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The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 [Act No XIX of 1973]. Dhaka: Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 1973.

Abstract: This is the 1973 act as modified up to July 2009.

Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice determining Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in respect of Kosovo. International Court of Justice, 2010.

Abstract: Kosovo’s unilateral secession from Serbia in 2008 did not violate international law, the World Court said on Thursday in a decision with implications for separatist movements everywhere, rules ICJ. The non-binding, but clear-cut ruling by the International Court of Justice is a major blow to Serbia and will complicate efforts to draw the former pariah ex-Yugoslav republic into the European Union. It is likely to lead to more states following the United States, Britain and 67 other countries in recognising ethnic-Albanian dominated Kosovo, which broke away after NATO intervened to end a brutal crackdown on separatism by Belgrade. It may also embolden breakaway regions in countries ranging from India and Iraq to Serbia’s war-torn neighbour and fellow former Yugoslav republic Bosnia to seek more autonomy. “The court considers that general international law contains no applicable prohibition of declaration of independence,” Judge Hisashi Owada, president of the ICJ, said in the clear majority ruling delivered in a cavernous hall at the Hague-based ICJ. Accordingly, it concludes that “the declaration of independence of the 17th of February 2008 did not violate general international law.”

International Crimes Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2010. Dhaka: Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, 2010.

Abstract: Detailed rules of procedure for the international crimes tribunal of Bangladesh.

আরেফিন, এ এস এম সামছুল, ed. মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ‘৭১: দালাল আইনে সাজাপ্রাপ্ত যুদ্ধাপরাধী. Bangladesh Research and Publications, 2008, Dhaka.

Abstract: This book is a collection of some of the early trials against the collaborators held under the Collaborators’ Ordinance.