ICC Prosecutor: Nigerian Judge Morris Anyah dey among shortlisted candidates for Friday election
12 February 2021
Wia dis foto come from, Law Office of Morris A. Anyah, LLCFACEBOOK
Member states of di International Criminal Court (ICC) go meet today for New York later today to elect a new prosecutor.
One Nigerian, Judge Morris Anyah dey among di nine candidates wey dey on di shortlist to replace Gambia Fatou Bensouda wey im tenure as Chief Prosecutor go end for June.
Bensouda don dey for di position of di ICC Chief Prosecutor since 2011- afta she replace Argentine lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo. During her tenure, she secure more sentences like her predecessor - di latest na dat of di former Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen wey dis month dey found guilty of war crimes.
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.
Daily Monitor
Thursday December 24 2020
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Uganda’s High Court Judge Susan Okalany is among the three least preferred candidates in the ongoing search for next Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to results of consultations among member states last week.
The consultative report of 105 State parties, out of the 123 signatories to the Rome Statute, details that Lady Justice Okalany, Italy’s Francesco Lo Voi, and France’s Brigitte Raynaud “were mentioned the fewest times as either first preference, second preference or other candidate” according to responses to the questions provided.
The race for next Chief Prosecutor to replace Ms Fatou Bensouda, whose tour of duty ends on June 15 next year has nine candidates.