H.E Fatou Bom Bensouda

Gambian lawyer

Gambian lawyer,

H.E Mrs Fatou Bom Bensouda is a Gambian lawyer and former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, who has served as the Gambian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since 3 August 2022.

She served as Prosecutor from June 2012 to June 2021, after having served as a Deputy Prosecutor in charge of the Prosecutions Division of the ICC from 2004 to 2012. Before that she was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of The Gambia from 1998 to 2000. She has also held positions as a legal adviser and a trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.