World court prosecutor who went after Netanyahu for war crimes suspended over sexual misconduct

"The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has been suspended with immediate effect after the court’s governing body referred disciplinary proceedings against him to member states following a sexual misconduct investigation...

Khan became one of the world’s most controversial prosecutors after seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, making his suspension a major development well beyond the court itself. Israel and the United States have rejected the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, and neither country is a member of the court.

The Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute had decided to refer the disciplinary proceedings against Prosecutor Karim Khan to the full Assembly of States Parties, suspend him from duty pending a final decision and convene a special session to consider the matter, the International Criminal Court’s Presidency said in a Tuesday statement.

‘The Court respectfully invites the Assembly of the State Parties to conclude the process with the highest priority,’ the court's presidency said...

Khan’s suspension followed an 18-month investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct involving a lawyer in his office...

Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices and director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, told Fox News Digital that the scandal has damaged the credibility of the entire court.

‘The astounding story of the world’s International Criminal Court and its lead prosecutor headed by a criminal, an alleged rapist, is not just about one rotten apple,’ Bayefsky said. ‘The entire ICC machine let the process to hold Khan to account drag on for two years after his crimes were first reported.’

Bayefsky argued that the court’s actions against Israeli officials should now face renewed scrutiny.

‘ICC judges decided that Khan’s efforts to criminalize Israel’s Prime Minister and Defense Minister weren’t tainted by the clear evidence that Khan was trying desperately to use his attack on Israelis to save himself,’ Bayefsky said. ‘Khan has taken the credibility of the whole shameful ICC apparatus down with him.’..."