Bangladesh should submit its observations and documents to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by June 11, experts said on Monday.
The Myanmar government is accused of committing 'genocide' as it has deported and persecuted the Rohingya, forcing them cross into Bangladesh since August 25 last year.
At the same time, the experts also suggested that the government should pile political and diplomatic, pressure on Myanmar multilaterally to resolve the refugee crisis.
The observations suggestions came at an international seminar on 'Accountability: The International Criminal Court and the Rohingya crisis,' held at Dhaka University.
ActionAid Bangladesh, Centre for Genocide Studies of DU and Centre for Peace & Justice of BRAC University jointly organised the seminar.
Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, United Nations Office on Drug and Crime consultant Kate Vigneswaran, Mayor of Hornsby Philip M. Ruddock and professor of the department of international relations of DU Imtiaz Ahmed also spoke on the occasion.
Justice Ahmed said the article 5 of the Rome Statute provides that the ICC has jurisdiction with regard to genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.
"The ICC can investigate into the matter as many people were killed and 0.7 million people deported as per the Rome Statute. Of the deported people, 50 percent are children," he noted.
Theoretically, the ICC may exercise jurisdiction over crimes committed by the Myanmar authorities in four different ways, he said.
As a state party, Bangladesh may refer the matter to the office of the prosecutor for investigation, he noted.
He also said though Bangladesh does not make a request under article 14 of the Rome Statute, it can do so under article 15 of the Statute for launching an investigation into the matter.
Former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Kate Vigneswaren said, "After the killing and oppression, the Rohingya people are forced to come to Bangladesh. In this case, the ICC can apply geographic judicial powers.
According to Rule 12 of Rome, it is possible to bring Myanmar under trial, she added.
Apart from this, Myanmar is involved in crimes against humanity like murder and rape, so action can be taken against it, she argued.
Mr Ruddock said, "There was enough evidence to call it genocide. So actions need to be taken against Myanmar."
That's why, it is important to work with the United Nations Security Council, he said.
The Security Council can intervene directly in this matter, he added.
He laid emphasis on international sanctions citing the examples of Iran and North Korea.
He argued that Iran and North Korea came to the discussion table due to the effective sanctions on them.
Professor Imtiaz Ahmed urged the government to put pressure on Myanmar politically, economically and diplomatically to end the crisis.
Apart from the bilateral part, he laid emphasis on multilateral efforts to this end.
On April 9, 2018, the prosecutor of the ICC sought a ruling on whether the court may exercise jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Moreover, ICC has invited Bangladesh to submit the observations until June 11, 2018 on whether the court exercises its jurisdiction on "circumstances surrounding the presence of members of the Rohingya people from Myanmar on the territory of Bangladesh".
The ICC is scheduled to hear the matter on June 20 this year.
ActionAid Bangladesh country director Farah Kabir and executive director of the Centre for Peace & Justice of BRAC University Manzoor Hasan also spoke on the occasion.
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