{"id":834958,"date":"2026-07-30T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834958\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T02:27:10","slug":"ottawa-supports-ousting-icc-prosecutor-karim-khan-but-wont-say-how-it-voted-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/834958\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa supports ousting ICC prosecutor Karim Khan but won\u2019t say how it voted | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1785378430_180_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks at a press conference during his first official visit to Canada on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Spencer Colby<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJul 29, 2026 | 11:46 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Ottawa says it supports the decision by International Criminal Court members to oust prosecutor Karim Khan but won\u2019t say whether Canada voted on his expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>Global Affairs Canada says it backs the outcome of last Friday\u2019s vote, which saw 82 of the global court\u2019s 125 voting members choose to fire Khan, who rejects allegations of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada supports the outcome of the special session. The court can continue fulfilling its mandate with independence, integrity and credibility,\u201d wrote Global Affairs spokeswoman Thida Ith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada will continue to support a victim- and witness-centred approach across the work of the court, recognizing the essential role of victims and witnesses in the pursuit of international justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks at a press conference during his first official visit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-834958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}