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Resolution 7: Strengthening the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement response to growing humanitarian needs

Report on resolution 7:

– Date: 29.07.2019

– Country: Denmark

– Type of entity:  State

Has your government engaged with the National Society on the implementation of “Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance”? Please tick the appropriate box below
Yes

If yes, please describe the activities undertaken: 
In order to ensure respect for and protect the integrity of the distinctive emblems recognized under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols, the Danish Ministry of Justice in 2002 issued a circular letter addressed to the Danish Police and the Danish Prosecution Service on the criminal protection of the emblems. The Government of Denmark, in cooperation with the Danish Red Cross, is currently in the process of updating this circular letter.