Military jurisdiction was exercised by the Supreme Court and military tribunals and courts. He also advocates that suspected terrorists be tried in military tribunals and not civilian courts. The Court of Appeal deals only with appeals from other courts or tribunals. There have been 14,562 convictions pronounced by the special tribunals, and 49,920 sentences by courts. This court also hears appeals from various federal tribunals. This contrasts with the public nature of courts and other tribunals. Judgments were given against the Khedive in the international tribunals. It also covers proceedings in some tribunals and certain Coroner's Court cases. Violations meant punishment without appeal by military tribunals. There are statutes for the permanent synod and for the superior and ordinary tribunals. It also oversees the work of other ecclesiastical tribunals at all levels. In the ruling, Kennedy called the Combatant Status Review Tribunals "inadequate". Testimony coerced through humiliating or degrading treatment would be admissible in the tribunals. Under Khrushchev, the special tribunals operated by security agencies were abolished. Steyn later wrote a lengthy reflection of his turmoil with the commissions and the tribunals.