Africa
24 May 2012
Last updated at 03:08 GMTmes suspects use blackmail, says new ICC chief
She said world leaders should resist pressure from people such as Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.
The ICC accuses him of recruiting child soldiers for the same rebel group as his co-accused, Thomas Lubanga.
In March Lubanga was the first person convicted by the court of war crimes.
Gen Ntaganda remains at large and is spearheading a mutiny that has left tens of thousands of people homeless.
Gambian lawyer Ms Bensouda takes over from Louis Moreno Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the ICC next month.
Gen Ntaganda - who is known as the Terminator - denies masterminding a mutiny by former members of the CNDP rebel group.
Fatou Bensouda takes over from Louis Moreno Ocampo
The
incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
says some countries are being blackmailed by suspected war criminals.
Fatou Bensouda said suspects were threatening to continue killing people unless arrest warrants were dropped.She said world leaders should resist pressure from people such as Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda.
The ICC accuses him of recruiting child soldiers for the same rebel group as his co-accused, Thomas Lubanga.
In March Lubanga was the first person convicted by the court of war crimes.
Gen Ntaganda remains at large and is spearheading a mutiny that has left tens of thousands of people homeless.
Gambian lawyer Ms Bensouda takes over from Louis Moreno Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the ICC next month.
Gen Ntaganda - who is known as the Terminator - denies masterminding a mutiny by former members of the CNDP rebel group.
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