2023-04-19 08:23:09
Mali is in the process of complying with the guiding principles on which the fight against terrorism is based. Our country has subscribed to respect for human rights and intends to comply with international commitments. It is in this perspective that the Government has just adopted draft texts relating to the specialized judicial center in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime.
This news was announced on Friday April 14, 2023, after the Council of Ministers. According to the press release from the council, the Judicial Center specialized in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime, set up at the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Commune VI of the District of Bamako, is competent to judge offenses relating to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. These offenses relate in particular to sexual violence, attacks on cultural property, summary executions or other crimes likely to be classified as crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide.
The complexity of the cases handled requires the setting up of judgment panels within the Specialized Judicial Division made up of magistrates who are both specialized and fully dedicated in order to avoid the bogging down of procedures and allow cases to be tried within a reasonable time in accordance with to the guiding principles on which the fight against terrorism is based, respect for human rights and the international commitments entered into by our country.
Through this reform, the Judicial Center specializing in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime will be separated from the High Court of Commune VI of the District of Bamako. Thus, this judicial pole will be composed as follows: a specialized prosecutor’s office headed by a Public Prosecutor in charge of the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime, placed under the authority of the General Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal from Bamako; specialized investigation cabinets responsible for exclusively investigating cases falling within the competence of the specialized judicial unit; correctional chambers specializing in terrorism and transnational organized crime. We also note within this unit a specialized Investigation Brigade called the Brigade for the Fight against Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime and also a staff of assistants who are specialists or experts depending on their area of expertise available to the Minister responsible for Justice by the competent authority.
In addition, with a view to enhancing efficiency in the fight against this criminal phenomenon, the provisions relating to prescription, police custody, searches, seizures, hearing of witnesses and provisional detention have been reviewed. The amendment also introduces certain special investigative techniques into the legal scheme.
For the Government, the draft texts adopted align the judicial center specializing in the fight against terrorism and crime with the required standards that prevailed in the creation of a national economic and financial center and a national center for the fight against against cybercrime under national jurisdiction.
Sidiki Dembele
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