For Protocol III to the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, see Protocol on Incendiary Weapons.
"Geneva Protocol III" redirects here. For other topics, see Geneva Protocol (disambiguation).
Geneva Conventions Protocol III
Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005
Type
Protocol
Drafted
5–8 December 2005
Signed
8 December 2005 (2005-12-08)
Location
Geneva
Effective
14 January 2007 (2007-01-14)
Condition
Six months after two instruments of ratification or accession were deposited
Signatories
20 States[1]
Angola
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burundi
Cape Verde
Colombia
Congo
Ethiopia
Ghana
Haiti
Ireland
Jamaica
Malta
Nepal
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
Sierra Leone
Togo
Turkey
United Republic of Tanzania
Parties
78 States[2]
Albania
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Mexico
Monaco
Nauru
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Norway
Palestine (non-state observer of UN)
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Moldova
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Sudan
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
East Timor
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A map showing the current status of Protocol by country, as of July 2020:
State parties (77)
State signatories (21)
Neither
The Red Crystal emblem approved by the States party to the Protocol III of the Geneva Conventions
Protocol III is a 2005 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem. Under the protocol, the protective sign of the Red Crystal may be displayed by medical and religious personnel at times of war, instead of the traditional Red Cross or Red Crescent symbols. People displaying any of these protective emblems are performing a humanitarian service and must be protected by all parties to the conflict.
^"Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005". International Committee of the Red Cross. n.d. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
^"Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), 8 December 2005". International Committee of the Red Cross. n.d. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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