The International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh) (ICT of Bangladesh) is a domestic war tribunal in Bangladesh, which was set up to investigate and prosecute suspects for the genocide committed in 1971 by the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The first person to be convicted in the Tribunal was Abul Kalam Azad, who had left the country and was not present for his trial. He was sentenced to death in 2013. The United Nations offered its support in 2009 to make sure that similar mistakes made by other Crimes tribunals were not made in Bangladesh. The head of the United Nations in Bangladesh said "this is the first time Bangladesh is conducting war crimes tribunals and it is important it understands how other countries have held them. There are some countries where mistakes were made and we don't want Bangladesh to repeat those mistakes." However, there has been a shift since the commencement of the trials because there is concern the International Crimes Tribunal are not carrying out their obligations under Bangladesh's international human rights obligations, International Criminal law, and the Bangladesh Constitution. Bangladesh is a State party to the ICCPR, therefore they have an obligation to meet the key provisions. Especially the provisions regarding fair trials and the rights of accused persons.