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British bar suspends ICC chief prosecutor over sexual misconduct allegations
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ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP/Peter Dejong, Pool)
THE HAGUE — Britain’s Bar Standards Board says it had imposed an interim suspension of Karim Khan, who had been the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor before he was suspended by the court on June 8 over sexual misconduct accusations.
“Under the BSB’s Enforcement Regulations, the interim suspension must now be considered by an Interim Suspension Panel at a hearing within the next four weeks,” the board says, adding that the suspension was effective immediately.
Khan, 56, denies the allegations made against him.
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