Not only has Karim Khan, the International Criminal Court’s senior prosecutor, just now been fired from his job, after a vote by the organization’s member states — the result of credible charges brought against him of sexual assault and rape of a subordinate, but he is unlikely to be hired by any law firm should he try to return to the practice of law. No one wants to have on staff someone with his unseemly, even criminal, background. More on the downfall of Karim Khan can be found here: “ICC dismisses prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual misconduct allegations, diplomatic sources say,” Jerusalem Post, July 24, 2026:
Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday voted to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor following allegations of sexual misconduct, two diplomatic sources told Reuters.
According to the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter, 82 of the court’s 125 member states voted in favor of the prosecutor’s removal.
Khan, 56, denied any wrongdoing and his lawyers have called the decision by the court’s governing body that led to Friday’s vote unlawful, procedurally unfair and unsupported by evidence.
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said that in voting to dismiss Khan, the international community rejected Khan’s decision “to scapegoat Israel in an attempt to divert from his own misconduct.”
“Karim Khan believed that by launching a political witch hunt against Israel and issuing a politically motivated arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu, the world would ignore the grave sexual misconduct allegations against him. He was wrong,” Danon said.
“Those who attempt to prosecute Israel will not escape accountability. They will also lose the trust of the international community. The attacks against Israel, which were intended to distract from his disgraceful conduct, did not save Karim Khan, and they will not help [New York City Mayor] Zohran Mamdani either,” he added….
Ambassador Danon is right to link Khan’s legal woes to his decision to issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. The timing of Karim Khan’s preposterous charges against Israel deserves to be noted. He first learned on May 2, 2024 about the charges of “serious sexual misconduct” that were going to be made against him. The scandalous charge was, he knew, soon to be made public, but before it was, Khan on May 24 made public his own recommendation to the Court that it issue warrants for “war crimes” against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The Israelis believe that Khan hoped that by making such sensational charges against Israel, he would divert public attention from his own scandal. Furthermore, Karim Khan knew that his bringing charges against Netanyahu and Gallant would win him support from Israel-haters around the world, including countries whose nationals serve as judges on the ICC.
Venezuela has formally notified the United Nations of its “irrevocable” decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia said on Friday.
The government justified the move by alleging a “geographical bias” within the court, claiming it disproportionately targets nations in the Global South, specifically across Africa and Latin America, Plasencia said in a post on X.
Third-World countries are underrepresented at the ICC, and Venezuela’s withdrawal from the ICC was a public expression of its unhappiness with this state of affairs. What happens if other states in South America and Africa withdraw from the ICC, further undermining its claim to represent the world? A rush for the exits by those member states could so weaken the international body that it will no longer command respect; its findings would be issued in a void.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered another blow to the ICC:
During a visit to the Philippines on Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there were “lunatics and crazies involved in the ICC,” and there was no way any US political or military officials would ever go on trial at the court, reiterating previous criticism….
Like Israel, the U.S. is not a member of the ICC, and does not recognize its jurisdiction. Rubio and others in the Trump administration have been attacking both its decisions, such as the arrest warrants it has issued against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Galant, and its personnel, imposing sanctions on eleven of them, including some judges.
If the ICC wants to survive, it had best get rid of those whom Marco Rubio calls its “lunatics and crazies.” It needs to replace Khan with someone above reproach, someone not already a sworn enemy, as Karim Khan so obviously was, of Israel.
Siddhi Nasranni says
At last booted out, Oh happy days. The anti-Semite is out on his arse, about time.
Beans🫘 says
One Muslim anti semite out, one more to replace him. Rumor has it, this guy was getting busy with women in the west, and these accusations piled up. They’re doing him a favor.
Patrick White says
Another unjustly-hired Mohammadan down. What are this man’s career options now? What about forming a disco band? The Village Zutt has a nice ring to it.
Billy says
Being a Muslim, a good Muslim like Khan, will be employed by any Muslim organization against Non-Muslims as taught by Islamic Law and in Islam’s Qur’an(Qur’an 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Islam’s Muslims are murderous, Totalitarian Terrorists of Allah operating as a Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Enterprise under Islamic Law to ultimately conquer the enemies of Allah, the Non-Muslims, with Islamic Law DBA Islam(Qur’an 8:60; 9:5, 29, 111; 49:15, etc.). Genocidal Allah in Qur’an 8:39 commands, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…”
Islam’s Muslims are to engage in war for Allah’s sake to make Islam, Islamic Law, supreme over all. Hence, Muslims receive a great reward when they engage in war for Allah against Allah’s enemies, the Non-Muslims, whether Muslims live or die. Allah in Qur’an 4:74 says, “So let those who purchase the world’s life for the hereafter engage in war for the sake of Allah. And whoever engages in war for the sake of Allah, whether he is killed or victorious, so we will give him a great wage.”
Taffy says
Khan has another problem with respect to practicing law. His law license in Jolly Old England was suspended pending revocation proceedings.
My question is that the investigation into Khan has been going on for years, but why the firing at this late date? Also, will the ICC now vacate the warrant against Netanyahu and Bennet? The warrant against Putin should probably be vacated too, because it would give the appearance of impropriety not to do so. The Netanyahu Bennet case should be dropped; there is not an iota of legitimate evidence to support it. On the other hand, the warrant against Putin was probably legitimate, but i5 is now tainted by prosecutorial misconduct.
gravenimage says
Karim Khan Loses His Job as ICC Prosecutor
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Glad to hear it–and it sounds as though he may be dissbarred in the UK as well.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Disappointing thing is that he is a citizen of the Ummah Kaliphate: they can’t just bundle him off to Pakistan, unless they somehow make it a penal colony like Australia used to be