Who is Karim Khan, the ICC Prosecutor?
Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor who announced Monday that he would seek arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel and Hamas, has earned, over a long career in international law, a reputation as a gifted orator and advocate tenacious.A British lawyer, he took up the position of Chief Prosecutor of the ICC in June 2021. Previously, he had served on both the defense and prosecution fronts at several international tribunals.Among his high-profile clients were Seif al-Islam el-Gaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar el-Gaddafi; and Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, who fired him.One controversial case was his defense of William Ruto, now president of Kenya, accused of inciting violence following the national election. In 2016, when Ruto was vice president, the case ende...