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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.
The Red Cross, Red Crescent and Red Crystal emblems are officially recognized by the movement. De jure, the Red Lion and Sun emblem is also an official emblem, though it has fallen to disuse. [56] Various other countries have also lobbied for alternative symbols, which have been rejected because of concerns of territorialism. [57] [58]
Camillians today continue to identify themselves with this emblem on their habits, a symbol universally recognized today as the sign of charity and service. This was the original Red Cross, hundreds of years before the International Red Cross was formed.
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]
Note: This flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) should be reserved for protective use during ICRC field missions. File:Emblem of the ICRC.svg should be used where an illustration or a logo of the ICRC is needed. Misuse of the emblem is prohibited by international and/or national law.
The following signs have a protective meaning under certain conditions: the Red Cross [3] as well as the equivalent signs of the Red Crescent [3] and Red Crystal, [4] to be used to mark all persons and objects under the protection of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols of 1977
The worldwide structure of Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross make this service possible. When new information from former Soviet Union archives became available in the 1990s, a special unit was created to handle World War II and Holocaust tracing services.
More than 100 pages use this file. The following list shows the first 100 pages that use this file only. A full list is available.. 1863; Ambulance; American Red Cross; Armenian Red Cross Society