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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has launched an external investigation into allegations of misconduct by its prosecutor, Karim Khan KC. Päivi Kaukoranta, the Finnish president of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP), announced the decision in a statement yesterday.

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is to consider investigating Belarus for alleged crimes against humanity carried out against the country's civilian population. Belarus has not ratified the Rome Statute but has been referred by Lithuania, which argues that "part of the elemen

The International Criminal Court should adopt 'joint criminal enterprise' as a mode of criminal liability in the ICC Statute to punish masterminds of mass atrocities, experts have said. International tribunals and national courts have been able to use joint criminal enterprise (JCE) to bring those r

The UK government has abandoned objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials — and is now being urged to take a tough position against UK arms exports to Israel. After weeks of speculation, the Labour government confirme

The new Labour government is expected to maintain the previous administration's objections to proposed international arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials, according to an Israeli newspaper. Karim Khan KC, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal

Arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders are among those being sought by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a landmark statement yesterday, Karim Khan KC confirmed that he is applying to the court for arrest warrants for Netanyah

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's commissioner for children’s rights, over the deportation of Ukrainian children. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan KC said in a statement that the Pre-Trial Chamber "has confirmed that there

Striking legal staff at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have criticised a decision to ban them from attending the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) taking place this week. Dozens of support staff for defence and victims' teams in ICC proceedings are striking during the 21st session of the ASP

Lawyers for the family of murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have submitted a new complaint against Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The complaint alleges that Ms Abu-Akleh and another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, were deliberately targeted by Israeli forces de

The International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan is to proceed with an investigation into the invasion of Ukraine. He said in a statement that there was "a reasonable basis to proceed with opening an investigation".

Climate lawyers have urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Brazil's president for crimes against humanity over his administration's policies in the Amazon ahead of the COP26 in Glasgow this month. The Allrise group has lodged a case with the court alleging that the government o

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has proposed resuming investigations into alleged atrocity crimes in Afghanistan, with a focus on Islamist groups like the Taliban – while "de-prioritising" alleged crimes by the US. Karim A. A. Khan QC has sought authorisation fro

The International Criminal Court has authorised an investigation into the Philippine president’s “war on drugs”. It said in a statement that the war on drugs in the country appeared to be a “widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population”, which occurr

Karim Ahmad Khan QC has been sworn in as the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Mr Khan, who was born in Edinburgh, called to Lincoln's Inn in 1992, having obtained an LLB degree and AKC from King's College London. He later obtained a D.Phil from Oxford University and served as a crown

Female interns at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are "particularly vulnerable" to unwanted sexual advances from senior male staff, according to an independent report. The expert review of the court found "many accounts" of bullying and harassment at the ICC and an absence of mechanisms