Karim Ahmad Khan

Karim Ahmad Khan
Khan in 2022
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Assumed office
16 June 2021
PresidentPiotr Hofmański
Tomoko Akane
DeputyMame Mandiaye Niang and Nazhat Shameem
Preceded byFatou Bensouda
Personal details
Born
Karim Asad Ahmad Khan

(1970-03-30) 30 March 1970 (age 54)
Edinburgh, Scotland
RelativesImran Ahmad Khan (brother)
EducationKing's College London (LLB, AKC)
Wolfson College, Oxford

Karim Asad Ahmad Khan KC (born 30 March 1970) is a British lawyer specialising in international criminal law and international human rights law, who has served as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021.

After his appointment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, he served as a United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and acted as Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL in Iraq (UNITAD), which was established in accordance with Security Council resolution 2379 (2017) to support national efforts to hold ISIL (Daesh) accountable for acts that may amount to war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Iraq.

In February 2021, Khan was elected the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In May 2024, he announced his intention to apply for an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other members of his cabinet, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Khan, Karim A.A. (20 May 2024). "Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of Palestine". icc-cpi.int. International Criminal Court. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  2. ^ Ray, Siladitya (20 May 2024). "ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Benjamin Netanyahu And Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar". Forbes. Archived from the original on 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ Kottasová, Ivana (20 May 2024). "EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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