Section 2Sec./Art. 2

Declaration of Principles and State Policies.

(a) The Philippines renounces war as an instrument of national policy, adopts the generally accepted principles of international law as part of the law of the land and adheres to a policy of peace, justice, freedom, cooperation and amity with all nations.

(b) The State adopts the provisions of the Hague Convention IV of 1907 and the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols on the protection of victims of war insofar as they have been ratified or have become part of generally accepted principles of international law.

(c) The State shall secure the protective use and indicative use of the emblems both in times of peace and in times of armed conflict in accordance with the standards and guidelines set forth under the Hague Conventions of 1907 and the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols on the protection of victims of war.

(d) The misuse of the emblem of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Red Crystal; and of the words Red Cross, Red Crescent, and Red Crystal or their translation in any official language and dialect shall not go unpunished. Its effective prosecution shall be ensured by taking measures at the national level.