Panel appointed by war crimes court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach of duty’ by chief prosecutor

Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has been cleared of all wrongdoing by a panel of judges appointed to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal.

The highly confidential report by the panel of three judges was submitted to the ICC’s executive oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), on 9 March. It will not be made publicly available, and has not been seen by the majority of the court’s 125 member states.

Since December, the judges, who were appointed by the ASP, have been examining an external fact-finding report conducted by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into the allegations against Khan, which have unfolded in parallel with his office’s efforts to pursue a war crimes investigation against Israeli officials over the war in Gaza.

  • Solumbran@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 days ago

    Yeah, I’m sure it was another one of those evil plots to wrongfully accuse someone of sexual assault. As they happen so often /s

    • cm0002@suppo.fiOP
      10·
      5 days ago

      It is rare, but does happen (and absolutely not to a degree where it’s acceptable to immediately dismiss an accusation) and if there was ever a case for it to actually happen

      The allegations of misconduct against Khan have unfolded against the backdrop of the prosecutor’s efforts to pursue an investigation against Israeli officials over alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories.

      Khan sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then defence minister Yoav Gallant in May 2024, and the court has faced a ferocious campaign by Israel and its allies, primarily the US, attempting to pressure him to drop the investigation.

      Since February 2025, US President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed financial and visa sanctions on Khan, his two deputy prosecutors, six judges, the UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine, and three Palestinian NGOs in connection with the Israel-Palestine investigation.

      This would be it, the guy was an enemy in Israel’s eyes, it wouldn’t be a stretch that they’d set something like this up lol