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11 Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 1 (1978)
War Crimes Jurisdiction and Due Process: The Bangladesh Experience

handle is hein.journals/vantl11 and id is 19 raw text is: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law VOLUME 11 WINTER 1978 NUMBER 1 WAR CRIMES JURISDICTION AND DUE PROCESS: THE BANGLADESH EXPERIENCE Jordan J. Paust* Albert P. Blaustein** TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ..... ................................. 2 I. PRISONER OF WAR PROTECTIONS Do NOT IMMUNIZE INTERNATIONAL CRIME ............................ 5 III. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE STATE OF BANGLADESH 8 IV. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE ALLEGED CRIMINAL ACTS 10 A . Genocide ................................... 10 B. Customary Law of War ...................... 11 C. The 1949 Geneva Conventions ................ 12 D. Other Norms of International Human Rights .. 15 V. JURISDICTION AND THE DUTY TO PROSECUTE ........... 20 A . Genocide ................................... 20 B. Customary Law of War ...................... 22 C. The 1949 Geneva Conventions ................ 27 D. Other Norms of International Human Rights .. 29 VI. HUMAN RIGHTS TO DUE PROCESS OF LAW ............ 31 VII. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS BY INDIA WOULD NOT IMMUNIZE INTERNATIONAL CRIME OR SUSPEND APPLICABILITY OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS ........................... 33 VIII. POSTSCRIPT ............ ......34 IX. FINAL COMMENTS .. ................................ 38 * Associate Professor of Law, University of Houston. A.B., 1965, J.D., 1968, U.C.L.A.; LL.M., 1972, University of Virginia; Chairman, ABA Committee on International Law and the Use of Force. ** Professor of Law, Rutgers-Camden University. A.B., 1941, University of Michigan; J.D., 1948, Columbia University.

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