THE HAGUE, June 19 (Reuters) – International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, has been suspended by Britain’s independent regulator for court lawyers.
Khan had already been suspended ?on June 8 by the ICC’s governing body, prolonging a crisis at the war crimes court, ?which is also under U.S. sanctions over investigations into the United States and ?Israel.
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The Bar Standards Board said in a statement that the suspension, effective immediately, would be ?considered by a panel at a hearing within four weeks.
Khan, 56, denies the allegations against him.
“He maintains ?that he has acted at all times fully in accordance with his professional obligations,” his lawyers said in a statement sent to Reuters.
Khan’s supporters have suggested that he has become a political target for seeking arrest warrants ?for Israeli officials over Israel’s conduct in its war in Gaza., opens new tab
The ICC’s 125 member states will vote ?on his fate at a special session of its governing body on July 24.
