Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was fired on Friday over sexual misconduct.
Khan previously issued an arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The victim, identified as ‘Sarah’ appeared on CNN last week.
“There is no way for something to be consensual when you have such a power disparity,” Sarah told CNN.
WATCH:
125 member states of the International Criminal Court have just entered a closed meeting.
Soon they will vote on whether to fire chief prosecutor Karim Khan over charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted a junior employee.
You need to hear the victim’s harrowing testimony: pic.twitter.com/QqaRaQQ1Za
— UN Watch (@UNWatch) July 24, 2026
“The decision is unsupported by any lawful or properly reasoned finding that Mr. Khan KC committed misconduct or breached his duties as Prosecutor,” Khan’s head attorney Tayab Ali said.
“He has denied the allegations from the outset and continues to do so,” Ali said.
Fox News reported:
The International Criminal Court prosecutor whose arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became central to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s threat to arrest the Israeli leader was dismissed Friday after member states voted to remove him over sexual misconduct allegations.
Karim Khan, the ICC’s chief prosecutor, was removed after a vote by the Assembly of States Parties, the court’s 125-member governing body, following disciplinary proceedings tied to allegations involving a junior female staffer in his office. Khan has denied wrongdoing.
The decision marked the first time in the ICC’s history that a sitting chief prosecutor has been removed from office. Khan’s removal comes days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a U.S. campaign to “dismantle” the ICC, accusing the court of threatening American sovereignty.
Khan became one of the world’s most controversial prosecutors after pursuing ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. The ICC issued the warrants in November 2024, prompting fierce condemnation from Israel and the United States, neither of which is a member of the court.
The warrants also became a flashpoint in New York politics after Mamdani repeatedly invoked the ICC case against Netanyahu. Mamdani said during his campaign that he would seek to arrest Netanyahu if the Israeli prime minister came to New York, and later acknowledged as mayor that the city lacks authority to enforce the warrant while calling on the federal government to do so.
Ad block users: Some site features may not work correctly while an ad blocker is enabled, because they break scripts and content this website depends on. If you can’t see comments below, for example, please disable your ad blocker.