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International Committee of the Red Cross
8-12-2005
Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the adoption of an additional distinctive emblem (Protocol III)
The States party to the Geneva Conventions adopted a protocol additional to the Conventions at a diplomatic conference in December 2005. The Protocol establishes a new emblem, commonly referred to as the red crystal, alongside the red cross and red crescent.
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The Additional Protocol III and related information can be consulted in the IHL- Treaties and Documents database
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