Chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Md Aminul Islam on Tuesday said that the tribunal aimed at completing the investigations and trials in the cases filed over the 2024 July mass uprising on a priority basis by the end of this year.

He disclosed the plan while briefing reporters at his office marking the second anniversary of the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024.

Aminul said that the prosecution had already received 12 investigation reports and would soon submit formal charges to the tribunal to begin trials.

He said that verdicts in three cases were expected to be dlivered soon.

So far, the two ICTs have delivered eight verdicts — six in crimes against humanity cases and two in contempt of court cases.

He said that the trials over enforced disappearances and crossfire cases would also continue in the normal course.

Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina is among the 61 people convicted in those cases.

The chief prosecutor said that the prosecution had screened 109 complaints out of 509 allegations of crimes against humanity linked to the July uprising and other incidents during the previous regime.

The 109 complaints relate to alleged crimes committed in more than 50 districts across the country, he said.

To speed up the trial process, the prosecution has decided to combine multiple complaints from the same area into a single case instead of filing separate cases.

‘For example, all incidents in Uttara will be tried in one case, while incidents in Jatrabari will be brought under another case,’ Aminul said.

He said that each consolidated case could involve many accused, victims and witnesses. However, grouping incidents by locality would save time, avoid repeating the same evidence and present a clearer account of the alleged crimes.

Aminul said that before he took office on February 23, separate cases had been filed over incidents that occurred in the same area.

‘We have changed that approach. Our goal is to ensure faster and more effective trials while placing all relevant facts before the tribunal,’ he said.

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