What battles await Karim Khan, the 3rd prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, elected on February 21, 2021 ? An analysis of the issues at stake in this crucial election for international justice, in a video produced by Justice Info, Fondation Hirondelle's online media dedicated to justice in relation to mass crimes.

With the election of British lawyer Karim Khan on Friday 12 February,2021, the hotly contested seat of third prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) falls to a European. Khan succeeds the Gambian Fatou Bensouda, who will hand over her post in June, and to the Argentine Luis Moreno Ocampo, for a nine-year mandate. In this second episode of IN CAMERA, Justoce Info's correspondent in The Hague, Janet Anderson, tells how the States Parties to the ICC failed to agree on the selection of a candidate; and why the internal and diplomatic struggles that await Khan will be more decisive than ever for the fragile legitimacy of the Court.

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