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International Law

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What section granted right to jury trial in the Aus. constitution?

a)

s 80

b)

s 51

c)

s 116

d)

s 120

2.

What year was the UN formed?

a)

1945

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1947

3.

What body is generally responsible for passing international law?

a)

UN General Assembly

b)

UN Security Council

c)

Geneva Convention

d)

League of Nations

4.

Another word for treaty is...

a)

covenant

b)

convention

c)

protocol

d)

all of the listed responses are correct

5.

Which rights are explicitly contained in the Australian constitution?

a)

right to free speech

b)

all of the listed responses are correct

c)

right to compensation for property

d)

right to bear arms

6.

A reservation to a treaty means...

a)

that a signatory does not wish to be bound by all sections

b)

that a country only reluctantly signs a treaty

c)

a country has been pressured internationally to sign

d)

they lack sovereignty to refuse

7.

Who is NOT a permanent member of the UN security council?

a)

France

b)

US

c)

China

d)

Germany

8.

The process for adopting international law in Australia is...

a)

signing, ratifying and implementing

b)

house of representatives, senate, royal assent

c)

signing, legal adoption, royal assent

d)

ratification, legal adoption

9.

Nulyarimma v Thompson's precedent showed that...

a)

Australia isn't bound by international law unless it is adopted

b)

customary law is not recognized

c)

the UN has no authority in Australia

d)

Indigenous rights are secondary to moral rights

10.

Sovereignty refers to...

a)

full control over affairs within your territory

b)

international law's increasing authority

c)

the power of the international court of justice

d)

the UN Charter forbidding equal rights between nations

11.

The Universal Deceleration of Human Rights was adopted in...

a)

1948

b)

1950

c)

1959

d)

1945