<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">International Criminal Court’s Chief prosecutor Karim Khan has laid emphasis on accelerating efforts to bring justice for the Rohingyas.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At a media briefing in Dhaka on Friday afternoon, he said there is a gap between promises and delivery of justice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chief prosecutor Karim Khan visited Cox’s Bazar to hear testimony from survivors of alleged genocide by Myanmar’s military against its Rohingya population.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I gave a commitment to the Rohingyas," he said, adding that he would come again next year as they seek to find out who are responsible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ICC prosecutor said he has done his best to increase resources for the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On visit to Kutupalong Camp, Karim Khan met with Rohingya youth groups to discuss ICC activities and consider how young people can contribute to justice efforts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said it is essential to empower children and young adults as valued partners in the process of accountability.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In first meeting at Kutupalong Camp,&nbsp; Khan spoke with Rohingya womens groups.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He highlighted the common vision that needed to increase access to reporting mechanisms, deepen understanding of ICC work, and deliver results through independent investigations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp is a home of over 1.1 million Rohingyas that fled violence in Myanmar.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Prosecutor Khan explained the objectives of his visit and their ongoing work with the survivors and the families of victims.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said Bangladesh is holding the flag of justice and thanked its generosity of sheltering the Rohingyas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Foreign Minster AK Abdul Momen sought efforts from the&nbsp; ICC to resolve the case related to the Rohingyas as soon as possible — to ensure that genocide never happens again anywhere in the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"You should put in efforts to finish the case as fast as possible. Justice delayed, justice denied," he said to ICC prosecutor on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In November 2019, the International Criminal Court judges granted a request to open a full investigation into alleged atrocities committed against the Rohingyas within the jurisdiction of the court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This authorisation to open an investigation is seen as a “significant development” for the pursuit of justice and the establishment of the truth, in particular for the victims of alleged crimes in this situation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Investigators from the Office of the Prosecutor are now carefully and thoroughly seeking to uncover the truth regarding what happened to the Rohingya people in Myanmar which forced them to flee to Bangladesh.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Momen said those involved in Rohingya genocide should be held accountable. "We say genocide never again." UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>