By: LakshmiPS
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has requested cooperation from the Bangladesh government as it considers initiation of an investigation into alleged human rights violations against the Rohingya people.
ICC deputy prosecutor James Stewart said in a statement in Dhaka on Thursday: “We are here to engage with the government and other relevant stakeholders including in affected areas, to explain and answer questions on the ICC process, and where we are currently in the judicial proceedings.
The deputy prosecutor’s visit to Bangladesh came after the ICC Prosecutor’s Office said in June that it would call for a full investigation into crimes allegedly suffered by tens of thousands of Muslim minority Rohingyans when they were deported in August 2017 from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
(Reuters)
