Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Northern Mali

A Crime Against Humanity?

Bibliographic Data

ID12734879
AuthorsSebastián A Green Martínez (corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume13
Issue5
Pages1073-1097
Publication date2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Criminal Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1478-1395 • E-ISSN: 1478-1387
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jicj/mqv065
OpenAlexW3121696974
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This article analyses the attacks against moderate Muslim populations allegedly perpetrated in Mali after January 2012 by the group Ansar Dine . In January 2013 the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) discarded the investigation of crimes against humanity in favour of pursuing war crimes allegations. This article critically assesses the factual elements and the OTP decision and concludes that there is, in fact, a reasonable basis to believe that crimes against humanity were committed by the aforementioned group and that the destruction of shrines, tombs and mosques in Timbuktu could be considered a crime against humanity of persecution under the ICC Statute

Crimes against humanity · Criminal court · Criminology · Human rights · Humanity · International law · Persecution · Political science · Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court · Sociology · Statute · Statute of limitations · War crime · Archaeological Research and Protection · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · Law

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