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As war moves online, the ICRC wants its protective emblem to follow

ICRC launches a new phase of a project to extend protections to cyberspace as services become vulnerable to online attacks.

The ICRC launches the second phase second phase of its Digital Emblem Project at CERN on July 9, 2026.
The ICRC launches the second phase second phase of its Digital Emblem Project at CERN on July 9, 2026. (AN)

GENEVA (AN) — For more than 160 years, the Red Cross emblem has conveyed a simple message on battlefields around the world: do not attack.

Displayed on hospitals, ambulances and humanitarian workers, the emblem signals protection under international humanitarian law. It helps identify those who care for the wounded and assist civilians caught in war.

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