Fatou Bensouda
Fatou Bensouda
Fatou B. Bensoudais a Gambian lawyer, former advisor of Yahya Jammeh, international criminal law prosecutor and legal adviser...
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth31 January 1961
powerful people focus
What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
cases targeting victims
We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
party thinking track
I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
inspiration pride victim
I am working for the victims of Africa, they are African like me. That's where I get my inspiration and my pride,
war political pressure
Has the international criminal court avoided opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza due to political pressure. The answer is an unequivocal “no”. As prosecutor of the ICC, I reject any suggestion of this in the strongest terms.
voice victim persons
I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
proud
I am an African and I am very proud of that.
country thinking rights
I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.