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Member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted on Friday by a majority to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims, during a special session at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

According to diplomatic sources, 82 out of the court's 125 members voted by a secret ballot to dismiss the prosecutor, surpassing the absolute majority threshold (63) needed for removal.

Thirteen voted against removal, while 15 abstained.

It is the first time in the ICC's 24-year history that member states have voted to remove a sitting chief prosecutor from office.

Friday's vote comes shortly following extraordinary threats by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Washington would "dismantle the ICC - brick by brick, if necessary," while most of the court’s judges and prosecutors, including Khan, have been sanctioned by the US over their work on the Palestine and Afghanistan war crimes investigations.

The disciplinary process against Khan emerged in the wake of his decision to seek arrest warrants over two years ago for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, along with three Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes committed during the war in Gaza since October 2023.

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[–] hneerqe@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Know why a meteor or solar flare won't hit and exterminate this planet? It would be too good!

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Not to be a killjoy or anything, but there are billions of innocent lives that will suffer immensely under those conditions, too.

Why not just oust political leaders globally and demand the change we NEED for our futures. Let Millenials and Gen Z take over control for a little bit - everyone's sick of the boomers running the world into the fucking ground.

There's too much corruption and not enough intelligence in the political class worldwide

Cockroach party worldwide.

[–] hneerqe@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Don't worry. As I said, the world isn't ending and we'll continue to pay taxes to pedofiles and absolutely no illegal things against them.