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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

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International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Phone:
+41 22 748 95 11

Address:
avenue de la Paix 17, Geneva 1202, Switzerland

The emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, under the Geneva Conventions, are to be placed on humanitarian and medical vehicles and buildings, and to be worn by medical personnel and others carrying out humanitarian work, to protect them from military attack on the battlefield. There are four such emblems, three of which are in use: the Red Cross, the Red Crescent, and the Red Crystal. The Red Lion and Sun is also a recognized emblem, but is no longer in use. There were also prior disputes concerning the use of a Red Star of David by Magen David Adom , the Israeli first-aid society; the Red Crystal was created in response to these disputes, thus enabling the admission of MDA to the movement. In popular culture, the red cross symbol came to be a recognisable generic emblem for medicine, commonly associated with first aid, medical services, products, or professionals; it has been unlawfully used in toys, movies, and video games, outside its defined context. After objections from the movement, derivatives and alternatives have come to be used instead. Additionally, Johnson & Johnson has registered the symbol for their medicinal products. The appropriation of the symbol has led to further irritation due to the practice of hospitals, first aid teams, and ski patrols in the United States reversing the symbol to a white cross on a red background – so undoing the original idea of the Red Cross emblem, namely reversing the Swiss flag – thus inappropriately suggesting an affiliation with Switzerland.
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