Ideju o tome da taj tribunal sudi visokim zvaničnicima za korupciju kritizirala je Evropska komisija putem Demokratije kroz zakon, bolje poznate kao Venecijanska komisija, te se od nje u konačnici odustalo.
The idea of high-level officials being tried for corruption by the tribunal was criticised by the European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, and was eventually dropped.