Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Thursday urged the international community to provide their own information about the country''s Great War of Liberation in 1971 for helping the Bangladesh government in holding the trial of crimes against humanity, reports BSS.
"Information on war of liberation, which are being preserved at different archives and libraries across the globe would make the trial against humanity during the Liberation War more transparent," he said.
The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister made the remark while speaking at the ''Review Conference of the Rome Statute of International Criminal Court'' in Kampala, Uganda, according to a message received in the city Thursday.
Barrister Shafique said Bangladesh government has taken initiatives of holding the trial of the criminals those were involved in various human rights violation activities including genocide and other war crimes during 1971 as per its election pledge.
Mentioning that the government has firmly committed to maintain transparency and international standard of the trial, the Minister said the government has brought some amendments in the ''International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973'' for keeping the international standard in the trial.
"The accused persons of the trial can recruit lawyers as per their choices and can also make appeal at the appellate division of the Supreme Court," he said.
Later, the Bangladesh Law Minister called on Attorney General and Justice and Parliamentary Minister of Uganda Dr Khiddu Makubuya.
He also met with high officials of the Ugandan local government and visited some projects operated by Bangladeshi NGO BRAC.
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