Hague Tribunal

American  

noun

1. the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.

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Hague Tribunal British  

noun

1. Official name: Permanent Court of Arbitration.  a tribunal of judges at The Hague, founded in 1899 to provide a panel of arbitrators for international disputes. It also chooses nominees for election by the United Nations to the International Court of Justice

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Example Sentences

During his stint as high representative, Paddy Ashdown memorably wielded these so-called "Bonn Powers" sacking 60 Bosnian-Serb officials in one day in 2004 for refusing to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

"As we've made clear, the negotiations over the settlement of an outstanding claim at the Hague Tribunal were completely separate from the discussions about returning our American citizens home," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2016

Represented the U. S. before The Hague Tribunal concerning conflicting claims of Great Britain and the U. S. in the waters of the North Atlantic, 1910.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1910 he was elected a member of the old Hague Tribunal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The judges of the court, eleven in all, are nominated by the old Arbitration Court of the Hague Tribunal, and elected by the League of Nations, the Council and Assembly voting separately.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)