Gambian lawyer and former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (2012–2021)
Fatou Bensouda
Fatou Bensouda official portrait, 2008
Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 August 2022
President
Adama Barrow
Preceded by
Francis Rene Blain
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
In office 15 June 2012 – 15 June 2021
President
Song Sang-Hyun Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi Chile Eboe-Osuji Piotr Hofmański
Preceded by
Luis Moreno Ocampo
Succeeded by
Karim Khan
Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
In office 8 September 2004 – 15 June 2012
President
Philippe Kirsch Sang-hyun Song
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
James Stewart
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of The Gambia
In office 1998–2000
President
Yahya Jammeh
Preceded by
Hawa Sisay-Sabally
Succeeded by
Pap Cheyassin Secka
Personal details
Born
Fatou Bom Nyang
(1961-01-31) 31 January 1961 (age 63) Bathurst (now Banjul), British Gambia (now The Gambia)
Spouse
Philip Bensouda
Children
3
Alma mater
University of Ife Nigerian Law School International Maritime Law Institute
Occupation
International Criminal Law Prosecutor, diplomat
Profession
Lawyer
Fatou Bom Bensouda (/fɑːˈtuːbɛnˈsoʊdə/; née Nyang; born 31 January 1961) is a Gambian lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who has served as the Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 3 August 2022.[1]
She served as Prosecutor from June 2012 to June 2021, after having served as a Deputy Prosecutor in charge of the Prosecutions Division of the ICC from 2004 to 2012. Before that she was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of The Gambia from 1998 to 2000.[2] She has also held positions as a legal adviser and a trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).[3]
On 2September 2020, Bensouda was named a "specially designated national" by the United States government under the Trump administration, forbidding all U.S. persons and companies from doing business with her.[4] The Biden administration reversed course on 2April 2021 when President Joe Biden revoked EO 13928, removing Bensouda from the SDN list;[5] US Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a statement calling the previous sanctions "inappropriate and ineffective",[6] but still restated that Washington will continue strongly opposing any ICC's actions relating to the Afghanistan and Palestinian situations.[7]
^"Foreign embassies in the UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
^"Gambia's Fatou Bensouda sworn in as ICC prosecutor". BBC News. 15 June 2012.
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^"Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court Designations | U.S. Department of the Treasury". home.treasury.gov. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
^Verma, Pranshu; Simons, Marlise (2 April 2021). "Reversing Trump, Biden Repeals Sanctions on Human Rights Prosecutor". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^Blinken, Antony J. (2 April 2021). "Ending Sanctions and Visa Restrictions against Personnel of the International Criminal Court". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^"US Lifts Trump's Sanctions on ICC Prosecutor, Court Official". Voice of America. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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