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The roundel version of the logo without the letters "ICRC" should be reserved for protective use during ICRC field missions; for indicative use, the combination of the roundel with the acronym is the preferred variant: 21:00, 29 March 2010: 200 × 200 (11 KB) Allesmüller~commonswiki: Reverted to version as of 20:52, 15 December 2009
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.
This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions.
Deutsch: Logo des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz (IKRK), bestehend aus Roundel und englischer Abkürzung "ICRC", in Flaggenform Source SVG-Fassung erstellt durch User:Denelson83 nach GIF-Vorlage auf Wikimedia Commons (30.
The official logo for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement published in April 2016 was described as the red cross and red crescent emblems placed together side by side, encircled by the words "INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT" in one or other of their official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian or Spanish).
The ICRC offers attractive careers for university graduates, especially in Switzerland, [64] but the workload as an ICRC employee is demanding. 15% of the staff leaves each year and 75% of employees stay less than three years. [65] The ICRC staff is multi-national and averaged about 50% non-Swiss citizens in 2004.
Rue du Puits-St-Pierre 4. The ICRC – or rather its predecessor – was founded in February 1863 at the "Ancient Casino" in the Rue de L'Evêche 3 of Geneva's Old Town by five men: businessman-turned-activist Henry Dunant, who had laid out the basic ideas in his much-acclaimed book A Memory of Solferino; lawyer and philanthropist Gustave Moynier; the medical doctors Louis Appia and Théodor ...
Moynier at his private residence in Rue de l'Athénée 8, photographed by his son Adolphe, who was also treasurer of the ICRC. The ICRC – or rather its predecessor, the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded – was founded in February 1863 in Geneva by five men: businessman-turned-activist Henry Dunant, who had laid out the basic ideas in his much-acclaimed book A Memory of ...