Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of cases heard by the International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh that have resulted in (i) convictions and (ii) acquittals.

​There are no reliable figures on the number of cases heard by the International Crimes Tribunal, and the proportion of those being convicted or acquitted. Foreign and Commonwealth records indicate there have been 18 verdicts delivered since 2013, all convictions. Six executions have taken place as a result of these convictions, though the number of death penalties handed down is higher, with some of those convicted having absconded. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has consistently opposed the use of the death penalty in Bangladesh.