By Audrey Weiss and Fiana Gantheret
Looting and destruction of one people's cultural identity has been the norm in wars since the dawn of civilisation. For all that, the development of the international legal framework, in close collaboration with regional organisations - see the adoption in 2017 of the European Council Convention on Offenses relating to Cultural Properties -,…
by Fiana Gantheret
On 1st March 2016 at 9.30 a.m. (The Hague time), the International Criminal Court (ICC) will hold the confirmation of charges hearing in the case The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi. If Pre-Trial Chamber I confirms the charges against Mr Al Faqi, a trial chamber of the ICC will then conduct the trial,…
