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National legislation on the use and protection of the emblem of the red cross or red crescent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Jean-Philippe Lavoyer
Jean-Philippe Lavoyer*
Affiliation:
ICRC Legal Division
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The emblem of the red cross or red crescent occupies a very important place in international humanitarian law. In time of war, the emblem is the visible sign of the protection conferred by the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 on medical personnel and medical units and transports.

Type
Reports and Documents
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 36 , Issue 313 , August 1996 , pp. 482 - 485
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1996

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