New ICC prosecutor takes on daunting job

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by Julie CAPELLE THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Britain’s Karim Khan starts Wednesday as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court with a daunting caseload including a probe into Israel and the Palestinians, the most politically fraught file in the tribunal’s history. Khan replaces Gambia’s Fatou Bensouda, who dramatically extended the ICC’s reach during her nine-year tenure but suffered a series of high-profile failures, including the acquittal of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo. The 51-year-old […]