Karim Ahmad Khan
Karim Asad Ahmad Khan KC (born 30 March 1970) is a British lawyer specialising in international criminal law and international human rights law, who has served as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021.
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Karim Ahmad Khan in 2017 | |
| Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 June 2021 | |
| President | Piotr Hofmański |
| Deputy | Mame Mandiaye Niang and Nazhat Shameem |
| Preceded by | Fatou Bensouda |
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| Born | Karim Asad Ahmad Khan 30 March 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Relatives | Imran Ahmad Khan (brother) |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
After his appointment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, he served as United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and acted as Special Advisor and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL in Iraq (UNITAD), which was established in accordance with Security Council resolution 2379 (2017) to support national efforts to hold ISIL (Daesh) accountable for acts that may amount to war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Iraq.
On 12 February 2021, Khan was elected the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC).