How Bangladesh should Approach the Rohingya Issue

The article addresses Bangladesh’s proposals at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which centred on the voluntary repatriation of the Rohingya refugees.

It gives four reasons for also pressing for a Security Council referral to the International Criminal Court, the last concerning foreign policy: ‘It is argued that the three cornerstones of Bangladesh’s foreign policy would be: (i) the right of all peoples to self-determination; (ii) international criminal justice; and (iii) asylum and the rights of refugees.’

It concludes: ‘Therefore, Bangladesh should not only pursue the cause of repatriation of the Rohingyas but it should also ardently press for justice for the atrocities perpetrated in Rakhine through UNSC referral of Myanmar to the ICC.’