The International Criminal Court, the ICC, has suspended its chief prosecutor for the first time in its 24-year history. Karim Khan was recommended for disciplinary action by the court’s oversight body over an internal investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. This investigation too has been criticized. We look at why. What happens to the cases currently in the court, and what does this whole affair mean for the court’s international credibility? Danya Chaikel joins us to answer some of these questions.
Chapters:
0:00 Karim Khan suspended from job
1:14 Danya Chaikel, FIDH Rep. to the ICC
4:18 The impartiality of the ICC in question
6:38 Why the investigation is being questioned
9:31 Was the ICC inventing new processes as it went along?
12:13 Some of the prominent ICC defendents
15:14 The expectations of the ICC
17:15 The reaction to what has happened
19:32 What happens now?
24:14 Sexual misconduct cases in positions of power
26:48 What happens next to Karim Khan?
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