Moves are afoot to place in abeyance one of the two war crimes tribunals, as the number of cases dwindle three years after their formation to hasten the trial process.
Published : 04 Sep 2015, 01:57 AM
The law secretary told the press about the initiative on Thursday.
“A proposal has been prepared to keep one of the two International Crimes Tribunals (ICT) in operation. The other will be kept in abeyance.
“It will not be dismantled, however. It can be reactivated the moment the government wants,” he said.
If the proposal was accepted, a notification could be issued around Monday.
The ICT was constituted in 2010 to try war criminals of 1971 with Justice Nizamul Huq as the chairman and Justice ATM Fazle Kabir and retired district judge AKM Zaheer Ahmed as its members.