez classique qui illustre bien les conséquences humanitaires néfastes de cette pratique et les cercles vicieux qu’elle génère. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

Nouvelle publication sur Cross-Files, où je m’intéresse aux représailles pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Cas d’étude assez classique qui illustre bien les conséquences humanitaires néfastes de cette pratique et les cercles vicieux qu’elle génère. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

The fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are practical tools necessary to carry out our humanitarian mission. States parties to the Geneva Conventions are bound at all times to respect our adherence to these Principles. blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

Sixty years on: why the Fundamental Principles must be lived, not just remembered blogs.icrc.org/law-and-poli...

🕊️ Did you know that #IHL obligations extend beyond the battlefield? And that humanitarian action is not only about short-term solutions? Join this @icrc.org event to learn more about the relationship between IHL, humanitarian action & peace: bit.ly/3L5q2C6 #HumanitarianAction #Peace #Diplomacy

Call for paper on a fascinatig topic: The Committed Neutrality. A Transnational History of Spanish Humanitarianism in a Global Context from the First World War to the 1920s calenda.org/1305081

Pierre Krähenbühl: A Gaza, "un niveau de destruction jamais vu en 30 ans d'humanitaire" www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...

We have started a multi-phase operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages and detainees as part of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. More details here: ms.spr.ly/6182s2AQs

Are you interested by the @icrc.org's views on #Humanitarian #Disarmanent issue on the agenda of #UNGA First Committee? Don't miss our working paper 👇 I'll be in #NewYork 13-17 Oct. and eager to engage and hear your thoughts ! #IHL #Weapons #GenevaConventions www.icrc.org/sites/defaul...

[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !

"I cannot comprehend why humankind, with all the technologies that we have, with all the archives that we have, including our archives at the ICRC, is not capable of learning the lessons. Nobody wins by committing atrocities. Nobody gets a benefit out of this." youtu.be/r7T_qmuXfUw?...

Me complace anunciar la versión en español de mi artículo sobre el CICR como intermediario neutral. blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

I am very proud to share with you the introduction to the special issue that I co-edited with Robert Gerwarth in the journal @conteurohistory.bsky.social : "Intra-State Conflicts and the Politics of Aid in Europe, 1917–49: An Introduction" #Humanitarianism #CivilWar www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Ma présentation sur les origines militaires du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et ses relations avec les porteurs d’armes dans une perspective historique a été filmée et est désormais accessible en ligne: youtu.be/qfDF8JoJqds?...

Histoires d’évasion de prisonniers de guerre – Episode 1 : Roger Bushell, le professionnel Par Marie Allemann, Sonia Crenn et Charlotte Mohr blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/...

[SAVE THE DATE] We will be speaking about the treatment of prisoners of war (19th-21st centuries) at the @casadevelazquez.bsky.social on September 19th! Thank you to @portalmilitaer.bsky.social for your support! Join us in Madrid or online, registration until 15.09.: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Ma présentation sur les origines militaires du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et ses relations avec les porteurs d’armes dans une perspective historique a été filmée et est désormais accessible en ligne: youtu.be/qfDF8JoJqds?...

Le vase offert au Général Dufour par le Roi Frédéric Guillaume 1er de Prusse, le 27 avril 1869 pendant la conférence de Berlin.