القاعدة ذات الصلة
Ethiopia
Practice Relating to Rule 59. Improper Use of the Distinctive Emblems of the Geneva Conventions
Under Ethiopia’s Penal Code (1957), it is a punishable offence to wear without authorization the emblems or insignia of the red cross, red crescent or red lion and sun.
Ethiopia, Penal Code, 1957, Article 294(a).
Ethiopia’s Criminal Code (2004) states:
Article 282.- Abuse of Emblems and Insignia of International Humanitarian Organizations.
Whoever intentionally:
(a) bears, flies or uses without due authorization the emblems or insignia of [the International Red Cross or Red Crescent or a corresponding humanitarian relief organization]
…
is punishable with simple imprisonment, or, in cases of exceptional gravity, with rigorous imprisonment not exceeding five years.
Ethiopia, Criminal Code, 2004, Article 282.
The Criminal Code of 2004 repealed Ethiopia’s Penal Code of 1957.
