Published On 24 Jul 2026
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor, according to diplomatic sources.
Various news agencies reported late on Friday that a majority of the court’s 125 member states voted in favour of the prosecutor’s removal. Khan’s team insists it is a politicised case in reaction to his pursuit of an arrest warrant against Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
The vote, which took place nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against Khan first emerged, came amid rising pressure on the ICC.
The prosecutor oversaw the issue of warrants for top Israeli officials over the war in Gaza and investigations into United States personnel in Afghanistan.
The Trump administration has already imposed sanctions on Khan and a dozen other ICC staff in retaliation, and recently declared it would seek to destroy the ICC.
Khan has denied any wrongdoing and his lawyers have called the process that led to the vote unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence.
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