Updates

It was a pleasure to speak at the inaugural Bangladesh–The Hague Forum on International Justice, hosted by the Embassy of Bangladesh in the Netherlands in partnership with Africa Legal Aid. The theme of this first edition was ‘Accountability for International Crimes: The Role of National Courts’.

My remarks, ‘Bangladesh’s Domestic Law on International Crimes and the Promise of a Fair Trial’, traced the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 from its enactment to the present, and argued that the best measure of Bangladesh’s tribunals is whether the country can keep its 1974 commitment to subject those charged with these crimes to the due process of law, without the 1973 carve-outs from the constitutional guarantees of a fair trial.

I am grateful to His Excellency Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands, to the Embassy and to Africa Legal Aid for the invitation, to Ms Evelyn Ama Ankumah for her keynote address, and to my fellow speakers and everyone who attended.

It was a pleasure to speak about the work we do at the International Criminal Court — the legal framework, the Court’s structure and functions, and the challenges it faces — with students at the School of Law, BRAC University, and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, North South University, on 23 and 24 December 2024 respectively. Special thanks to Professor Md. Rizwanul Islam and Mostafa Hosain for the kind invitations.

It was a pleasure to once again judge the Final of the English edition of the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition. Great performances all around. Congratulations to all the teams, and kudos to the organisers — the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University and The Hague Office of the International Bar Association.

Press release and AV material: Singapore Management University wins the ICC Moot Court Competition (English version)

It was an interesting experience participating in the ‘Mock Trial and Training 2023’, organised by the Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, The Hague. Kudos to the organisers and fellow participants.

It was a pleasure to judge the Championship Round of the 2023 Dutch Qualifying Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition at Amsterdam Law School on Saturday, 25 February 2023. Congratulations to both finalists — the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University — and to all the participating teams.