Exclusive: 'Handful' of ICC states aim to sabotage report clearing Karim Khan

Exclusive: 'Handful' of ICC states aim to sabotage report clearing Karim Khan Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 03/23/2026 - 17:18 Experts warn that ICC faces 'real risk' of politicisation, as small number of mainly western states look to undermine report clearing prosecutor of wrongdoing Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court taking the oath of office in June 2021 (ICC official photo) Off A minority of members from the bureau of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are calling for the findings of a judges’ report, which found no evidence of misconduct against Karim Khan, to be ignored, Middle East Eye can reveal. MEE reported exclusively on Saturday that the court’s chief prosecutor had been cleared of any wrongdoing by a panel of three senior judges appointed by the bureau of the ASP, the ICC’s governing body, to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into complaints of alleged sexual misconduct. MEE has since obtained a copy of the panel’s confidential report.