International Criminal Court member states voted Friday to dismiss prosecutor Karim Khan, diplomatic sources said, following allegations that he sexually assaulted a female member of his staff.

Khan, 56, was suspended last month by a key governing body of the ICC ahead of Friday’s secret ballot in which 82 of 125 members voted to remove him. The motion required an absolute majority.

According to the sources, only 13 states voted for Khan to stay in his post during the closed-door session at the UN headquarters in New York. A further 15 members abstained, while some did not attend the vote.

In May 2025, Khan stepped back from his duties to fight the allegations made by one of his female colleagues after an inquiry was launched the previous year.

The alleged victim, a Malaysian lawyer who worked as Khan’s direct assistant, gave her account of what happened in an interview last week with CNN.

The woman, who asked to be identified by her first name Sarah, described “an escalation of attempts” that resulted in physical assault.

“There is no way for something to be consensual when you have such a power disparity,” she told CNN. “What I think many people don’t understand is that Mr Khan was not just my boss, he was everyone’s boss.”

Khan, who has been in the job since 2021, categorically denies the accusations.

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