Overview
- The Assembly of States Parties will hold a special session in New York on 24 July 2026 to vote on whether Prosecutor Karim Khan committed serious, less serious, or no misconduct.
- The Bureau of the ASP suspended Khan on 8 June 2026 and in a confidential decision recommended a finding of serious misconduct, setting up the full-membership vote.
- A UN-led probe delivered a 150-page report and about 5,000 pages of evidence after an roughly 18-month inquiry, but a judicial panel of judges concluded in March that the facts do not establish misconduct under the relevant framework.
- If the Assembly finds misconduct it will then vote on removal, with a two-thirds majority of states present and voting required to find misconduct and an absolute majority of 63 of 125 votes needed to remove the prosecutor.
- Khan denies the allegations and critics warn the process could politicize the court because the case intersects with high-profile investigations by his office and could prompt employment appeals and wider institutional scrutiny.