Content_paragraphs:  The Government’s response to serious crimes under international human rights 
  
  and humanitarian law committed in the centre remained largely insufficient. Little 
  
  progress was seen in the judicial response to high-profile cases such as the attacks on 
  
  Ogossogou in March 2019, Sobane Da in June 2019 and Malémana in December 
  
  2019, which claimed the lives of at least 206 civilians in total. However, a criminal 
  
  investigation was launched into the attack in Ogossogou in February 2020. In an 
  
  encouraging move, in July, prosecution orders were signed for military personnel 
  
  suspected of involvement in serious crimes in central Mali, including the Binedama 
  
  incident on 5 June, in which at least 37 persons were summarily executed (31 men, 
  
  3 women and 3 children) during a national forces military operation. Arrest warrants 
  
  for the suspects remain to be issued.