ICC prosecutor Khan loses appeals on UK legal bar suspension

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan lost an appeal to lift his suspension as a barrister in the UK, Britain’s legal regulator announced on Tuesday. Khan, 56, remains suspended from legal practice pending disciplinary proceedings related to sexual misconduct allegations, which he denies. The ICC’s governing body suspended Khan on June 8, exacerbating a leadership crisis at the court, which also faces U.S. sanctions. Khan had previously sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu reacted to Khan's ICC suspension by accusing the court of corruption, stating, “Want to divert attention from sex crime accusations? Just make up war crime accusations against Israel! Classic. The ICC is corrupt to the core.”