Honours:

The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Awards

The Standing Commission has the task of administering the Henry Dunant Medal and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Prize for Peace and Humanity and of designating the recipients in accordance with the Regulations.

The Henry Dunant Medal (HDM) is the highest distinction that the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement) can bestow on an individual. It is intended to recognize and reward outstanding services and acts of great devotion, mainly of international significance, to the cause of the Red Cross and Red Crescent by any of its individual members. The choice of recipients is guided by the Regulations adopted by the International Conference in 1965 and revised in 1981 and 2022.
More information: The Henry Dunant Medal 

The Red Cross and Red Crescent Prize for Peace and Humanity (PPH) is intended to honour either National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (National Societies) or individuals in the Movement by recognizing their active contribution to a more peaceful world through humanitarian endeavour and promotion of the Movement’s ideals. The choice of recipients is guided by the Regulations adopted by the Council of Delegates in 1987 and revised in 2022.
More information: The Red Cross and Red Crescent Prize for Peace and Humanity 

Any member of the Red Cross and Red Crescent may be nominated for the Henry Dunant Medal and the Prize for Peace and Humanity on the basis of their humanitarian achievements, provided they meet the conditions set out in the Regulations and Guidelines for these awards. No distinction of any kind (gender, age, language, political, religious and philosophical beliefs, national, ethnic or social origins, health, etc.) may be made regarding eligibility. In the nomination process and in its choice of recipients, the Standing Commission is strongly committed to fostering diversity, inclusion and the highest standards of integrity and ethics.

These two awards of the Movement are distinct from other prizes and medals specific to any of the Movement’s components to honour their members. If this is not already the case, the Standing Commission encourages each component of the Movement to establish prizes, medals or other tributes to honour the contribution of their members, including those for remarkable length of service or to pay tribute to those who have given their lives or suffered serious physical or psychological harm in the course of their humanitarian duties.

On an extraordinary and ad hoc basis, the Standing Commission may decide to present a special tribute of the Movement to honour individuals, groups of individuals or organizations for outstanding and highly significant achievements in support of the Red Cross and Red Crescent mission that would not meet the criteria of the Henry Dunant Medal or the Prize for Peace and Humanity.
More information: Special Tribute of the Movement