In a pathetic display of disregard for justice for international crimes, the United States has once again showed its support for Israel’s war crimes denouncing the International Criminal Court’s recent decision to probe into the alleged atrocities against Palestinian occupied territories. In a statement issued yesterday (16 January 2015), the US has condemned the ICC’s…
Read moreInternational Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) welcomes the first ever verdict delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal-II against Mr Abul Kalam Azad, a former leader of Jamat-I-Islami, who had been tried for crimes against humanity and genocide that he had committed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. ICSF considers this first verdict as the…
Read moreThis article is based on the position paper titled ‘Think it Through, Benches is the Answer’ – A Legal and Strategic Analysis of the Government’s Stance on Setting up Additional Tribunals (full-text dowload link), which is based on an internal memorandum prepared by the International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF – www.icsforum.org) in January 2012 to…
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