UCM Üye Devletleri Başsavcı Karim Khan’ı Cinsel Saldırı İddiaları Nedeniyle Görevden Aldı
Uluslararası Ceza Mahkemesi (UCM) üye devletleri, Cuma günü yapılan gizli oylamada Başsavcı Karim Khan’ın görevden alınmasına karar verdi. Khan, bir kadın personeline yönelik cinsel saldırı iddialarını reddediyor ve avukatı aracılığıyla kararın hukuka uygunluğunu sorgulayacağını açıkladı. Oylamada 125 üye devletten 82’si Khan’ın görevden uzaklaştırılması yönünde oy kullandı; Khan geçen ay UCM’nin denetim organı tarafından zaten geçici olarak açığa alınmıştı. New York’taki Birleşmiş Milletler merkezinde gerçekleşen oylama, ABD’nin UCM’ye yönelik diplomatik baskısını artırdığı bir döneme denk geldi. Khan’ın görevden alınması, mahkemenin güvenilirliğini zedelerken, Rusya’nın Ukrayna’daki eylemleri ve İsrail-Filistin çatışması gibi konularda kritik soruşturmalar yürüten UCM’nin liderlik kriziyle karşı karşıya kalmasına yol açtı. Khan, 2021’den bu yana yürüttüğü başsavcılık görevinde özellikle Ukrayna ve Filistin’deki savaş suçu iddialarına odaklanmıştı. UCM’nin karşılaştığı bu sarsıntı, uluslararası adalet mekanizmalarının siyasi baskılar altındaki kırılganlığını gözler önüne seriyor. Khan’ın avukatı, müvekkilinin sürecin adilliğini yargıya taşıyacağını belirtirken, üye devletlerin hızlı kararı mahkemenin iç işleyişine dair soru işaretleri doğurdu. Önümüzdeki süreçte yeni başsavcının belirlenmesi ve Khan’ın hukuki mücadelesi UCM’nin geleceğini şekillendirecek.
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latest: 26 Jul- Diplomatic22 Jul, 13:53
International Criminal Court's members to vote on firing prosecutor Khan over alleged misconduct
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will vote on Friday on whether to fire chief prosecutor Karim Khan for alleged sexual misconduct in a case that has damaged the tribunal’s credibility at a time when the US has ramped up its attacks on the court. Khan, 56, denies any wrongdoing. The vote on his fate comes just a week after Washington announced a renewed diplomatic campaign to dismantle the ICC, which it says is a threat to US sovereignty. “The court is already in a precarious state,” Mark Ellis, the executive director of the International Bar Association and a longtime ICC observer, told Reuters. “The Khan situation is a separate but very significant part of the overall perception of the court’s credibility,” he added. The US has said no diplomatic options are off the table in its campaign against the ICC, which has already seen 11 of the ICC’s top officials facing sanctions. Accuser points to power disparity, Khan denies wrongdoing The Khan vote also lays bare internal divisions among the court’s governing bodies and its member states. While officials from the court’s governing body said Khan should be dismissed because he committed serious misconduct, according to documents seen by Reuters, it remains unclear if member states will follow that recommendation. For him to be removed, an absolute majority of at least 63 of the court’s 125 member states will have to agree in the secret ballot to be held at a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. The vote is due around 3 pm (1900 GMT). Khan’s accuser, a junior ICC staffer, spoke publicly for the first time last week in an interview with CNN in which she repeated her allegations that the prosecutor had a non-consensual sexual relationship with her. “There is no way for something to be consensual when you have such a power disparity,” the woman, identified only by her first name Sarah, told CNN. Lawyers for Khan told Reuters he denied “any sexual relationship of any kind” with the alleged victim. They called the decision that led to Friday’s vote unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence, and pointed to a panel of independent judges who found there was no evidence to establish the allegations beyond reasonable doubt after a report by UN investigators into the matter. Vote will not end ICC’s internal turmoil Whatever the outcome, the vote will not put an end to internal divisions. If ICC member states dismiss Khan, it will be seen by some as the result of political pressure after Khan sought arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials for alleged war crimes committed in Gaza. Israel is not a member of the court and has dismissed the warrants as bogus. It would also set off an election process for a new prosecutor, which is not expected to finish before the start of next year. If Khan survives the vote, his position would be weakened and it would give critics of the court another stick to beat it with. The ICC was established in 2002 by the international community to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. It asserts jurisdiction only if one of its 125 member states is unable or unwilling to prosecute atrocities itself. The United States has never been a member of the court. However, the ICC statute also gives the court the power to prosecute atrocity crimes committed on the territory of member states by nationals of non-member states. A State Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said last week Washington was considering diplomatic pressure on other nations to withdraw from the court. The EU has reiterated its support for the ICC and said threats against the court or its elected officials are not acceptable. However, the EU and most ICC member states have yet to take concrete public steps that could shield the institution. The International Federation for Human Rights, a human rights NGO working with victims in cases being considered by the ICC, called the new US campaign the most serious attack to date on the world’s only permanent international criminal court. “States created the ICC together; they now have the opportunity — and the responsibility — to defend it together,” Secretary General Drissa Traore said.
- Diplomatic23 Jul, 15:25
ICC oversight body to vote on fate of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan
Diplomats from around the world are gathering at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday, to decide whether to permanently remove from office the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
- Political24 Jul, 16:00
ICC member states decide fate of embattled prosecutor Karim Khan
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) 125 member states convened on Friday to determine the fate of prosecutor Karim Khan, who was suspended over allegations of sexual assault against a member of his staff — accusations he firmly denies. In May 2025, Khan had stepped back from his duties to fight the allegations made by one of his female colleagues, after an inquiry was launched the previous year. The 56-year-old Briton was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC, the 21-member bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), which called Friday’s meeting at UN headquarters in New York. At that time, the bureau said the suspension was “not an indication of the final outcome” in the matter. The decision on whether to relieve Khan of his duties is now subject to a secret ballot by the 125 countries party to the International Criminal Court during a closed-door session. An absolute majority carries the vote. Paivi Kaukoranta, head of the assembly that oversees the ICC, described the case as a “complex and sensitive disciplinary matter” during a short session open to the public. “I trust that I can count on your cooperation to ensure that the assembly can address the matter in a way that fully respects the privacy and rights of the persons involved, as well as the court as an institution,” she said. The alleged victim, a Malaysian lawyer who worked as Khan’s direct assistant, has offered her account of what happened for the first time, in an interview last week with CNN. The woman, who asked to be identified by her first name Sarah, described “an escalation of attempts” that resulted in physical assault. “There is no way for something to be consensual when you have such a power disparity,” she told CNN. “What I think many people don’t understand is that Mr Khan was not just my boss, he was everyone’s boss.” Khan, who has been in the job since 2021, categorically denies the accusations. In an open letter published this week on X, his attorneys called on ICC member states not to remove Khan from his position, saying the procedures in place allowing Khan to defend himself had not been respected. ‘Credibility’ Saying that the investigation, which was not made public, did not conclusively prove any wrongdoing, the lawyers alleged that if Khan were removed from his job, “every future prosecutor will understand the lesson. “Independence carries a price, and the machinery of the Court can be turned against its own officeholders whenever their independence becomes inconvenient,” they said. The statement appears to allude to a number of high-profile dossiers handled by Khan. In 2024, he made headlines when he successfully applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war. The ICC, which is based in The Hague, also issued warrants for the arrest of several key leaders of Hamas, who have since been killed. Khan was the target of US sanctions over the warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, as were several judges. For Stephan Rapp, a former US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, the process may have been imperfect, but the probe was thorough. “My own view is that the evidence is more than sufficient for his removal, and I think for the ICC to have any credibility, he must be removed,” Rapp told AFP. “If they don’t, that may be the end of the court,” he said. “It’ll destroy its credibility and make itself even more vulnerable to these unfair attacks from the United States. “
- Diplomatic25 Jul, 04:17
ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan
UNITED NATIONS, United States – International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources told AFP, following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff. Khan, 56, was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC ahead of the secret ballot in which 82
Philippine Daily Inquirer – Global NationAfricanews – English (All)Al-Monitor – The Pulse of the Middle East - Diplomatic25 Jul, 03:52
ICC members vote to dismiss Karim Khan
THE HAGUE: Member states of the International Criminal Court voted on Friday to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor following allegations of sexual misconduct. Eighty-two of the court’s 125 member states voted in favour of the prosecutor’s removal. Khan, 56, denies any wrongdoing and his lawyer said he will challenge his dismissal. “Mr Khan will challenge the lawfulness and fairness of the decision through all available legal mechanisms,” lawyer Tayab Ali wrote on X. Khan’s dismissal follows an announcement by the United States that it will launch a renewed diplomatic campaign to dismantle the ICC, which it says is a threat to its sovereignty. Diplomats running the court’s oversight body decided last month that the British barrister had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a junior ICC lawyer and should be fired. Member states largely followed that conclusion in a vote at the United Nations in New York on Friday. During a visit to the Philippines on Thursday, 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, reiterating previous criticism. The US, which is not a member, has imposed sanctions on 11 ICC judges and prosecutors, including Khan, citing the ICC’s arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, and a past probe into US troops in Afghanistan. Khan’s accuser spoke publicly for the first time last week in an interview with CNN in which she repeated her allegations that the prosecutor had a non-consensual sexual relationship with her. Khan’s dismissal immediately triggers the election process for a new ICC prosecutor who is not expected to be voted in before next year. Any active ICC warrants will remain in place even after Karim Khan’s dismissal because only ICC judges have the authority to withdraw warrants. Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2026
- Diplomatic26 Jul, 05:30
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan dismissed over alleged sexual assault
United Nations, USA—International Criminal Court (ICC) member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan following disputed allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff. Khan, 56, was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC ahead of the secret ballot in which 82 of 125 members voted to
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