THE HAGUE — British barrister Karim Khan took over as the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) top prosecutor on Wednesday with a pledge to improve its track record by taking only its strongest cases to trial.
Khan, who is only the third person to hold the role, faces many challenges at a time of fierce political pressure on the world’s permanent war crimes tribunal.
The ICC is handling a number of sensitive cases, including in the Palestinian territories and Afghanistan, and members of the prosecutor’s office were personally targeted by financial sanctions while Donald Trump was the United States president.
Under Trump, Washington opposed decisions by Khan’s predecessor, …
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