International Criminal Court

ICC votes to advance disciplinary measures against prosecutor Karim Khan over sexual assault claims

In a vote on Wednesday by a core group of member states, 15 voted in favor, two abstained and four voted against moving forward with the process.

International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan talks during an interview with Reuters in The Hague, Netherlands, January 16, 2025.
 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters about the violence in Israel and Gaza in The Hague, Netherlands October 12, 2023

Allegations against ICC war crimes prosecutor still under review despite report he was cleared

A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025.

US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case

 Judges arrive at the International Court of Justice at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year, The Hague, Netherlands May 17, 2024.

Israel brief to ICJ rejecting genocide claims likely delayed by Iran war


Palestinian NGOs vow to continue cooperation with ICC after US sanctions

The groups are the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Al-Haq, based in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Palestinians who fled from combat zones in the Gaza Strip arrive in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, September 2, 2025.

Chief ICC prosecutor faces additional sexual misconduct accusation - report

A former intern says Khan made repeated unwanted advances in 2009, as a UN watchdog reportedly investigates multiple misconduct claims against the ICC prosecutor.

(Illustrative) ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan over a back drop of the ICC.

Israel probably missed chance to flip narrative at ICC, but still has chance at ICJ - analysis

The volatile mix of politics and law is always a piece of international court cases, but when cases are on the fence, the impact of that mix looms larger.

 Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

IDF defends mass tree removal in West Bank following repeat terror incidents

The decision, by IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth took place to achieve better security oversight of the area of Al-Mughayir, near Ramallah.

IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth.

'For truth and justice': Netanyahu praises Rubio, US for sanctions on four ICC judges

Two judges and two prosecutors at the ICC were sanctioned, as Washington kept up its pressure on the war tribunal over its targeting of Israeli leaders.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

Hostage families sue ICC prosecutor, allege court has become 'branch of Hamas'

The lawsuit accuses ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan of turning the court into "a branch office of the terrorist organization," Hamas.

 FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.

HRF files complaint with ICC against IDF chief, others, over 'deliberate' killing of Anas Al-Sharif

HRF and PCHR said the killing was not "just another tragedy in a long war on the press" but a "clear-cut criminal act — a war crime and part of a broader genocidal campaign."

Anas Al-Sharif, terrorist killed by the IDF.

UN's Francesca Albanese loses 'blue check' verification on X amid coming US sanctions

This came days after UN Watch submitted a legal appeal to the owner of X, Elon Musk. The appeal called on the company to remove Albanese's check mark following her designation under US sanctions.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, at an Emergency Conference of States, hosted by Colombia and South Africa, to discuss measures against Israel, in Bogota, Colombia, July 15, 2025; illustrative.

Israeli defense may falter at world court as starvation claims dominate global discourse - analysis

After the April win for Israel at the ICC, it did not need to be this way.

 Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

Belgian prosecutor refers case of two IDF soldiers to ICC following Tomorrowland arrest

Hind Rajab accused the soldiers of participating in “the systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza and in carrying out mass atrocities against the Palestinian population.”

THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court building in The Hague: The ICC has no viable plan to bring to justice the Hamas leaders who conceived the mega-atrocity in Israel, or the terrorist organization’s supporters who slaughtered 1,200 civilians and seized 251 people as hostages on October 7, 2023