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Tag Archives: International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973

The original sin: Justice for 1971 crimes

[Editor’s note: this piece by Dr Ahmed Ziauddin was originally published in the The Daily Star on March 29, 2008. Link. It is our pleasure to be able to republish it here for our readers.] Bangladesh still has not dealt with its past and the past has never left her. For any society, traumatized by…

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Response to Toby Cadman’s Facebook Response

This note is in response to a particular status of Toby Cadman which has been brought to my attention today. [here]. Through this status, Mr Cadman responded to an article I wrote on his role in defending Jamaat-E-Islami stalwarts currently being prosecuted at the International Crimes Tribunal (Toby Cadman: a Crusader for Rights or Devil’s…

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Trials and Errors

Over many years, public discourse on war crimes and its trial since 1971 seems to have generated many errors, and facts are often ignored or forgotten. This piece attempts to provide a set of facts. From the onset, two independent trial processes were established for the Pakistani and local war criminals under separate laws.…

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NOTICE!! “WCSF” Changes its Name to “ICSF”

Responding to the need for greater terminological clarity, WCSF (War Crimes Strategy Forum) has changed its name to ICSF (International Crimes Strategy Forum). The term “international crimes” encompasses all kinds of crimes that are currently within the jurisdiction of Bangladesh’s International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973, such as: war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity etc, which prompted this name-change.
From now onwards, the address of ICSF’s main portal page will be:
http://icsforum.org

All URL visits to any of ICSF’s older addresses to any of the sites (eg, E-Library, Media-Archive) will be automatically re-directed.
Thank you. …

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Archive I: Media Archive

Archives news reports, opinions, editorials published in different media outlets from around the world on 1971, International Crimes Tribunal and the justice process.

Archive II: ICT Documentation

For the sake of ICT’s legacy this documentation project archives, and preserves proceeding-documents, e.g., judgments, orders, petitions, timelines.

Archive III: E-Library

Brings at fingertips academic materials in the areas of law, politics, and history to facilitate serious research on 1971, Bangladesh, ICT and international justice.

Archive IV: Memories

This archive records from memory the nine-month history of 1971 as experienced and perceived by individuals from all walks of life.