ICC states should respect judges' report on prosecutor, says Norway’s deputy foreign minister

ICC states should respect judges' report on prosecutor, says Norway’s deputy foreign minister Submitted by Sondos Asem on Sat, 06/06/2026 - 14:01 Andreas Kravik urges ICC members not to politicise consequential vote on Karim Khan’s fate Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Kravik poses for a photo at the foreign ministry in Oslo on 4 June 2026 (MEE/Hossam Sarhan) Off Norway’s deputy foreign minister, Andreas Kravik, has urged member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to avoid “a perception of politicisation of the process” as they vote on the fate of the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. Speaking exclusively to Middle East Eye ahead of Monday’s deadline for the bureau of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to vote on Khan’s future, Kravik called on the court’s executive ruling body to “respect the procedures” it had put in place to examine misconduct allegations against the prosecutor. If the 21-member bureau recommends a finding that Khan is guilty of serious misconduct, the larger 125-member ASP will vote on the case, with a two-thirds majority required to uphold the decision.