The ICC executive board has recommended dismissing chief prosecutor Karim Khan after an internal bureau reportedly found serious misconduct including an inappropriate sexual relationship with a junior staff member, Reuters reports. The recommendation will go to a vote of the court's 125 member states.
The International Criminal Court's oversight body has recommended firing chief prosecutor Karim Khan after an internal investigation reportedly found he engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a junior staff member, according to a Reuters report Wednesday evening. The recommendation from the court's executive board draws on findings from the internal bureau, which reportedly concluded serious misconduct occurred. The matter now goes to a vote of the ICC's 125 member states, scheduled for July 24 in New York. Khan has denied the allegations. The development follows a weeks-long crisis at the court: as The Zioneer reported on June 9, the executive bureau had already suspended Khan after an 18-month probe into accusations of sexual misconduct. Reuters reported Tuesday that the bureau recommended his permanent removal. The vote in July will determine whether Khan, who was also suspended by the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority on June 19 pending a separate investigation, will be permanently ousted. The scandal has engulfed the court, whose chief prosecutor pushed to bring cases against Israeli leaders over the war in Gaza.
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