Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have voted by majority to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from his post. The decision follows formal discussions among assembly members regarding court governance and leadership matters. The removal represents a major procedural transition for the international tribunal as it continues its ongoing legal proceedings. Arrangements for interim leadership and the formal process to select a new prosecutor are expected to be outlined by the Assembly of States Parties.
- Member states of the International Criminal Court voted by majority to remove Prosecutor Karim Khan.
- The vote was held by the Assembly of States Parties, the court’s management and legislative body.
- Karim Khan had served as the tribunal’s chief prosecutor since assuming office in June 2021.
- The ICC is expected to announce temporary leadership measures while initiating the selection process for a successor.
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Denying Karim Khan’s legal team basic accreditation and the right to mount a defence before a historic vote is a staggering indictment of the entire proceedings. When the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court—the man responsible for pursuing accountability against Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and the architects of an ongoing genocide—is stripped of due process, the integrity of the court itself is dismantled.
We are witnessing a familiar, ruthless pattern: whenever international mechanisms of justice finally attempt to hold Israel accountable, every lever of systemic pressure, political leverage, and institutional sabotage is deployed to target the prosecutor rather than answer for the war crimes.
This moment exposes not just the political pressure applied by Western powers, but also the complicity of every Arab government that abets or enables this subversion. The UN and the Assembly of States Parties are facing a fundamental test: will they uphold the rule of law and international justice, or will they bow to geopolitical pressure and shield war criminals? The Palestinian people and the entire global community are watching, and history will record who stood for human dignity and who chose to betray it.🇺🇸
That's a shame for humanity. 🤬🤬
Good to see the global justice system working so well
the timing tell s you everything!! anyone who opposes ISrael gets sexual allegations!! Just recently they used sexual allegations to defeat Massie in his primary and now this!!!
"Chosen" doing what they do best…
Any US billionaire incentives involved maybe?
Welp. Looks like all the powers are going to get away with murder. Arm yourselfs and dont trust the empire.
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Thank you for your report.
This is an unmitigated attack on human rights and on our civil liberties. Shame on the trump administration and Israel.
War criminals fighting the icc court
The US trying to take down the ICC International law away, so that colonist imperialism's way will be paved. Three world powers with expansion aspirations.
One look at the bombings of Iran in the middle of 2 negotiations, now Trump's compulsion with Iran….. Capitulation is all that's on Trump's menu
Haha Cambridge Analitics….2 Russian sleepers in the NRA , went to jail and was traded to Russia. China gets a pass … Canada gets tariffs. Russia never mentioned in trump’s stump speech
Bribes paid, Mossad calls made wonderful secretes threatened
This corrupt prosecutor denied Israel the legitimate right to present the evidence that exonerated him from the accusations, and now he is the one in the dock. Tough luck chico, oops.
The US and Israel destroying any sense of justice and international law while committing war crimes and genocide, and the member states helped it along meekly.
This just solidifies the grip fascism has in the western countries and will speed up their decline.
Karim needs to face the ICC for sexual assault of the world.
Whether the allegation holds or is dismissed, there's a big question mark on the circumstances surrounding the sacking given the current high profile cases at the ICC.
Everyone hates Israel and the US that little bit more 👍
So many people here think that rapists should never be disposed when they are leaders of important international organizations, curious.
Mamdani will rehire him when socialists win the presidency
Israel
This is not justice in any sense of the word.
The International Court of Injustice….
The U.S. is afraid of this court because all the crimes which they have committed in foreign countries. What these 180 nations should do is have a list of Americans who have committed assassinations abroad and be on the lookout to arrest such Americans.
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