Trying war criminals requires strong will
Strong political will and people's participation are imperative to ensure justice in a court, which tries war criminals, an international crimes tribunal expert said yesterday.
“It's not easy to get justice in a war crimes court. Moreover political determination, people's participation, necessary evidence are very important”, said Richard J Rogers.
He was speaking at a commemorative meeting titled "International crimes and significance of the war criminals trying process in Bangladesh" at the city's Liberation War Museum.
Rogers, who was chief of the defence team in the war crimes tribunal in Cambodia, said lawyers involved in trial processes must be careful so that witnesses could place evidence properly before the tribunal and were not influenced anyway. “Getting eye-witnesses in the war crimes cases is not easy. And in many cases, getting satisfactory information is also tough”, he said.
About the war crimes trial in Bangladesh, he said that though it started after 40 years, the trial process had come a long way, and it had taken a solid shape at present.
Now the trial process should be taken ahead effectively, he added.
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