A senior figure told him the court was “built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,” and not for Western countries and their allies.
In an interview with CNN, Karim Khan recounted: “I’ve had some elected leaders speak to me and they were very blunt. ‘This court is built for Africa and for thugs like Putin,’ was what one senior leader told me.”
He responded, “We don’t do it like that,” emphasizing that the court should symbolize “the triumph of law over power and brute force: grab what you can, take what you want, do what you will.”