ICC / AL MAHDI SENTENCE

The International Criminal Court (ICC) sentenced Ahmad Al Mahdi to nine years in prison for committing a war crime as a co-perpetrator of the destruction of historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu, Mali. ICC / UNIFEED / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:58
• Production Date: 27 September 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - ICC
• Subject Topical: CULTURAL HERITAGE
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: 1720146
• Parent Id: 1720146
• Alternate Title: unifeed160927c

Description

STORY: ICC / AL MAHDI SENTENCE
TRT: 1:57
SOURCE: ICC / MINUSMA / WORLD BANK
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2016, THE HAGUE NETHERLANDS / FILE

Shotlist

FILE – ICC – THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

1. Wide shot, exterior, International Criminal Court
2. Close up, International Criminal Court sign

27 SEPTEMBER 2016, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS

3. Wide shot, Courtroom
4. Med shot, judges walking to dais
5. Wide shot, judges sitting and courtroom
6. Wide shot, Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi standing up
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Raul Cano Pangalangan, Presiding Judge, International Criminal Court (ICC):
“The Chamber unanimously sentences you to nine years of imprisonment.”
8. Close up, Al Mahdi listening the sentence
9. Wide shot, Al Mahdi listening the sentence
10. Close up, presiding judge
11. Wide shot, Al Mahdi sitting down after hearing the sentence
12. Zoom out, presiding judge and courtroom
13. Med shot, Al Mahdi leaving the courtroom
14. Wide shot, Al Mahdi leaving the courtroom

FILE – WORLD BANK / MINUSMA - DATE UNKNOWN - TIMBUKTU, MALI

15. Pan, Timbuktu, Mali
16. Various shots, Timbuktu views

FILE - WORLD BANK / MINUSMA - 5 NOVEMBER 2013, TIMBUKTU, MALI

17. Med shot, minaret of the Djingareyber mosque
18. Various shots, manuscripts

Storyline

The International Criminal Court (ICC) today (27 Sep) sentenced Ahmad Al Mahdi to nine years in prison for committing a war crime as a co-perpetrator of the destruction of historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu, Mali.

This is the first-ever ICC prosecution focused on cultural heritage destruction as a war crime.

Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi had pleaded guilty and expressed remorse for intentionally directing the attacks against the historic mausoleums in June and July 2012.

The time he has spent in detention since his arrest upon the ICC warrant issued on 18 September 2015 will be deducted from the sentence.

According to UNESCO, the mausoleums of Timbuktu have long been places of pilgrimage for the people of Mali and neighbouring countries. They were widely believed to protect the city from danger. The oldest of these edifices were built in the 13th century. Sixteen of them are inscribed on the World Heritage List and 14 were destroyed in 2012, representing a tragic loss for local communities.