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ACTION PLAN:
RESPECTING THE LA WS OF WAR
SUBMITTED BY THE MOUVEMENT NATJONAL DE LIBÉRATION DE
L'AZAWAD
TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL
Noting the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2056 in which the
UNSC expressed concern about the alleged crimes committed in Mali as part of the
on-going armed conflict;
the concern of the UNSC that innocent ei ilians may have been subjected to
attacks and religious or historie monuments may have been destroyed hy parties to the
armed conflict and terrorist groups;
Noting that the International Crimina! Court (ICC) is conducting a preliminary
examination in Mali and expressing a desire to cooperate with any fair and halanced
investigation into mass human rights abuses cot 1mitted in Mali since the Rome
Statute came into force in July 2002;
Observing that the people of northern Mali , who have been victims of mass human
rights abuses since 1963. deserve to see an end to impunity;
Determined to ensure that the memhers of the MouJ •emenl National de Libération de
L 'Azawad ("MNLA") respect international humanitarian law and other relevant
resolutions on women and peace and security, o children and armed confl ict, and on
the proteetion of civilians in armed confl icts;
The MNLA hereby undertakes to imptement the fol owing actions:
Cooperate with the JCC in its preliminary examination into alleged cri mes
com11itted in Mali, though our lawyers at Böh er Advocaten
(Netherlands );
2. Engage with Geneva Call, suhmit Deeds of Commitments, and invite
Geneva Call to monitor their implementation.
3. Provide written and/or oral instructions to its mil itary cammanders to
ensure that all MNLA troops abide by international humanitarian ]aw:
4. Provide training and/or advice to MNLA military cammanders to ensure
that cammanders fully appreciate internati onal humanitarian law: