Exclusive: UK told Karim Khan it would not back him as ICC prosecutor before removal vote

Exclusive: UK told Karim Khan it would not back him as ICC prosecutor before removal vote

The UK government told Karim Khan it would not support him as chief prosecutor and declined his request to meet ministers before International Criminal Court (ICC) member states voted to remove him from his role, Middle East Eye can reveal. 

Eighty-two of the court's 125 member states votedin a secret ballot on Friday to dismiss Khan as prosecutor over sexual misconduct claims at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

In March, Khan, who has denied all allegations, was cleared of all wrongdoing by a panel of judges appointed by the ICC's governing body, the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) bureau, to review a UN investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him.

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Karim Khan attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan at the UN headquarters on 27 January 2025 in New York City (AFP) ...