structure and is already significantly cheaper, functioning at roughly $25 million a year. Even a court with a larger international component need not be significantly more expensive. Again, such policies as classifying posts rather than individuals as local or international may help to achieve efficiencies. The Special Court for Sierra Leone has until recently been mainly funded by voluntary, rather than assessed, contributions (and the same is proposed for Cambodia). Although voluntary contributions have some advantage in terms of flexibility, they are vulnerable to changing political commitments on the part of donors. Oversight by a limited number of States that are donors has implications for both the hybrid’s perceived independence and its ability to attract funding from other sources.104 Finally, the lack of reliability of voluntary contributions complicates future planning and imposes obligations on senior officials to raise funds. All of these factors make voluntary contributions an unsuitable form of funding for future tribunals. Further policy recommendations specific to hybrid tribunals include: •C  ontinuous political support by host country and international community. It is important that the host Government of a hybrid should seek to continually affirm its support, including in practical ways (for instance by donating premises, by ensuring adequate police cooperation, etc.). At the same time, it is equally important that the international community stays the course and does not abandon its political support to and funding of hybrid initiatives if these are increasingly put under local control. • Standards for continued evaluation. On the other hand, international policymakers should continue to evaluate processes that come under domestic control for issues such as due process considerations, witness protection and so forth. • Completion strategy. Hybrid or ad hoc tribunals should devise a clear and early completion strategy, including planning on how to resolve outstanding investigations and indictments, staffing issues, and sales of equipment and property. This will help to maintain momentum in terms of funding. 104  owever, it may be helpful to allow a hybrid tribunal to depart from United Nations policies on the hiring of personnel for H instance, as has been the case with the Special Court for Sierra Leone. 38