While ambassador to the UN, she lobbied for the creation of the ad hoc tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
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The U . N . Security Council could set up an ad hoc tribunal similar to the Yugoslav and Rwandan ones.
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The end of the Cold War and an explosion of ethnic brutality led to ad hoc tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia.
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But the ad hoc tribunals investigating charges of atrocities in the Balkans and Rwanda have not included enforced pregnancy among the crimes.
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It moved to the forefront a few years ago after the creation of ad hoc tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
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The Yugoslav tribunal and its sister court covering atrocities in Rwanda are ad hoc tribunals set up specifically for those two conflicts.
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The growing pains faced by both ad hoc tribunals are one reason delegates are anxious to get the permanent court just right.
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A court-martial has always been an ad hoc tribunal created and appointed by the order of a commanding officer, as the convening authority.
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"Success of the ad hoc tribunals is also an essential foundation for our ability to move forward with a permanent court, " he said.
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That would be a permanent version of the Security Council-sponsored ad hoc tribunals that are now trying accused war criminals from the Balkans and Rwanda.