This article expands the study of the politics of international criminal justice, restoring the crucial but overlooked case of Bangladesh, today the largest population confronting the aftermath of genocide. Bangladesh is one of the most important cases where the prosecution of war criminals was foiled, resulting in a disturbing impunity for one of the bloodiest incidents of the Cold War. Using unexplored declassified Indian government documents from archives in Delhi, this article uses detailed process-tracing to reveal for the first time why India and Bangladesh abandoned their plans to put accused Pakistani war criminals on trial after the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. In the face of Pakistani defiance, the Indian and Bangladeshi governments reluctantly bargained away justice in order to pursue their national security, with peacemaking with Pakistan proving more important than war crimes trials. This episode furthers the general understanding of both the causes and results of impunity for mass atrocities, while extending the study of international justice into Asia. Bangladesh's tragic experience shows the primacy of international security, while also tentatively suggesting that even when amnesty is necessary for peacemaking, it can leave a toxic legacy for future politics.

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讨价还价：印度、巴基斯坦和孟加拉国种族灭绝有罪不罚的国际政治

本文扩展了对国际刑事司法政治的研究，恢复了孟加拉国的关键但被忽视的案例，孟加拉国是当今面临种族灭绝后果的最大人口。孟加拉国是对战犯的起诉被挫败的最重要案例之一，导致冷战中最血腥的事件之一令人不安地逍遥法外。本文使用德里档案中未经探索的解密印度政府文件，通过详细的过程追踪，首次揭示了为什么印度和孟加拉国在 1971 年印巴战争后放弃了对被指控的巴基斯坦战犯进行审判的计划。面对巴基斯坦的挑衅，印度和孟加拉政府为了国家安全，不情愿地讨价还价，讨价还价，事实证明，与巴基斯坦缔结和平比战争罪审判更重要。这一事件进一步加深了对大规模暴行有罪不罚的原因和结果的普遍理解，同时将国际正义的研究扩展到亚洲。孟加拉国的悲惨经历显示了国际安全的首要地位，同时也试探性地暗示，即使大赦对于缔造和平是必要的，但它可能会给未来的政治留下有毒的遗产。