The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh
Subtitle: critical appraisal of legal framework and jurisprudence
By: Miriam Beringmeier
Publisher: BWV, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9783830538608
Subjects: War crimes; Crimes against humanity; Transitional justice; Jurisprudence; International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh
Description: The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh was established in 2010 with the aim of bringing to trial perpetrators of crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971, through which the country seceded from Pakistan. The International Crimes Tribunal is a domestic tribunal based on the International Crimes Tribunals Act from 1973 and the Rules of Procedure enacted by the Tribunal itself. The initiation of these trials almost 40 years after the war entails several challenges. The publication examines to what extent the Tribunal?s legal framework as well as its jurisprudence comply with international standards as established in international treaties, customary international law and in the jurisprudence of international criminal law. To this end, the substantive law and its interpretation as well as the procedural standards applied at these trials are examined thoroughly. At the same time, the analysis takes into account the political environment surrounding the Tribunal?s work and assesses its impact on the country?s process of coming to terms with the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and outline of the investigation --; title: Towards an international crimes tribunal --; title: The ICT in comparison to other accountability mechanisms --; title: Compliance of the ICT Act, the rules of procedure and the ICT's jurisprudence with international standards --; title: The ICT in the context of transitional justice in Bangladesh ---- Conclusion and outlook.