City Desk :
A three-member panel of International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) has presented three papers on the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) at the Sixth Annual YCC Global Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
Organised by the Younger Comparatives Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law, the conference took place at the Koc University Law School in Istanbul between April 28 and 29. A total of 100 scholars from all over the world took part in the event, said a release.
The ICSF panel titled ‘International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) of Bangladesh Through the Prism of Comparative Law’ was chaired by Dr Isik Onay, a member of faculty at the Koc University Law School.
ICSF trustee Dr Rayhan Rashid presented the first paper titled: ‘Prescription Versus Obligation to Import Foreign Norms: The Case of the ICTs of Bangladesh.’
Bahzad Joarder, a graduate of the University of Birmingham presented the second paper titled ‘Prosecuting Crimes against Humanity at the ICTs of Bangladesh.’
M Sanjeeb Hossain, a trustee of ICSF and Doctoral Candidate of the Warwick Law School, presented the third paper titled: ‘Trials in Absentia at the ICTs of Bangladesh: Jurisprudence and Commentary’.
All three presenters were supported by scholarships offered by the American Society of Comparative Law and Koc University.
Founded in 1951, the American Society of Comparative Law is the world’s premier organisation relating to study of comparative law.
ICSF is an independent global network of academics, experts and activists working in the interest of justice for the victims of international crimes and has long campaigned for the recognition of the Bangladesh Genocide and holding trials of its perpetrators.
A three-member panel of International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) has presented three papers on the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) at the Sixth Annual YCC Global Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.
Organised by the Younger Comparatives Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law, the conference took place at the Koc University Law School in Istanbul between April 28 and 29. A total of 100 scholars from all over the world took part in the event, said a release.
The ICSF panel titled ‘International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) of Bangladesh Through the Prism of Comparative Law’ was chaired by Dr Isik Onay, a member of faculty at the Koc University Law School.
ICSF trustee Dr Rayhan Rashid presented the first paper titled: ‘Prescription Versus Obligation to Import Foreign Norms: The Case of the ICTs of Bangladesh.’
Bahzad Joarder, a graduate of the University of Birmingham presented the second paper titled ‘Prosecuting Crimes against Humanity at the ICTs of Bangladesh.’
M Sanjeeb Hossain, a trustee of ICSF and Doctoral Candidate of the Warwick Law School, presented the third paper titled: ‘Trials in Absentia at the ICTs of Bangladesh: Jurisprudence and Commentary’.
All three presenters were supported by scholarships offered by the American Society of Comparative Law and Koc University.
Founded in 1951, the American Society of Comparative Law is the world’s premier organisation relating to study of comparative law.
ICSF is an independent global network of academics, experts and activists working in the interest of justice for the victims of international crimes and has long campaigned for the recognition of the Bangladesh Genocide and holding trials of its perpetrators.
