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The Red Cross symbol. The Red Cross on white background was the original protection symbol declared at the 1864 Geneva Convention. The ideas to introduce a uniform and neutral protection symbol as well as its specific design originally came from Dr. Louis Appia, a Swiss surgeon, and Swiss General Henri Dufour, founding members of the International Committee.
Additional emblems have been proposed, including the red lion and sun of Persia, [5] the double emblem (both the red cross and red crescent together) by the Red Cross Society of Eritrea, and the red Star of David by Magen David Adom of Israel. Over time the adoption of a single, universal emblem has been met with two recurrent difficulties: [6]
An official Red Cross spokesman told CNN that "the International Committee of the Red Cross cannot confirm that its logo and/or the Red Cross emblem were used ... the ICRC maintains an ongoing confidential dialogue with the Colombian authorities on a variety of humanitarian issues, including news reports that the Red Cross emblem may have been ...
The misuse of protective signs is a violation of international humanitarian law and punishable under the national law of all countries who are state parties to the respective treaties. Using protective signs in order to injure, kill, or capture the enemy ( perfidy ) is a war crime .
Similar concerns of India, Ceylon, and the former Soviet Union regarding the use of non-Hindu and seemingly religious symbols were also dismissed by the ICRC, but their national bodies chose to adopt the Red Cross as their official emblems in order to gain entry. The Red Cross—the inverse of the Swiss flag, the country of origin of the ...
This page displays the emblems recognised in humanitarian law (Geneva convention). The only recognised emblems are the red cross, red cresent, red lion with sun (not in use since 1980) and the (new) red crystal. The Red Star of David (Magen David Adom) is not recognised by the Geneva Convention and should not be listed under the official emblems.
International Red Cross, Red Lion and Sun and Red Crescent medal; Paris mint In 1980, because of the association of the emblem (Iran's historic Lion and Sun ) with the recently deposed Pahlavi dynasty , the newly proclaimed Islamic Republic of Iran replaced the Red Lion and Sun with the Iranian Red Crescent Society , adopting the symbol used by ...
In undress uniform, on the ribbon of the medal, one silver Geneva or St Andrew's cross emblem is added to the medal ribbon for five additional years of service. [2] At twenty years of additional service the silver emblems are replaced by a silver-gilt emblem. Up to four silver-gilt emblems can replace the silver type to denote 25, 30, and 35 ...