habríamos sostenido
-we would have held
Conditional perfectnosotrosconjugation ofsostener.

sostener

Si la única razón invocada por el Estado Parte para imponer ese servicio adicional hubiera sido la de establecer un mecanismo de selección, probablemente habríamos sostenido que ese período adicional era excesivo y lo habríamos considerado punitivo.
Had the only reason advanced by the State party for the extra service been the selection mechanism, we would have tended to hold that the extra time was excessive and could be regarded as punitive.
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