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The first sentence delivered by the International Criminal Court for destruction of cultural heritage in Timbuktu: the Al Mahdi case [Primera condena de la Corte Penal Internacional por destrucción de patrimonio histórico en Tombuctú: el caso Al Mahdi]

Publicated to:Eunomía. (18): 104-129 - 2020-01-01 (18), DOI: 10.20318/eunomia.2020.5266

Authors: Polo EP

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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper analyses the first international conviction for destruction of cultural heritage delivered by the International Criminal Court. After a brief study of the situation in Mali, the development of the procedure is examined, from the beginning, the referral of the situation by the Malian Ministry of Justice, till the reparations phase. The relevance of this case is absolutely exceptional, not alone by the particular war crime subject to the judgment, but also by the innovative Reparations Order, regarding the categorization of the multiple types of victims. © UNIV CARLOSIII MADRID. All rights reserved.

Keywords
Convictions for destruction of cultural heritageDestruction of cultural heritageInternational criminal courtInternational protection of historic and cultural heritageMaliWar crime

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Eunomía, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Gender Studies, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-21:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 1.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Pineros Polo, Elena) and Last Author (Pineros Polo, Elena).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Pineros Polo, Elena.