The liberation war of Bangladesh continued for 268 days, while the people had to wait for 42 years to bring a perpetrator to book. The government of Sheikh Hasina
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
followed the constitutionally-determined judicial process to deal with war crimes so that the process is not questioned.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
trial process had not been smooth as many at home and abroad raised questions about its' transparency' and 'standard'. Judging the sensitivity of the case, the government was very careful to ensure that the accused get optimum opportunity to defend them.
In this context, the ICT of Bangladesh has an edge over similar other tribunals, for example, Nurenburg Tribunal, Tokyo Tribunal or the recent Cambodia war crime tribunal, as the accused under ICT Bangladesh have the right to appeal unlike other tribunals.
It is yet to be seen whether ICT will be able to continue with other accused under trial. This very much depends on the political equilibrium do be decided in the coming general election scheduled on 5 January 2014.