AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Allegations of sexual misconduct against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court are still under review by the court’s executive branch, an internal memo shared with staff on Sunday said, after a media report claimed he had been exonerated.

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan, who investigates suspected war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, and who spearheaded the investigation into Israel’s actions in Gaza, has stepped aside temporarily, pending an investigation into accusations of a non-consensual sexual relationship with a lawyer in his office. A second woman has also come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. He rejects allegations of wrongdoing.

After a year-long investigation, the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services submitted its confidential fact-finding report in December to the ICC’s executive branch, known as the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties.

A news report on the Middle East Eye website on Saturday said Khan had been cleared of the allegations.

But in a memo to court staff, which Reuters reviewed, the Assembly’s president, Paivi Kaukoranta, said: “The disciplinary process before the Bureau is ongoing and remains confidential. No decisions have been taken, and no........

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