Bangladesh should Host ICC's proceedings in Cox's Bazar

The article addresses the request of 4 August 2020 by legal representatives of Rohingya victims that the International Criminal Court assess holding proceedings closer to them in Cox’s Bazar, and the Registry’s observations of 21 September 2020.

It argues that Bangladesh should host the Court’s first proceedings outside the Netherlands, and that it can: ‘None of the legal, financial, logistical, infrastructural or security issues identified by the Registry in its observations are novel or insurmountable.’

It concludes: ‘It is only appropriate that the first-ever ICC proceeding outside the host state should be in Bangladesh—in which Bangladesh is standing up for the cause of justice for a people who are widely seen as the most persecuted group in the world.’