The International Crimes Tribunals have pronounced nine verdicts in war crimes cases so far.
Eight people have been handed down death sentences, two have been sentenced to life term imprisonment while one died in prison since the trial of war crimes began in 2011.
The verdicts are as follows:
January 21, 2013: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 2 awarded death penalty, in absentia, to Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. It was the first verdict in war crimes cases. He is still absconding.
February 5, 2013: The tribunal sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah, assistant secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, to life imprisonment. Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Following the verdict, large-scale, non-violent protests started on 5 February 2013 in Dhaka, with demonstrators calling for the death penalty for Mollah and any others convicted of war crimes.
On 17 September 2013, after an amendment to the ICT law which allowed the government, complainant, or informant to appeal an order of acquittal or order of sentencing, the Bangladesh Supreme Court found Molla guilty of murders and other war crimes, and converted his life sentence to a death sentence.
Quader Molla was executed on December 12 at Dhaka jail.
February 28, 2013: Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, was found guilty of genocide, rape and religious persecution and the tribunal also awarded him death penalty.
May 9, 2013: Another top Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was given the death penalty on five counts of mass killings, rape, torture and kidnapping.
July 15, 2013: Former Jamaat ameer Ghulam Azam was found guilty by the ICT on five counts. Incitement, conspiracy, planning, abetment and failure to prevent murder and sentenced him to 90 years imprisonment.
July 17, 2013: Another top Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed sentenced to death by the tribunal.
October 1, 2013: Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP, the first member of the BNP to be tried by the court, was found guilty of nine out of 23 charges. has been sentenced to death by a war crimes court for charges including murder and genocide during the 1971 War of Independence with Pakistan.
October 9, 2013: The International Crimes Tribunal 2 has convicted and sentenced to prison unto death BNP leader Abdul Aleem, for his crimes against humanity, including genocide, arson and loot, during the Liberation War.
November 3, 2013: The tribunal unanimously found Al Badr operators Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan guilty of crimes against humanity, including killing of intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971, and condemned the fugitive duo to death.
Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf, who was also on trial for crimes against humanity, died in prison on February 2.
Yusuf was alleged to be the founder of infamous Peace Committees and Razakar force in the greater Khulna region. He was indicted on 13 charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
On March 25, 2009, By amending the International Crimes Act (Tribunal), 1973, the journey of the highly discussed international crimes tribunal began with a view to trying the persons responsible for committing crimes against humanity during the war of 1971.
