The United States embassy also had concerns and said that the vote fell short of international standards.

The trial has fallen well short of international standards of jurisprudence.

And even then, those efforts fell short of standards highlighted by other lawyers familiar with such cases.

The rate of executions is alarming, with many carried out in public and following trials that fall far short of international standards.

However, the elections were strongly criticized by international election monitors, who cited widespread fraud and noted that they fell short of democratic standards.

Most of the planned regulations fall far short of American standards.

EU monitors say the vote fell short of international standards.

European election observers said that the election fell short of international standards.

Western observers said that, despite being an improvement on previous votes, it fell short of fully democratic standards.

In a statement, the Trust said the care fell short of standards and they had developed an action plan to ensure lessons had been learned.