The Tribunal has awarded very mild sentences.

Some of the defendants claimed that the Tribunal had no legal authority because it was established by the UN Security Council instead of the UN General Assembly.

The Tribunal has been claimed to be anti- democratic and in violation of national sovereignty and formed part of coercive order created by the Security Council.

The tribunals were constituted by the victorious powers, whose impartiality in delivering the judgments was doubtful.

The Tribunal manifests the failure of the UN Security Council and the great powers to find a swift and viable solution to the conflict, reflecting the failure of diplomacy and politics.