Mali: ICC Prosecutor Opens Mali War Crimes Investigation

Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne), 16 January 2013

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda today formally opened an investigation into alleged crimes committed in Mali since January 2012. According to an ICC statement, a preliminary investigation opened in July 2012 has determined there is reasonable basis to believe that numerous serious crimes have been committed, including murder, cruel treatment and torture, directing attacks ...