Conversation with... Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on the Rome Statute at 20 from icc world 20 Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 34 min 39 sec
✓ Published: 22-Oct-2018

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Dr Fatou Bensouda is the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), having taken office in 2012 as the first woman to have assumed the role. In 2011, she was elected by consensus by the Assembly of States Parties to serve in this capacity. Bensouda was nominated and supported as the sole African candidate for election to the post by the African Union. Between 1987 and 2000, Bensouda was successively Senior State Counsel, Principal State Counsel, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions,