1.   Special tribunals are in place to try those accused of war crimes in Rwanda and ex-Yugoslavia.

2.   The accused is tried before a court of nine bishops, who render a verdict by a simple majority.

3.   The campaigns also pressure the courts to try the accused quickly, record the maximum possible number of convictions and show little mercy in sentencing.

4.   The death of the mass murderer Pol Pot reminds us of the need for a permanent International Criminal Court to try those accused of crimes against humanity.

5.   They arouse public demands that the accused be tried as adults, and most states have recently passed laws to that end.

6.   Eleven accused are being tried in absentia.

7.   It was always possible that governments will change and justice will eventually be done even if the accused are tried in absentia, he said.

8.   The reports did not say when the accused would be tried.

9.   A court set up by the United Nations to try the accused has been operating in Arusha, Tanzania, but no trial has yet taken place.

10.   The UN Security Council has set up an international criminal tribunal to investigate and try those accused of being behind the genocide.