The initial appearance of Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud ("Al Hassan") before the single judge of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court"), judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, is scheduled for Wednesday, 4 April 2018, at 15:00 (The Hague local time) in Courtroom I. Mr Al Hassan was transferred to the ICC on 31 March 2018 following an arrest warrant issued by the Chamber on 27 March 2018 for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

As Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" Or "Court"), I welcome today's important development in the Situation in Mali.

Today, 31 March 2018, Mr Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud ("Mr Al Hassan") was surrendered to the International Criminal Court ("ICC", "Court") by the Malian authorities and arrived at the Court's detention centre in the Netherlands. Mr Al Hassan is suspected, according to a warrant of arrest issued by Pre‑Trial Chamber I of the ICC on 27 March 2018, of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in 2012 and 2013 in Timbuktu, Mali.