ICC bureau must uphold judges’ verdict on Karim Khan, say top lawyers

ICC bureau must uphold judges’ verdict on Karim Khan, say top lawyers Submitted by Sondos Asem on Sun, 03/29/2026 - 12:44 Leading expert says legal determinations are 'not matters to be politicised and haggled over by diplomats' as member states are set to rule on report clearing prosecutor of misconduct ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan is currently on a leave of absence pending a decision on his fate (AFP/file photo) Off Leading lawyers and legal experts have called on the governing bureau of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to uphold the findings of a judicial panel that cleared the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, of wrongdoing following a sexual misconduct complaint. The 21-member bureau of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is set to convene again on Monday for the third time to discuss its response to the report by three senior judges and the next course of action in the long-running saga, which has sidelined Khan since he took indefinite leave in May 2025. Speaking to Middle East Eye ahead of Monday’s meeting, Khan’s lead counsel, Sareta Ashraph, said the process followed by United Nations investigators and judges had been “gender-competent” after a number of civil society groups called on the bureau to reject the panel’s findings.