Barely a month after being unanimously elected at a meeting of the legislative body of the International Criminal Court, (ICC), the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), in New York on Monday, December 12 as the new chief prosecutor of the ICC, the Bantaba of the Daily Observer has the exclusive honour to present to its wider readership Gambian-born Fatou Bom Bensouda, who is apparently the new face of international criminal justice.
Born on 31st January 1961, Bensouda, 50, is a Gambian lawyer, former government civil servant, international criminal law prosecutor and legal adviser who has been a Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2004. In December 2011, she became the consensus choice to serve as the next Prosecutor of the ICC.
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