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Former UN oversight chief says ICC prosecutor Karim Khan is ‘victim of massive stitch-up’
Ben Swanson, a former UN investigations chief, accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) bureau of unfairly suspending prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct allegations. Swanson criticized the bureau's decision as a 'stitch-up,' citing a prior panel of judges that found no evidence of misconduct in the UN investigation.
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