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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Davies and Robert Flummerfelt

Second woman accuses ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct

Karim Khan at the cour d'honneur of the Palais Royal in Paris on 7 February  2024.
Khan, who denies sexual misconduct ‘of any kind’, has temporarily stepped aside as head of the ICC’s prosecution division. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

A second woman has come forward to an inquiry investigating sexual abuse allegations against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC), the Guardian has learned.

The woman has alleged that while working for the prominent British lawyer earlier in his career, he behaved inappropriately, subjecting her to unwanted sexual advances, abused his authority over her, and repeatedly sought to pressure her into sexual activity.

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