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Modernization of protective markings and signalling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Ph. Eberlin
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Extract

The remarkable advances made during the last few years in technology, and particularly in electronics, and the increasingly rapid development of scientific inventions are likely to render obsolete the protective markings of the medical service as laid down in the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 19 , Issue 209 , April 1979 , pp. 59 - 83
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1979

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page 60 note 1 The expression “distinctive emblem” comprises the emblems recognized by the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, these being the red cross, the red crescent and the red lion and sun, on a white ground. For the sake of simplicity, only the red cross is mentioned in this paper.

page 62 note 1 In the draft Regulations respecting aerial warfare, prepared in 1923 by the Commission of Jurists of The Hague, and which were never ratified, these protected sites were also to be marked by the same black and white rectangular panels.

page 65 note 1 Diplomatie Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of International Humanitarian Law Applicable in Armed Conflicts, Geneva 1974–1977—(CDDH).

page 68 note 1 The Records, published by the Federal Political Department, Berne, in 1978, are on sale at the Office central fédéral des imprimés et du matériel, CH 3000 Berne, and in bookshops.

page 73 note 1 IMCO, Safety of Fishing Vessels Google Scholar, Chapter VI: “Protection of the Crew” Regulation 15: Retro-reflective tapes on life-saving appliances.