Yesterday The International Criminal Court’s prosecution office said their planned investigation into the Rohingyas case will be completely impartial and non-political. Currently, ICC officials are now on a visit to Bangladesh to engage with stakeholders including the victims.
“We will work in strict conformity with the law, which in our case is the legal framework of the treaty of the ICC,” visiting ICC Deputy Prosecutor James Stewart told a press briefing in Dhaka yesterday.
“Mandate is purely legal” and it “has no political role” to play in investigating alleged violence against Rohingyas while they were obligated to perform their job “independently, impartially and objectively,” He added.
However, the request by the chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, to launch the investigation is yet in waiting for ICC judges’ approval as par ICC procedures.
He also said they proposed the Bangladesh government to sign an MoU in this regard as a state party to the ICC. “This is normal practice everywhere and a matter of discussion. There is no negativity from the part of Bangladesh”.
Photo: ICC website
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