In July 2012, Mali referred the situation in its territory to the ICC in response to the emergence of an Islamist rebellion in the North and the ousting of President Touré shortly before the presidential elections.
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AfricaMali ratified the Rome Statute on 16 August 2000. The country referred the situation in its territory to the ICC in July 2012 after the rebellion in the north beginning 17 January that year and a coup d’état by a military junta in March. In January 2013, the ICC prosecutor opened an investigation into potential Rome Statute crimes committed in Mali since January 2012. Both sides are suspected of the commission of war crimes. Currently, there are two ongoing trials before the ICC. On 22 August 2016, the trial against Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, an alleged member of the Ansar Eddine movement associated with Al Qaeda, formally started. On 27 September 2016, Trial Chamber VIII found Mr. Al Mahdi guilty of the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against historic monuments and buildings dedicated to religion. On 31 March 2018 Mr Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, alleged member of Ansar Eddine and de facto chief of the Islamic police, was surrendered to the International Criminal Court ("ICC") on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including sexual and gender-based crimes, allegedly committed in Timbuktu.