ICC Al Mahdi trial to open on 22 August 2016: Practical information

: 11 August 2016 |

The trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi is scheduled to open on 22 August 2016 at 09:00 (The Hague local time), at the seat of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague (Netherlands). Mr Al Mahdi is accused of the war crime consisting in the alleged destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu (Mali), between around 30 June 2012 and 11 July 2012.