The International Criminal Court has removed chief prosecutor Karim Khan after member nations voted to oust him following a misconduct investigation. The decision comes after allegations of sexual misconduct that Khan has denied.
The vote marks a major development for the court, placing one of its most senior officials at the center of an institutional crisis. By acting through member nations, the ICC has signaled that the allegations and the findings around them carried significant weight.
Khan has rejected the claims against him, and his denial remains a central part of the story. Even so, the outcome shows that the court’s member states were prepared to force a leadership change while the misconduct controversy continued to draw scrutiny.
The removal is likely to intensify attention on accountability and internal governance at the ICC. It also leaves the court facing a leadership transition at a sensitive moment, with focus now shifting to how it manages the fallout from the probe and fills the role of chief prosecutor.
