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After months of deliberation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected a new chief prosecutor. Karim Khan becomes only the third prosecutor in the Court s history. The British national’s appointment comes at a crucial, difficult and promising time for the institution. He will have his work cut out for him for a variety of reasons, but he has many strengths to draw upon as he attempts to navigate through difficult political and legal waters in the coming months and years.
Mr Khan will take up his position in June, when the tenure of the current chief prosecutor, Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda, comes to an end. In 2012, Ms Bensouda inherited an office that had many faulty and floundering investigations and cases. Many of those cases collapsed, including, most famously, those against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. But Ms Bensouda cleared the decks, revised and improved prosecutorial strategies, and took a number of bold decisions. Non
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