ICC prosecutor suspended pending wider vote on misconduct allegations
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Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks while waiting for former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to appear via video link before the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, March 14, 2025. Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERS
By Stephanie van den Berg
THE HAGUE, June 8 (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court's governing body said on Monday following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him.
A diplomatic source briefed on the decision said the court's governing body's executive bureau has ruled Khan had committed serious misconduct following an 18-months long probe into accusations that Khan had non-consensual sexual interactions with a lawyer in his office.
Khan has always denied the charges. The ICC's governing body will send its conclusion on to all 125 ICC member states who are expected to put Khan's possible removal from office to a vote at a later date.
(Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg, editing by Bart Meijer)
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