UN investigators inspecting allegations of sexual misconduct by Worldwide Felony Court docket Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan are additionally trying into alleged retaliation for the accusations, 5 sources briefed on the matter have instructed Reuters.
The allegations being examined are that Khan retaliated in opposition to employees who reported allegations of sexual misconduct in direction of a feminine lawyer reporting to him or had been important of his dealing with of the matter, mentioned three sources with direct information of the UN investigation.
The 5 sources, all of whom requested to not be named attributable to issues of reprisals, mentioned Khan, who’s British, had demoted no less than 4 employees in his workplace.
In a written assertion, Khan’s attorneys rejected all allegations of wrongdoing and mentioned he “appears to be like ahead to cooperating totally and transparently with the exterior investigation.”
“We refer you to what our consumer has mentioned beforehand on this regard, together with his agency denials. You’ll admire that our consumer can’t be anticipated to offer a operating commentary on these issues,” regulation agency Carter-Ruck mentioned.
“He has not engaged in sexual misconduct of any variety and nor, to be clear, has he engaged in any ‘retaliatory conduct’ as alleged.”
Carter-Ruck didn’t touch upon whether or not the UN probe included inspecting allegations of retaliatory conduct.
Khan has vowed to proceed working whereas cooperating with the inquiry, and mentioned that the unique allegations, made final October, coincided with a marketing campaign of misinformation in opposition to his workplace.
ICC investigating allegations into Netanyahu ‘warfare crimes’ in Gaza
ICC prosecutors are investigating a number of high-profile figures, together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The courtroom has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Israel shouldn’t be a member of the courtroom, denies the accusations, and rejects ICC jurisdiction.
The ICC’s investigation into Israel’s conduct led the US to impose sanctions on Khan, which the ICC president says have put the courtroom itself in danger.
Khan has not but been questioned for the inquiry, which is being performed by the UN’s Workplace of Inside Oversight Providers (OIOS), the sources mentioned.
The ICC and an OIOS official declined to touch upon the inquiry into Khan.
The courtroom’s governing physique, which commissioned the UN inquiry, declined to touch upon its scope, saying that additional info might solely be shared as soon as the investigation was completed.
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