ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the financing of tribunals and focuses on the factors which are associated with tribunal funding. It also examines why countries voluntarily contribute to tribunals, especially in the case of those tribunals which have guaranteed funding through financing. The chapter seeks to place tribunal funding within the broader foreign assistance literature in order to explain the motivations of donor countries in providing voluntary contributions. It explores the case of those tribunals which rely exclusively on voluntary funding, such as the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) and the Extraordinary Chambers for Cambodia (ECC). The chapter addresses why donors contribute to tribunals which are located in states which offer few economic and strategic advantages. The foreign assistance puzzle for international tribunals remains a mystery. However, the chapter has ruled out several logical explanations behind state behavior in providing bilateral foreign assistance in a multilateral setting.
