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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique, Patrick Wintour and Peter Beaumont

ICC’s Karim Khan: a prosecutor in a hurry to effect international law

Karim Khan sitting on a chair
Karim Khan was appointed chief prosecutor of the international criminal court in 2021 with support from 72 nations. Photograph: Reuters

The international criminal court’s Karim Khan has quickly made a reputation for himself as a formidable prosecutor.

In an international court that had a reputation for glacial slowness of process, he has moved rapidly against the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, and now against Hamas and Israeli officials over the war in Gaza.

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