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| Fatou Bensouda Prosecutor International Criminal Court |
Reflections from the International Criminal Court Prosecutor
When/Where:
August 29, 2012
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Eastern
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Cleveland, OH
Also available as Webcast
Speaker:
Fatou Bensouda of The Gambia is Prosecutor Elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC). She has been Deputy Prosecutor since 2004, in charge of the Prosecution Division of the Office of the Prosecutor. Earlier, Ms. Bensouda worked as a Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, rising to Senior Legal Advisor and Head of The Legal Advisory Unit. Before joining the ICTR, she was the General Manager of a leading commercial bank in The Gambia. Earlier, she was Senior State Counsel, Principal State Counsel, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Solicitor General, and Legal Secretary of the Republic, then Attorney General and Minister of Justice, in which capacity she was Chief Legal Advisor to the President and Cabinet of The Gambia. Ms. Bensouda also took part in negotiations on the treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African Parliament, and the ECOWAS Tribunal. She has been a delegate at U.N. conferences on crime prevention, human rights, and the ICC. Ms. Bensouda holds a masters degree in International Maritime Law and Law of The Sea.
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
1 of CLE credit available
More:
http://law.cwru.edu/Lectures.aspx
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