CHD took part in marking 28 years since murder of Frédéric Maurice, ICRC Delegate

19 May 2020

Delegation of Centre for Humanitarian Diplomacy took part in marking 28th anniversary of murder of Frédéric Maurice, ICRC Delegate who was killed in attack on convoy clearly marked by Red Cross emblem while entering besieged Sarajevo with medicine.

On 18 May 1992, several weeks after fighting began in Bosnia-Herzegovina, an ICRC convoy entered Sarajevo with food and medicine. Led by the newly appointed head of delegation in Sarajevo, Frédéric Maurice, the convoy had been clearly marked with the Red Cross emblem. In a shocking violation of the Geneva Conventions, the convoy was attacked at the Višegrad Gate before it even arrived at the city centre.

Three ICRC workers were wounded including Frédéric. While his colleagues survived, he succumbed to his injuries the next day.