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PIL Session 2 WS22/23

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Individuals...

a)

have always been subjects of international law

b)

are objects of international law since 1945

c)

have rights and duties under international law

d)

are not subjects of international law

2.

Subjectivity of states is...

a)

non necessary, derivative, limited and particular

b)

merely imagination

c)

a new development of public international law

d)

necessary, original, unlimited and general

3.

The Montevideo Convention...

a)

is a South American film festival

b)

provides criterions for a State as a person of international law

c)

is a worldwide treaty that binds all UN Member States

d)

is the successor to the Buenos Aires Agreement

4.

The criteria set out in the Montevideo Convention are…

a)

a temporary population and an undefined territory

b)

peace and security

c)

exquisite restaurants and hotels for diplomats

d)

a government and the capacity to enter into relations with other states

5.

The criterion “permanent population” stipulates…

a)

that the size is important

b)

that ethnicity, language and history play a decisive legal role

c)

a permanent population possessing citizenship, residing in the territory

d)

that nobody must leave the country

6.

The criterion of defined territory…

a)

is not mentioned by the Montevideo Convention

b)

requires fully defined or settled boundaries for the state

c)

does not require geographical borders at all

d)

requires a consistent nucleus of territory

7.

The boundaries of a territory…

a)

have to be definitively defined

b)

have to surround one geographical entity

c)

cannot include exclaves

d)

are established through agreements and customary law

8.

Citizenship can be…

a)

acquired by descent

b)

acquired by place of death

c)

acquired by patriotism, bribery and good deeds

d)

acquired by E.T. and other aliens

9.

Diplomatic protection…

a)

is only granted to diplomatic personnel

b)

means protection of citizens against acts by other states

c)

ensures protection of citizens against acts by foreign diplomats

d)

requires an "artificial link"

10.

The Lotus decision of the PCIJ (1927) holds that…

a)

states are limited under international law by positive obligations only

b)

any state may sink foreign vessels

c)

natural law takes precedence over positive law

d)

there is no customary international law