Home›Sources›Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15SourcesProsecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/prosecutor-v-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi-judgment-and-sentence-icc-01-12-01-15.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/prosecutor-v-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi-judgment-and-sentence-icc-01-12-01-15Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-prosecutor-v-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi-judg, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/prosecutor-v-ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi-judgment-and-sentence-icc-01-12-01-15}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis is the International Criminal Court Trial Chamber's own judgment and sentence in Prosecutor versus Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, delivered in 2016 following Al Mahdi's guilty plea for directing attacks on religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu, Mali, including several Sufi shrines. As the court's own official ruling, it is the direct and authoritative record of the specific criminal charge, the facts the court found proven and the sentence imposed. Its limit is that it is a legal judgment addressed to establishing individual criminal responsibility under the Rome Statute, not a work of religious studies or history describing the shrines' significance or the broader Sufi tradition they belonged to, so it is the right source for the legal facts of the case and not for an account of the destroyed heritage's religious meaning.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (16 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The International Criminal Court Trial Chamber's own judgment and sentence in Prosecutor versus Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, delivered in 2016, the top tier reflecting that it is the court's own official ruling, the direct and authoritative record of the charge, the facts found proven and the sentence imposed for directing attacks on Sufi shrines in Timbuktu, notwithstanding that it is a legal judgment addressed to individual criminal responsibility rather than a work of religious studies describing the destroyed heritage's religious meaning.NotesWell-attestedThe International Criminal Court Trial Chamber's own judgment and sentence in Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi (2016); the court's ruling on the criminal charge before it, not a historical or religious-studies account of the heritage site at issue.CitationAuthorWell-attestedInternational Criminal Court, Trial Chamber VIIIPublisherWell-attestedInternational Criminal CourtPublication YearWell-attested2016URLWell-attestedhttps://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdiSource TypeWell-attestedCase lawCross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMali, Countries Well-attested This source names Mali directly: "and historic buildings in Timbuktu, Mali, including several Sufi shrines."Source Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15International Criminal Court, Trial Chamber VIIItier 1Rome, Cities Well-attested This source names Rome directly: "criminal responsibility under the Rome Statute, not a work of religious studies or history describing the shrines' significance or the broader Sufi tradition they belonged to, so it is the right..."Source Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15International Criminal Court, Trial Chamber VIIItier 1Timbuktu, Cities Well-attested This source names Timbuktu directly: "on religious and historic buildings in Timbuktu, Mali, including several Sufi shrines."Source Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15International Criminal Court, Trial Chamber VIIItier 1Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 11 claims: 8 well-attested, 3 holds.Sacred Sites, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested10ArticlesThe Mausoleums, and the First Heritage ConvictionSacred SitesThe Djinguereber Mosque and the Timbuktu ManuscriptsSourcesProsecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15Holds4Sacred SitesThe Djinguereber Mosque and the Timbuktu ManuscriptsSourcesProsecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, Judgment and Sentence, ICC-01/12-01/15General References2CitiesTimbuktuSacred SitesThe Djinguereber Mosque and the Timbuktu ManuscriptsComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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