THE STANDARD By
Everlyne Kwamboka |
February 5th 2021 at 09:04:27 GMT +0300
British lawyer Karim Khan. [File]
With less than six months to the end of Fatou Bensouda’s tenure as International Criminal Court prosecutor, intense negotiations are already playing out behind closed doors as the court seeks to fill the position for the third time in 18 years.
Nine candidates have already been shortlisted from a list of more than 100 applicants, and whoever beats them will take over from the Gambia-born Bensouda on June 15 for a nine-year term.
Those in the contest are British lawyer Karim Khan, Irish lawyer and Judge Fergal Gaynor, Nigerian lawyer Morris Anyah, Ugandan judge Susan Okalany and Canadian prosecutors Richard Roy and Robert Petit.