The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has been suspended pending an investigation into harassment allegations. About this I mentioned On the court’s website.
This decision was taken by the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court after disciplinary proceedings and on the basis of the investigation report conducted by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight.
Karim Khan’s lawyers described the decision to deport him as illegal and said it was not supported by evidence. Transfer Reuters.
Khan has been on administrative leave since May 2025 pending an investigation into harassment allegations.
Karim Khan became the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in 2021.
In March 2023, the ICC, at Khan’s request, issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Russian Children’s Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova on charges of illegally deporting children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Russia. In November 2024, at Khan’s request, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, accusing them of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The harassment allegations against Khan became known in October 2024. He was accused of harassing his assistant, a lawyer from Malaysia. Karim Khan denies the accusations against him. He claims that this is a special Israeli operation aimed at discrediting him.
In Russia, a criminal case was opened against Khan on charges of illegal persecution of Russian citizens. The Moscow City Court sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in prison, the first nine years of which he must spend in prison, and the rest of the term in a high-security colony.