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Karim Ahmad Khan

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Karim Asad Ahmad Khan (born 30 March 1970) is a British lawyer specialising in international criminal law and international human rights law, who has served as Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court since 2021. After his appointment by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, he served as a United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and acted as Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL in Iraq (UNITAD), which was established in accordance with Security Council resolution 2379 (2017) to support national efforts to hold ISIL (Daesh) accountable for acts that may amount to war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Iraq. In February 2021, Khan was elected the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karim Ahmad Khan has received more than 1,038,275 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Karim Ahmad Khan is the 90th most popular lawyer, the 4,681st most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 7th most popular British Lawyer.

Karim Ahmad Khan is a British barrister who currently serves as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is known for his extensive experience in prosecuting cases involving war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, and for his role in leading investigations into alleged atrocities in countries like Sudan, Libya and Uganda as the ICC Prosecutor.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Karim Ahmad Khan ranks 90 out of 136. Before him are Doug Emhoff, G. Gordon Liddy, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Christopher A. Wray, Clara González, and Aisha Rateb. After him are Alberto Nisman, Felix Frankfurter, John Dean, Richard Wagner, Roscoe Pound, and Benjamin N. Cardozo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Karim Ahmad Khan ranks 266. Before him are Linn Berggren, Alistair Petrie, Casiano Delvalle, Christy Chung, Suheil al-Hassan, and Johann Mühlegg. After him are Taylor Sheridan, Shannon Leto, Alonzo Mourning, Grant Imahara, Dmitri Radchenko, and Takanori Nishikawa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Karim Ahmad Khan ranks 4,681 out of 8,785. Before him are Jocelyn Pook (1960), Peter Warlock (1894), Martin Fowler (1963), Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Guy Chambers (1963), and Princess Claire of Belgium (1974). After him are Michael Jayston (1935), Hugh Hopper (1945), Mike Hodges (1932), George Henry Lewes (1817), Doug Sampson (1957), and Nigel Marven (1960).

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Among LAWYERS In United Kingdom

Among lawyers born in United Kingdom, Karim Ahmad Khan ranks 7. Before him are Peter Benenson (1921), William Blackstone (1723), John Selden (1584), Henry de Bracton (1210), George Hadley (1685), and A. V. Dicey (1835). After him are Philippe Sands (1960).

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