ISLAMABAD
\nBangladesh is ready to support an International Criminal Court investigation on Myanmar\u2019s possible crimes against the Rohingya, authorities said on Thursday as the court\u2019s top prosecutor wrapped up his official visit to Cox\u2019s Bazar. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday for a four-day visit to investigate possible crimes against humanity by the Myanmar military, which carried out a brutal crackdown in 2017 that forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people into neighboring Bangladesh.
\n\u201cToday, he visited two camps and talked with several victims,\u201d Bangladeshi Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mizanur Rahman told reports.
\n\u201cHe requested our coordination in the investigation process and of course, we will provide all our cooperation.\u201d
\nBangladesh\u2019s Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen met with Khan earlier this week and \u201cassured (the) ICC prosecutor of Bangladesh\u2019s support and cooperation concerning its investigation into (the) situation in Bangladesh\/Myanmar,\u201d the Foreign Affairs Ministry said, referring to the Rohingya case.
\nMore than 1 million Rohingya people live in the squalid camps of Cox\u2019s Bazar, after fleeing violence and persecution in Myanmar\u2019s Rakhine State to neighboring Bangladesh almost six years ago.
\nAlthough Myanmar is not a member of the ICC, the court ruled it has jurisdiction over some crimes related to the Rohingya because of their cross-border nature.
\n\u201cThe world cannot forget about the Rohingya and the need for accountability,\u201d Khan said in a tweet after his earlier meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
\nMembers of the Rohingya community in Cox\u2019s Bazar had hoped to meet with Khan to question the lack of progress on their ICC case.
\n\u201cWe believe if we are able to meet with him, then we can ask him some of the questions and we can raise some concerns \u2026 related to (expediting) the process of the proceedings,\u201d Maung Sawyeddollah, founder of community rights group Rohingya Students Network, told.
\nThe ICC issued an arrest warrant in March for President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine after Khan launched an investigation last year.
\nOn the other hand, a full inquiry of Myanmar\u2019s alleged crimes, specifically the forced deportation of Rohingya from Rakhine State, had been approved by ICC judges in 2019. Khan\u2019s trip this week is a follow-up to his first visit in February 2022.
\n\u201cThe case of the Rohingya preceded that of Ukraine,\u201d Sawyeddollah said. \u201cWhat we are seeing is a result in the case of Ukraine, but still there is no end result for us in the case of Rohingya. So why did that happen?\u201d
\nIn 2018, an independent UN fact-finding mission found that Myanmar\u2019s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims with \u201cgenocidal intent.\u201d
\n\u201cWe are the victims of genocide,\u201d Nurul Amin, who founded Rohingya Girls School and provided informal lessons to over 100 girls in Cox\u2019s Bazar, told.
\nThough Amin wants the ICC to continue its investigation, she is unsure of how it will impact the Rohingya.
\n\u201cIf they announce this is genocidal violence committed by Myanmar authorities, what will they (ICC) do? Can we go back to our homeland with rights and dignity?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Bangladesh is ready to support an International Criminal Court investigation on Myanmar\u2019s possible crimes against the Rohingya, authorities said on Thursday as the court\u2019s top prosecutor wrapped up his official visit to Cox\u2019s Bazar. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday for a four-day visit to investigate possible crimes against humanity by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-341886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n