[truth4]

The Highest Court You've Never Heard Of (Do NAFTA judges have too much authority?)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/651917/posts

[mrsmith]

I've no problem with countries establishing by treaty to submit certain cases under the treaty to a special tribunal for final arbitration.

This court, like many civil courts, wants to decide for itself what powers it has by interpreting the treaty as it likes.
But treaties are defined by the signatories.