A) Objectives of the pledge:
This is to ensure that the Red Cross, Red Crescent and the Red Crystal are used in line with the provisions of the Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols so that humanitarian aid and personnel are not put at risk.
B) Action plan:
By 2028
- Nigeria commits, with the support of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, to:
- Assessing the current legal framework on the protection and use of the emblems and suggesting recommendations to improve the compliance with it;
- Considering the review of the legal framework on the protection and use of the emblems by clarifying the possible uses of the emblem and which actors within Nigeria can use the emblem;
- Defining the shared responsibilities on the follow-up to the protection of the emblem and their designations between the Nigerian Government and the Nigerian Red Cross Society.
- In collaboration with the National Society, carrying out sensitization on the use of the emblems.
- Nigeria and the Nigerian Red Cross Society commit to:
- Setting up a compliance mechanism for files related to the misuse of the emblems and their designations;
- Examining the possibilities for sensitization in Nigeria on the rules related to the protective emblems.
C) Indicators for measuring progress:
TBD
Review of the NRCS Act
Engagement with the National Orientation Agency on public sensitization
D) Resource implications:
TBD
fiscal allocation for national budget
A. Ministries/ Department/ Agencies Concerned
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Defense
- Ministry of Health (in particular the National Primary Health Care Development Board)
- Ministry of Information and National Orientation (in particular the National Orientation Agency)
- National and States Emergency Management Agencies
- National Assembly
- National IHL Committee
- Nigerian Red Cross Society
