11.   The three-judge tribunal handed down the verdict at the end of a four-month trial in Beirut.

12.   The tribunal can only hand down life sentences as a maximum penalty whereas Rwandan courts can apply the death sentence.

13.   The tribunal has handed down just one sentence to a member of the Bosnian Serb army for his role in the mass executions of Moslems from eastern Bosnia.

14.   Unlike Rwandan courts and the Nuremburg tribunal formed to try Nazi war criminals after World War II, the Arusha tribunal cannot hand down death sentences.

15.   Unlike the local courts, the tribunal will not hand down death penalties.

16.   Unlike the Rwandan courts and the Nuremburg tribunal formed to try Nazi war criminals after World War II, the Arusha tribunal cannot hand down death sentences.

17.   The Hague-based tribunal can hand down an indictment against a war crimes suspect in his absence but cannot try the accused in absentia.