Fatou Bensouda, a Gambian, was just selected as the next chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, the tribunal responsible for prosecuting crimes against humanity. Bensouda, who will be the first woman and the first African to lead the ICC, was unanimously elected by the 120 UN member states which recognize the ICC's jurisdiction (the U.S. shamefully not included). She was previously the outgoing chief's deputy and was deeply involved in prosecuting war crimes in Rwanda. She has recently said that she plans to make the prosecution of gender-based and sexual crimes a priority, which is wonderful to hear at a time when just last week I read news of Afghanistan generously agreeing to release a woman from her lifetime prison sentence for being raped - if she agrees to marry her rapist.
Congratulations, babygirl! I'm throwing my vote in now for Jordyne to succeed her.
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