ad hoc tribunal in a sentence
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- Neither Cambodia's constitution nor previous ad hoc tribunals established by the United Nations to judge crimes against humanity in Bosnia or Rwanda allow the death penalty.
- It languished during the Cold War, then was reborn with the ad hoc tribunals set up a few years ago for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
- After extensive and complicated preparations, the U . N . ad hoc tribunal to investigate war crimes in the former Yugoslavia is just now getting started.
- Representatives from Nuremberg's progeny, the ad hoc tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia tribunals, also spoke to the assembly Tuesday, giving advice based on hard-won experience.
- It differs from the ad hoc tribunal also at the Hague, which was set up to prosecute war crimes stemming from the conflict in the former Yugoslavia.
- The ad hoc tribunal for the former Yugoslavia runs an annual budget of $ 70 million, while its counterpart for Rwanda struggles by with $ 40 million.
- In the absence of such a permanent court, future human rights outrages will demand the convening of more ad hoc tribunals-- an expensive, time-consuming and cumbersome process.
- "There is widespread skepticism that trials underway in Jakarta before Indonesian ad hoc tribunals will bring accountability, " said New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
- The new court is supposed to replace the kind of ad hoc tribunals set up by the United Nations to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
- The court would tackle genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, which are now covered only by ad hoc tribunals, like those set up for the Balkans and Rwanda.