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

However, according to "current and former officials briefed on the matter" who were interviewed by the Times, Austin and others are wary of the Hague tribunal targeting the crimes of countries outside its jurisdiction.

From Salon

“Everyone will continue working right up to the next Hague tribunal,” he said, referring to a possible war crimes trial.

From Washington Post

"The end of the Russian aggression, and the Hague tribunal for all those involved in the Ukrainian genocide," she said.

From Fox News

Many Serbs still deny the massacre or insist the killing was prompted by Bosniak attacks on innocent Serbs, despite the 2017 conviction for genocide by The Hague tribunal of Gen. Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who orchestrated the assault on Srebrenica.

From New York Times

"I think the Hague tribunal has been probably designed from the beginning as a court that would a priori judge one side, that is us ... and I simply do not expect any justice, nothing," said Bojan Stojnic, an economist, in Banja Luka, the largest Bosnian Serb city.

From Reuters