Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims

Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 03/16/2026 - 15:52 Panel appointed by court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach of duty’ by prosecutor Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (AFP/file photo) On 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.