Karim Ahmad Khan

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1. When was Karim Ahmad Khan born?March 30, 1970
2. What nationality was Karim Ahmad Khan?British
3. What is the current position?Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
4. What is the specialization?International criminal law and international human rights law
5. Who is Karim Ahmad Khan?Karim Ahmad Khan is a British lawyer who became the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2021. He works to investigate serious crimes like genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
6. What does the International Criminal Court do?The International Criminal Court helps when a country's own courts cannot investigate or try the most serious crimes. It looks at crimes such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and aggression.

International Criminal Court (ICC): An intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that prosecutes individuals for international crimes.
Prosecutor: The legal official responsible for bringing charges against individuals accused of committing crimes.
War Crimes: Violations of the laws or customs of war, including intentional attacks on civilians or prisoners of war.
Crimes Against Humanity: Widespread or systematic attacks directed against any civilian population, such as murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, torture, rape, or persecution.