The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Court that investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of aggression, Karim Asad Ahmad Khan KC has arrived in Ghana for a three-day working visit.
Karim Khan KC is in Ghana at the invitation of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). He was received at the Kotoka International Airport on Sunday, 13 October 2024 by the Rector of GIMPA, Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, and the Dean of the GIMPA Law School, Dr Kwaku Agyeman-Budu.
As part of this visit, the ICC Prosecutor will pay a courtesy call on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, Chief Justice, Justice Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, and the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Mr Khan will also deliver GIMPA Law School’s third eminent public lecture on International Criminal Justice under the theme; “Democracy, Elections and Impunity: International Criminal Justice as a deterrent.” He will also hold a special Q&A session with GIMPA law students enrolled on the Master of Laws Degree (LL.M) Programme in International Criminal Law and Justice. He is expected to depart Ghana on Wednesday, 16 October 2024.
Profile of Karim Khan
Karim Khan KC specialised in all areas of public international law, international criminal and human rights law, sports law, international arbitration, extradition, media law, and major commercial fraud cases.
He previously acted for states, individuals, and victim groups.
He worked as a senior Crown prosecutor at the Law Commission of England and Wales, and in the Office of the Prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
In 2018 the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, appointed Karim as the first special advisor and head of the United Nations team investigating international crimes committed by ISIL/Da’esh under the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD).
On 16 June 2021, Karim Khan was sworn in for a nine-year term as Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
