Originally, laws prohibiting the misuse of the red cross emblem were used to prevent armed forces from exploiting it to gain a tactical advantage. 'It is used to safeguard the wounded and sick and those who seek to help them in a totally neutral and impartial way, and can save lives.' 'The reason for this strict control is that the red cross emblem is an internationally agreed symbol of protection during armed conflicts,' the email continues.
For the average person, these conventions are usually understood as 'don't harm prisoners, the wounded, and the people who are just trying to help them.' For the ICRC and its various child-organizations around the world, that mission is a lot more complicated-especially when it comes to their emblem. The ICRC was critical in establishing human rights during wartime as laid out in the Geneva Conventions that 196 countries have since agreed to abide by. It's the protected emblem of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), an organization that dates back to the 1863. See, the red cross doesn't belong to the public domain.
That tiny little red cross on the hood of the ambulance is where Delay and Morris went wrong.
