ICC delegation to arrive in Dhaka Tuesday

A delegation led by International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) deputy prosecutor James Stewart will arrive in Bangladesh tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss Rohingya issues with officials in Dhaka, according to the foreign ministry officials.

The officials, however, declined to make further comments.

The team has found logical reason to believe that the Rohingyas were forced to flee from Rakhine in the face of genocide and crimes against humanity.

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda last week asked permission of the court to begin investigations in this regard. ICC is to begin working at a field level in Bangladesh to carry out investigations and legal procedures.

Diplomatic sources in Dhaka and The Hague told Prothom Alo last week that the ICC prosecutor’s office has taken the decision to commence with work in Bangladesh regarding investigations into Myanmar’s crimes against humanity.