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Global Insider: Despite Challenges, Bangladesh War Crimes Trials Bring Justice, An Interview With Zakia Afrin, Global Insider
Global Insider: Despite Challenges, Bangladesh War Crimes Trials Bring Justice, An Interview With Zakia Afrin, Global Insider
Interviews
Last month, a war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh handed down a guilty verdict against Islamist party leader Ghulam Azam, its fifth conviction of a prominent political figure for involvement in atrocities committed during the country’s 1971 war for independence. In an email interview, Zakia Afrin, an adjunct professor in international law at Golden Gate University who focuses on intra-state conflict and peacebuilding, discussed the state of Bangladesh’s war crimes trials and the lessons they yield for other contexts.
Reinforcing Demands For Gender Justice: The War Crimes Tribunal Of Bangladesh, Zakia Afrin
Reinforcing Demands For Gender Justice: The War Crimes Tribunal Of Bangladesh, Zakia Afrin
Publications
Ferdousi was one of the first women who came forward to acknowledge being a victim of rape and sexual slavery during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Today she has become part of the youth movement in Bangladesh, known as the Shahbag movement, supporting the International Crimes Tribunal and demanding the maximum penalty for those who are found guilty. In 2010, the Bangladesh Government, led by Sheikh Hasina, set up the International Crimes Tribunal and charged as many as 12 individuals for participating and assisting in war crimes and crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan. …