Britain’s Karim Khan elected International Criminal Court prosecutor

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Khan won a secret ballot against three other candidates to replace lead prosecutor Fatou Bensouda

. The 123-member Hague-based court, which began work nearly 20 years ago, handles war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and crimes of aggression.

There was intense political jostling for the top ICC job at a time of heightened scrutiny of the prosecutor’s office. New U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will “thoroughly review” the sanctions on ICC officials, a State Department spokesman said last month.

 

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