ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC

Karim A. A.
Khan KC

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He has extensive experience as a prosecutor, victim’s counsel and defense lawyer in domestic and international criminal tribunals, including, but not limited to, the International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

He has appeared as counsel before the International Court of Justice. He has also represented victims of human rights violations in Africa and Asia, including appearing before Military Tribunals. Karim was elected as the second President of the ICC Bar Association in July 2017 and is a worldwide Ambassador of the African Bar Association. He has published a number of leading texts on international criminal law and is the co-author of Archbold ‘International Criminal Courts’, now in US 5th edition. Karim serves as the Special Adviser and Head of the Investigative Team established pursuant to Security Council resolution 2379 (2017), to promote accountability efforts for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by Da’esh/ISIL.

ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC

Karim A. A. Khan KC is a member of the English Bar with more than 25 years of professional experience as an international criminal law and human rights lawyer.