This report addresses whether the events, surrounding the July–August 2024 riots in Bangladesh, during which rioters reportedly died in clashes with security forces can legally constitute crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute and International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973 -ICTA 1973, (Bangladesh). The ICTA 1973 clearly defines elements of a crime against humanity that a tribunal shall apply sets out in Article 7(2) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which Bangladesh ratified on the 23rd of March 2010.
The threshold requirements of crimes against humanity are not met, and therefore, no charge of crimes against humanity can lawfully be brought under Rome Statute and so not under ICTA 1973 against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or members of her administration based on the events described in the following report.
