Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda has been sworn in as the new Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The 51-year-old Bensouda took the oath of office at a ceremony in The Hague today. Bensouda is the first woman and the first African to be chief prosecutor at the ICC, which some observers have criticized for pursuing only cases in African countries. 

She replaces Luis Moreno-Ocampo of Argentina, who stepped down as chief prosecutor after nine years on the job. Before coming to the ICC, Bensouda was senior legal adviser at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The International Criminal Court was founded in 2002 to prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.