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Deputy President William Ruto with his lawyer Karim Khan and Joshua Sang at the ICC. [File, Standard]
Lawyer Karim Khan, the fast-talking Queen’s Counsel lawyer who represented Deputy President William Ruto in the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the new court’s prosecutor.
Given to verbose and dropping phrases, Khan was elected by Assembly of State Parties for a nine-year term, replacing Gambian Fatou Bensouda. The court’s first prosecutor was Louis Moreno Ocampo who initiated the Kenyan cases.
His position now puts him at the centre of a raging storm with regard to the situation of lawyer Paul Gicheru, who surrendered to the court, and who had been accused of witness interference by his predecessor. Gicheru’s witness interference case relates to Khan’s former client, Ruto.
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Everlyne Kwamboka |
December 31st 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Lawyer Paul Gicheru. [File, Standard]
A process to determine whether lawyer Paul Gicheru is to go through full trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague is set to start in February next year.
Gicheru, who surrendered to the international court in November, is awaiting the hearing of confirmation of charges against him, a process that is to determine whether he will face full trial on crimes against administration of justice.
The lawyer will be hoping that the prosecution, led by Fatou Bensouda, does not have sufficient evidence to establish substantial grounds to prove he interfered with witnesses in the 2007/2008 election violence cases.
THE STANDARD By
Everlyne Kwamboka |
December 23rd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Lawyer Paul Gicheru.
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has taken sides with a Kenyan lawyer facing charges before the International Criminal Court in opposing tactics being used to appeal against one judge hearing his case.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said the Office of Public Counsel for the Defence (OPCD) lacks the status to seek permission from Pre-Trial Chamber A to appeal against the decision that dismissed claims that the chamber was not properly constituted to hear the case against lawyer Paul Gicheru.
Bensouda further told the OPCD, led by Xavier-Jean Keita, that he has not received instructions from Philip Kipkoech Bett, who is a fugitive, to represent him at the court sitting at The Hague, Netherlands.
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