On Saturday, June 14, 2025, dozens of Tuareg activists, human rights defenders, and victims gathered outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to demand justice for grave human rights violations in Azawad and the wider Sahel region.
The protest was organized by the International Imuhagh Organization for Justice and Transparency, in coordination with the Kel-Akal Association (Azawad Human Rights Observatory), Azawad Solidarity, and supported by the Tuareg diaspora in Europe and North America.
Organizers described the demonstration as an “unprecedented event” in terms of both political and symbolic mobilization. It was, they said, “a cry against the international silence surrounding the suffering of civilians in Azawad.”
Protesters raised banners calling for justice, accountability, and an end to violence committed under the guise of “counterterrorism.” The organizing associations also submitted formal complaints to the ICC, urging the court to open urgent investigations into what they described as crimes against humanity being perpetrated against civilians in the region.
The protest marked a significant moment in the Tuareg community’s ongoing struggle to bring global attention to the crisis in Azawad and to demand international action.
