Essa M. Faal

Essa M. Faal
Faal in 2020
Prosecutor of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission
Assumed office
6 September 2018
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Essa Mbye Faal

(1966-03-13) 13 March 1966 (age 58)
Bathurst (now Banjul, The_Gambia_(1965–1970)
CitizenshipGambian citizenship
Alma materFourah Bay College
University of the West Indies

Essa Mbye Faal (born 13 March 1966) is a Gambian international lawyer who is a defence counsel at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a senior partner at Faal and Co. Faal led the prosecution in the Darfur investigations and as a lead defence counsel for a number of other cases. In 2018, he was appointed as chief prosecutor at the Gambian Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC).