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UK Lawyer Karim Khan Elected as Next International Criminal Court Prosecutor

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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - States who are parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have elected UK lawyer Karim Khan to serve as... 12.02.2021, Sputnik International

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UK Lawyer Karim Khan Elected as Next International Criminal Court Prosecutor

22:43 GMT 12.02.2021 (Updated: 15:23 GMT 28.05.2023)

© AP Photo / Peter DejongFILE- In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. President Donald Trump has lobbed a broadside attack against the International Criminal Court. He's authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials for possible war crimes in Afghanistan without U.S. consent. The executive order Trump signed on Thursday marks his administration’s latest attack against international organizations, treaties and agreements that do not hew to its policies. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

FILE- In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, the International Criminal Court, or ICC, is seen in The Hague, Netherlands. President Donald Trump has lobbed a broadside attack against the International Criminal Court. He's authorizing economic sanctions and travel restrictions against court workers directly involved in investigating American troops and intelligence officials for possible war crimes in Afghanistan without U.S. consent. The executive order Trump signed on Thursday marks his administration’s latest attack against international organizations, treaties and agreements that do not hew to its policies. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.02.2021

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - States who are parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have elected UK lawyer Karim Khan to serve as the court's new prosecutor for a nine-year term.

Earlier on Friday, Khan won a secret ballot against three other candidates from Ireland, Italy and Spain. To win the election, a candidate must receive 62 votes out of the total of 123.

At the June 16 start of his term, Khan will replace current ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

Khan currently serves as the UN Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and leads the UN team to probe allegations of war crimes committed by the Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia).

Khan had worked on several high-profile cases in the past, including at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former country of Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.