Template:IHL Symbol
The use of the symbol shown in this image is regulated by certain international treaties, particularly the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their additional protocols of 1977 and 2005, as well as other rules of International Humanitarian Law either in written agreements or by long-standing customs. Misuse of this symbol is prohibited by these treaties as well as by national law in all countries which have ratified them. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here. |
This template is used to identify any recognized protective emblems described in Hague Conventions and Geneva Conventions.
The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:Symbols regulated by international humanitarian law
Usage
{{IHL Symbol}}
This template is used to identify any recognized protective emblems described in Hague Conventions and Geneva Conventions, such as the Red Cross/Red Crescent/Red Crystal or Distinctive emblem for cultural property.
This is not a copyright tag.
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Red Cross - Distinctive Emblem - "A red frame in the shape of a square on edge on a white [back]ground"[a]
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Red Crescent - Distinctive Emblem - "A red frame in the shape of a square on edge on a white [back]ground"[a]
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Red Crystal - Third Protocol Emblem (Red Crystal) - "A red frame in the shape of a square on edge on a white [back]ground"[a]
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Hospital and safety zones - "oblique red bands on a white [back]ground"
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Banner of Peace (Roerich Pact) - A "distinctive flag (red circle with a triple red sphere in the circle on a white background)"
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Civil Defense - An "equilateral blue triangle on an orange [back]ground"
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Distinctive marking of cultural property - "A shield consisting of a royal blue square, one of the angles of which forms the point of the shield, and of a royal-blue triangle above the square, the space on either side being taken up by a white triangle".[b]
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International special sign for works and installations containing dangerous forces - "three bright orange circles of equal size, placed on the same axis, the distance between each circle being one radius"
Notes
- ↑ a b c This template should NOT be applied to green cross/crescent/crystal on a white background or a white cross/crescent/crystal on a green background.
These are not covered by the Geneva Convention, which requires the the cross/crescent/crystal symbol to be red in color. - ↑ This symbol may also appear in a grouping of three or with a red border. These variant symbols are also protected by international conventions and should receive this template.
The template takes no parameters.
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Relies on:
{{Non-copyright restriction}}
Localization
This template is localized through {{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found under Template:IHL Symbol/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code of Template:IHL Symbol/en (or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameter lang
from en
(or whatever language you are translating) to the language code of your language.