International Criminal Court: Ensure best candidate is elected as new Prosecutor

25 October 2011 A transparent, public process should lead to the election of the strongest candidate as the new ICC Prosecutor. The process to elect a new Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC), currently under way, must be transparent and must ensure that the post goes to the most qualified candidate, Amnesty International said today.Until now, the candidates’ names have been kept confidential, but a shortlist of finalists and their qualifications was made public today along with a report on the process used to select the candidates.A new Prosecutor will be elected in…

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