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ICC prosecutor steps aside in the storm
By Janet H. Anderson
On Friday, media covering the International Criminal Court (ICC) received a sudden announcement: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor, was stepping aside “until the end” of an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct.
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Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is being investigated for ‘alleged misconduct’. The ICC has announced that he is stepping aside. Karim Khan takes leave from the ICC
By AFP
A year after the first report of alleged sexual harassment on a female employee of his office, Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced on Friday 16 May his decision “to take leave” until the end of the investigation opened against him.
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The Gambia has finally started to set up a reparations commission responsible for paying compensations to victims of former president Yahya Jammeh, whose US assets are said to partly finance the process.
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