Kritish Dadu

The first part of the essay series can be read here. A Tribunal in Search of Legitimacy THE CONCERNS surrounding the Sheikh Hasina proceedings cannot be examined in isolation from the institutional history of the International Crimes Tribunal. The Tribunal’s repeated brushes with questions of judicial independence, procedural fairness and political influence have created a credibility deficit that now bears directly upon the Hasina prosecution.

This is the first of a two-part series raising substantial concerns regarding whether Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, which convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina to death, has complied with internationally recognised fair trial standards. “I may be killed. I may be arrested. I may be sent to prison… I am fully aware of my fate.

“You will die, your children will die, your grandchildren will die, there won’t be a Palestinian state, there won’t be.” – Hanoch Milwidsky, Member of the Knesset, February 21, 2024 ‘THE ESSENCE OF CHILDHOOD HAS BEEN DESTROYED’ writes the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, which last month published a comprehensive report on Israel’s targeting of Palestinian Children in the ongoing conflict in Gaza...