Lessons for French Forces in Mali

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image On January 3, 2021, two French Mirage 2000 jet fighters like this one dropped three bombs near Bounti, Central Mali. © 2013 Reuters/Benoit Tessier The facts surrounding the January 3 French airstrike near Bounti, in central Mali, which villagers claim killed 19 civilians at a wedding, remain disputed. The French government continues to oppose carrying out an investigation into the attack, saying its forces committed no errors. A February 16 decision by the European Court of Human Rights should be an important reminder to France of the obligation of states under…

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