ICC to consider legal advice that criticises UN inquiry into Karim Khan allegations

Inquiry into sexual assault claims did not establish that chief prosecutor’s actions amounted to misconduct, judges advise The international criminal court’s governing body is expected to meet on Monday to assess the advice of a panel of judges who have challenged the findings of an investigation into the chief prosecutor, Karim Khan. Last year a UN inquiry into the allegations about Khan’s behaviour is understood to have established a factual basis for claims of misconduct against him. The senior British lawyer has been accused by a complainant of sexual abuse. Now three judges commissioned by the ICC have sent it a 85-page report in which they looked at the evidence against Khan and considered whether the claims against him reached the threshold of “beyond reasonable doubt” – a high standard used in criminal cases. Using this as its benchmark, the judges have advised that the UN inquiry did not establish that Khan’s conduct amounted to misconduct or a breach of his duties. The report is critical of the UN inquiry’s methodology, saying it failed to resolve inconsistencies in the accounts of Khan and the alleged victim. The panel’s assessment was confined to a strictly legal analys