ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan
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News ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, looks up prior to a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 3, 2023 - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. 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 remove him, a motion that required an absolute majority. According to the sources, only 13 states voted for Khan to stay in his post during the closed-door session at the UN headquarters in New York.
- ▪News ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, looks up prior to a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 3, 2023 - Copyright © africanews Copyright 202
- ▪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 remove him, a motion that required an absolute majority.
- ▪According to the sources, only 13 states voted for Khan to stay in his post during the closed-door session at the UN headquarters in New York.
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- ▪ ICC member states decide fate of embattled prosecutor Karim Khan — Dawn
- ▪ ICC prosecutor Karim Khan faces removal vote: What’s the case about? — Al Jazeera English
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News ICC members vote to dismiss embattled prosecutor Karim Khan Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, looks up prior to a press conference in The Hague, Netherlands, July 3, 2023 - Copyright © africanews Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved By Africanews with AFP Last updated: 33 minutes ago ICC 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 of 125 members voted to remove him, a motion that required an absolute majority.
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