The way has opened for the ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to be removed from office. Russia. This was stated by the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The suspended prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan no longer enjoys immunity as an international official, which opens the way for his extradition to Russia to bring to justice, the department noted. They, however, added that Khan's resignation itself would not radically change anything at the ICC.
"The change of the prosecutor will not radically change the situation in the ICC, which was originally conceived as an instrument of political pressure on undesirable countries," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoted by Solovyov Live.
Recall that Karim Khan "became famous" for issuing an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Khan was suspended from his duties in May last year while he was investigated over allegations of sexual harassment.
As EADaily reported the other day, the participating countries of the court in The Hague approved the resignation of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, 82 out of 125 countries spoke in favor of resigning, Reuters reported. This is the first time in the history of the International Criminal Court in The Hague when the chief prosecutor has been removed from office.