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Fate of ICC chief prosecutor heads to unprecedented vote as US sanctions keep him out of New York
- Diplomats are meeting to vote on whether to remove ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims he denies.
- The saga is highly political — tied to the court’s Gaza investigation and a U.S. campaign critical of the ICC — and has split members and staff.
- Khan is barred from the U.S. and suspended in the U.K., can’t attend the secret vote, and whatever the outcome the court looks likely to come out weakened.
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