The trial of genocide and crimes against humanity, happened around the July-August student movement, begins at the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday (October 17).
On Tuesday (October 15) after a courtesy meeting with the judges, the chief prosecutor Tajul Islam gave this information.
The chief prosecutor said that the chairman of the tribunal and other judges will be welcomed tomorrow.
Prior to this, yesterday, Monday, Golam Mortuza Mozumdar has been appointed as and addition judge of the High Court. The other two members of the International crimes tribunal formed by Golam Mortuza Majumdar as chairman are additional judges of the high court. Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired District and Sessions Judge Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury. On October 14, a notification was issued establishing the International Crimes Tribunal by order of the President.
Meanwhile, on September 5, Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Mohammad Tajul Islam was appointed as the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal. Besides, the other five prosecutors of the prosecution team are Md. Mizanul Islam, Gazi Monawar Hussain Tamim, BM Sultan Mahmud, Abdullah Al Noman and Md. Saimum Reza Talukdar.
The interim government has taken the initiative to try the genocide that took place last July-August in the International Crimes Tribunal formed in 2010 to try the crimes against humanity during the liberation war. Already, half a hundred complaints of murder, genocide, disappearance and murder have been filed with the investigation agency and prosecution team of the tribunal. Deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government ministers, parliamentarians, members of law enforcement agencies , Awami League leaders and media workers have been accused.
Advocate Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, said that the tribunal will be functional only after the appointment of judges. Once the tribunal becomes functional, we will seek warrants of arrest, orders to stop the accused from going abroad, to seize data. The help of law enforcement agencies will be needed to quickly arrest the accused. An order will come from the tribunal in that regard.
On March 25, 2010, the International Criminal Tribunal was established to try ‘71 crimes against humanity. Later on March 22, 2012, another tribunal named Tribunal-2 was constituted. However, on September 15, 2015, the two were merged and one tribunal was established. As a result, the trial of ‘71 against humanity is ongoing in a tribunal.