Why ICC prosecutor Karim Khan was suspended - and what could happen next

The International Criminal Court is in an unprecedented state of limbo.

Its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, has been suspended amid a campaign to remove him from office.

Member states of the bureau of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP), the ICC's executive body, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/icc-bureau-suspends-prosecutor-karim-khan-pending-vote-on-misconduct" target="_blank">voted to suspend Khan on Monday after ignoring the outcome of a United Nations investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Khan - an investigation which they had themselves commissioned.

The judges appointed to review its findings cleared the prosecutor earlier this year, concluding that there was no evidence of wrongdoing.

But the ASP bureau opted to take the highly unconventional step of disregarding the findings and making their own assessment of the investigation instead.

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