Kuala Lampur, July 19 -- The most powerful courtroom in the world is no longer deciding its future inside a courtroom. It is deciding it inside a television studio.

That sentence may sound dramatic.

I wish it were not true.

Yet that is exactly where the International Criminal Court finds itself today - and, extraordinarily, a Malaysian lawyer is at the centre of the storm.

Days before diplomats from the Assembly of States Parties gather in New York to decide the future of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan KC, CNN broadcast an emotional interview with the woman accusing him of sexual misconduct.

The complainant, publicly identified only as Sarah, is Malaysian.

Her appearance on CNN's Amanpour was compelling television. It was detailed, emoti...