The decision focused on the jurisdiction of the appeals chamber to hear the appeal and the jurisdiction of the international tribunal to hear the case on the merits. The analysis focuses on the individual arguments raised by the appellant. The appeals chamber decided that the international tribunal is empowered to pronounce upon the plea challenging the legality of the establishment of the international tribunal, dismissed the plea, dismissed the challenge to the primacy of the international tribunal over national courts, and decided that the international tribunal has subject-mater jurisdiction over the current case.