International Criminal Court member states are set to vote on whether to dismiss the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan for alleged sexual misconduct. Khan, 56, denies any wrongdoing and his lawyers have called the decision by the court’s governing body that led to the vote unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence.
US Criticism of the ICC
The vote comes amid renewed US criticism of the war crimes court, which Washington sees as a threat to its sovereignty. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there were “lunatics and crazies involved in the ICC” and there was no way any US political or military officials would ever go on trial at the court.
France and the Netherlands have said they would vote in favor of Khan’s removal. If Khan is fired, it would immediately trigger the election process for a new ICC prosecutor, who is not expected to be voted in before next year.
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