Bangladesh may bring a complaint to the International Criminal Court against those responsible for a massacre during the uprising in July and August, according to ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim AA Khan.
In response to a question from Chief Adviser Prof. Muhammad Yunus about the procedure for bringing a case against the massacre perpetrators at the ICC on the grounds of crimes against humanity, he made this statement.
On Thursday, on the fringes of the UN General Assembly in New York, Yunus received a call from the ICC’s chief prosecutor.
Students spearheaded a mass uprising on August 5, leading to Shiekh Hasina’s resignation. The activists and law enforcement of the Hasina-led Awami League and its affiliated bodies have committed atrocities, resulting in at least 700 deaths and over 20,000 injuries.
Karim updated the chief adviser during the meeting on the most recent findings from the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) 2019 investigation into the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Karim promised to travel to Bangladesh before the year ends. He also praised Yunus’s three-point plan to provide fresh impetus for resolving the Rohingya issue.
The chief adviser presented the proposals during a meeting at the UN headquarters on Wednesday. The proposals included a joint response plan for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, an urgent conference chaired by the UN chief to review the overall situation and offer solutions, and significant international efforts to support justice and accountability to address the genocidal crimes committed in Rakhine in 2017.
Karim declared, “The three points are perfect.”
