Karim A. A. Khan
International prosecutor · United Kingdom / The Hague
Affiliated with International Criminal Court (ICC)
ICC Prosecutor (2021–); applied for arrest warrants over Oct 7 and Gaza conduct. Suspended in 2026 pending a misconduct vote — deputies lead the Office in his absence.
ICC assessed contributions from states parties.
Head of the ICC Office of the Prosecutor; previously served as Special Adviser to the Prosecutor and led UNITAD.
Suspended as ICC Prosecutor in 2026 pending an Assembly of States Parties vote on alleged misconduct — deputies lead the Office in his absence. Previously led UNITAD's Yazidi genocide investigation before becoming Prosecutor. Warrant applications in the Palestine situation are contested by Israel, the US, and others.
Binding only through ICC processes, which depend on state cooperation; his personal conduct is separately under institutional review.
On the record
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Case: yazidi →“UNITAD has established clear and convincing evidence that genocide was committed by ISIL against the Yazidi as a religious group. The intent of ISIL to destroy the Yazidi, physically and biologically, is manifest in its ultimatum ... to convert or die.”
Case: october 7 israelis 2023 →“I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI (DEIF), and Ismail HANIYEH bear criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel.”
Cases in this record
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Sources & disclosures
- Office of the Prosecutor — International Criminal Court