DHAKA: Bangladesh interim authorities chief adviser Mohammad Yunus‘ dialog with chief prosecutor of Worldwide Legal Court docket (ICC) Karim AA Khan has intensified hypothesis about authorities engaged on a plan to safe the extradition of ousted PM Sheikh Hasina.
Yunus’ talks with Khan had been centered on the process for trial of these accused of crime towards humanity, one thing that the interim govt and opponents of Hasina have charged her with in reference to the 700 deaths within the violent protests resulting in her escape to India in Aug.
Khan, who known as on Yunus on the sidelines of the UN Common Meeting, informed him {that a} “crime towards humanity” grievance could be filed towards the previous PM by following process laid down for the aim.
The UK lawyer, of Pakistani origin, has efficiently invoked “crime towards humanity” floor to hunt arrest warrants from the ICC towards Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders over the Palestine battle, in addition to one towards Russian President Vladimir Putin over the scenario in Ukraine.
The unanimous estimate right here is that India won’t hand over Hasina who was delicate to New Delhi’s considerations. Whereas the 2 nations have an extradition treaty, the one signed in 2016 leaves room for the “requestee nation” to show down requests which aren’t made in “good religion.”
In the course of the assembly, Khan apprised Yunus of the most recent developments on the probe into the Rohingya deportation launched by ICC in 2019. The ICC prosecutor, who stated he would go to Bangladesh by the top of this 12 months, praised Yunus’ three-point proposal to deliver a brand new momentum to resolve the Rohingya crisis. Yunus proposed this at a gathering on the UN headquarters on Wednesday, when the ICC chief prosecutor additionally spoke.
The proposal included an pressing convention hosted by the UN chief to overview the general scenario and counsel methods out of it, an energised joint response plan for the Rohingya humanitarian disaster, and critical worldwide efforts to assist justice and accountability to handle the genocidal crimes dedicated in Rakhine in 2017.
“The three factors are excellent,” Khan stated.
