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Fatou B. Bensouda

Gambia

Ms. Bensouda was elected Prosecutor on December 12, 2011.


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Created: 12th Dec 2011
Modified: 12th Dec 2011
Professional Information
Professional Areas:
Legislative
Employer:
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Position:
Prosecutor
Working primarily in:
Rwanda

Biographical Information
Fatou B. Bensouda
(At a Glance)
Date of Birth: Jan/31/1961
Gender: female
Place of Origin: Gambia

She was previously Deputy Prosecutor, having been elected to that position in September 2004. In that capacity, she was in charge of the Prosecution Division of the Office of the Prosecutor.

Prior to her election, Mrs. Bensouda worked as a Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania, rising to the position of 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. Between 1987 and 2000, she was successively 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 served as Chief Legal Advisor to the President and Cabinet of The Gambia.

Mrs. 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 United Nations’ conferences on crime prevention, the Organization of African Unity’s Ministerial Meetings on Human Rights, and the delegate of the Gambia to the meetings of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court.

Mrs. Bensouda holds a masters degree in International Maritime Law and Law of The Sea and as such is the first international maritime law expert of The Gambia. 

Based on a biography on the ICC website.

 



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