Exclusive: Judges clear ICC’s Karim Khan over sexual misconduct claims (www.middleeasteye.net)
from geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to world@lemmy.world on 21 Mar 21:40
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Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, has been cleared of all wrongdoing by a panel of judges appointed to review the findings of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, Middle East Eye can exclusively reveal.

The highly confidential report by the panel of three judges was submitted to the ICC’s executive oversight body, the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), on 9 March. It will not be made publicly available, and has not been seen by the majority of the court’s 125 member states.

Since December, the judges, who were appointed by the ASP, have been examining an external fact-finding report conducted by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) into the allegations against Khan, which have unfolded in parallel with his office’s efforts to pursue a war crimes investigation against Israeli officials over the war in Gaza.

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Greyghoster@aussie.zone on 22 Mar 03:39 next collapse

This one is ripe for conspiracy theories. Is this a boys clubs covering up for a mate? Is it spurious charges brought to discredit him?

geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml on 22 Mar 09:58 collapse

The second. The Zionist lobby using sexual assault as blackmail.

Greyghoster@aussie.zone on 22 Mar 14:09 collapse

Seems reasonable

Lets_Disco@retrolemmy.com on 22 Mar 04:17 collapse

The charges against him were obviously Israel trying to get him discredited. He had brought arrest warrants against the Israeli leaders earlier in the year.

You can read a great long form article from before then, about the tactics they were using against his office, especially in light of the charges he was bringing (relating to the genocide and the many crimes against humanity Israel were committing) -

archive.ph/83wqp