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Govt moves to amend Int'l Crimes Act
More than three months after the parliament adopted a resolution for expeditious trial of the 1971 war criminals, the government has initiated a process to amend the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act 1973.'The Act needs to be amended for the effective trial of the war criminals...
The minister said the law, which was written in English, would be translated into Bangla to make it more comprehensible to the people. The Sector Commanders' Forum's leader KM Shafiullah, on Thursday evening told New Age the latest move to amend the act might further delay the process of the trial of war criminals. 'The existing law incorporates everything necessary for trial of war crimes, so far as I know...This [amendments] should not be used as an excuse for further delaying the process,' he said. The amendments to check any loopholes in the law, if necessary, should be made without delay and the government should have done it earlier, he added. The minister, however, denied that the amendments to the act might delay the trial process. The minister, in reply to a query, said the latest move of the government for amending the law would not delay or hamper the process initiated for holding trial of the war criminals. There is no legal bar on investigating the war crimes before amending the law,' said Shafique. The minister also denied that any influence had been exerted by any quarter to stop the trial of war criminals. He said that the government was fully committed to conducting the trial of war criminals and would do so come what may. Formation of an investigative agency and appointment of prosecutors for the war crimes trials are almost at the final stage, claimed the minister. 'The ministry is preparing to provide logistical support and infrastructural facilities for an investigative agency, prosecutors and tribunals as part of preparation for the trials,' he told reporters. Posted by: Steve White 2009-05-22 |
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