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Deputy President William Ruto with his lawyer Karim Khan and Joshua Sang at the ICC. [File, Standard]
Lawyer Karim Khan, the fast-talking Queen’s Counsel lawyer who represented Deputy President William Ruto in the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the new court’s prosecutor.
Given to verbose and dropping phrases, Khan was elected by Assembly of State Parties for a nine-year term, replacing Gambian Fatou Bensouda. The court’s first prosecutor was Louis Moreno Ocampo who initiated the Kenyan cases.
His position now puts him at the centre of a raging storm with regard to the situation of lawyer Paul Gicheru, who surrendered to the court, and who had been accused of witness interference by his predecessor. Gicheru’s witness interference case relates to Khan’s former client, Ruto.
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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
Tuesday January 26 2021
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They are accused of launching a rebellion and terrorising people in Rwenzori Sub-region before establishing their base in eastern DR Congo.
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The trial of Jamil Mukulu, the alleged rebel leader of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), and 37 others started yesterday with all the suspects denying any link to the rebellion.
They are accused of launching a rebellion and terrorising people in Rwenzori Sub-region before establishing their base in eastern DR Congo.
The group had appeared before a panel of three justices of the International Crimes Division of the High Court; Michael Elubu, Susan Okalany and Lydia Mugambe.
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.