The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him.
A diplomatic source briefed on the decision told Reuters that following an 18-month-long probe into accusations Mr Khan had non-consensual sexual interactions with a lawyer in his office, the court’s governing body’s executive bureau ruled he had committed serious misconduct.
Mr Khan has always denied the charges.
The 55-year-old Briton hit the headlines when he successfully applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war.
He was among the first to be sanctioned by Israel’s ally, the United States, which expressed outrage over the arrest warrants.
Source: ICC prosecutor suspended pending wider vote on misconduct allegations – ABC News