Posts tagged Mali
AFP | U.N. war crimes court gets Timbuktu monuments case
AFP | U.N. war crimes court gets Timbuktu monuments case

[...] “I think this is an extremely powerful case,” said Stephen Rapp, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes. “In these sorts of conflicts, the destruction of religious, cultural or historical objects, and the patrimony of the people, is another way in which you destroy a civilization, destroy a religion — the kind of things on which life is based in our societies.”

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Carrie Comer, permanent representative to the ICC for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), said it is a “fascinating case.”

“We definitely believe that the destruction of cultural property and heritage is indeed a war crime,” she said. “However, it is a bit of challenge for those of us who work with victims in Mali because the destruction of cultural property is not the only thing that this man has been accused of.”

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Carrie ComerICC, Mali, War Crimes, Cultural Property, SGBC
Deutsche Welle | Islamist leader faces ICC over Timbuktu mausoleum destruction
Deutsche Welle | Islamist leader faces ICC over Timbuktu mausoleum destruction

[...] Rights organizations have welcomed Al Mahdi's arrest but urge prosecutors to file more criminal cases against the Tuareg leader, including rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage.

"So we do believe that it is very important for the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to take into account the credible evidence that has been provided within the national system," said Carrie Comer of the International Federation for Human Rights, referring to a criminal complaint the group filed in Mali against Al Mahdi earlier this year.

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Carrie ComerICC, Mali, Cultural Property, SGBC