884 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র Hitler's National-Socialist regime in Germany exterminated more than eight million people. Subsequently United Nations adopted in 1948 the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and defined it in Article II as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group by killing or causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of such group. The Convention also declared crime as punishable under International Law and made it applicable to rulers and public officials also (Article IV). With this is connected the concept of fundamental human rights recognized both by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights and the Charter of the United Nations. If crime against humanity is an offence under International Law, then Pakistan Army's action in Bangladesh could be taken up by the United Nations and its organs for an appropriate action. No other better or clearer case of genocide has emerged since the end of the Second World War then the one being committed by the Pakistan regime in Bangladesh today. By sheer brutal force Pakistan Army is committing 'double genocide"- one, elimination of Bengalis as a race, and two, Hindus as a religious group. Anyone who dares to proclaim himself a 'Bengali' is shot at sight whether Muslim or Hindu and anyone who audits to being a 'Hindu' is bayonetted to death. In simple terms this is genocide and this is exactly what the Pakistan Army is doing now. If world conscience is to act, no issue could be more worthwhile to take up then the present case of Bangladesh. Genocide is a crime should never go unpunished. Annexure 1-The Genocide Convention. Annexure Il-Ten eye-witness accounts obtained from the Bangladesh refugees who crossed the border. These accounts are in the form of individual letters which have already been sent to the Human Rights Commission at Geneva. Besides these accounts some of the members of the National Assembly who would be going to New York should write down their own experiences and they should also be submitted along with these. Annexure III Two personal statements given in English. Once by Kalimuddin Mia of Jinjira, Dacca and the other one Mr. Abdul Karim of Malibag, Dacca. Both of them lost their nearest relatives when they were shot dead by the Pakistani troops in front of their eyes. Pakistan army junta has violated the following provisions of international law: Pakistan army junta has violated the following provisions of international law: I) Laws of warfare. The doctrine of immunity of non-combatants from belligerent attack. II) Article 23 (G) of the Hague Convention II of 1899 and the Hague Convention IV of 1907. The article enacts "it is specially forbidden to destroy or seize the enemies property, unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war."
