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

"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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Also, the failure to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal is likely to complicate negotiations over the future status of Kosovo, which opened last week in Vienna.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Czar in a formal telegram to the Kaiser on July 29 suggested that the Austro-Serbian problem be given over to the Hague Tribunal, a suggestion which would have led to peace.

From A School History of the Great War by Gerson, Armand Jacques