Madame Bensouda
Madame Fatou Bensouda is a Gambian lawyer who is currently serving as the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) chief prosecutor. Her international legal career began with her work on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, an international court established by the UN to investigate war crimes in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. She then progressed to the role of deputy prosecutor at the ICC before being formally elected as chief prosecutor in December 2011 and entering the role in June 2012. She is the first African to hold the prestigious post. It is hoped her influence will help strengthen relationships with African nations and the African Union (AU), who believe the ICC has unfairly targeted African countries in its criminal prosecutions.
