Karim Ahmad Khan | |
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Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
Assumed office 16 June 2021 | |
President | Piotr Hofmański Tomoko Akane |
Deputy | Mame Mandiaye Niang and Nazhat Shameem |
Preceded by | Fatou Bensouda |
Personal details | |
Born | Karim Asad Ahmad Khan 30 March 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Spouse | Dato Shyamala Alagendra |
Relatives | Imran Ahmad Khan (brother) |
Education | King'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 Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant, also for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine.[1][2][3]