§706a Geneva Distinctive Emblems

Summary

You must not wear or display the Red Crescent or the Red Crystal (the Third Protocol Emblem), or any sign that looks like them, to trick people into thinking you work for an authorized national Red Cross/Red Crescent society, the International Committee of the Red Cross, or the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Using those emblems, a similar sign on a white background, or the names "Red Crescent" or "Third Protocol Emblem" is also banned unless listed below. Breaking this rule can bring a fine or up to 6 months in jail, or both. Allowed users are authorized national Red Cross/Red Crescent societies (and their staff), the International Committee of the Red Cross (and its staff), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (and its staff), and military medical and hospital authorities of countries that joined the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Uses that were legal on or before December 8, 2005 remain allowed if they would not seem in wartime to give Geneva Convention protections. The Attorney General can ask a court to stop violations.