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WorksheetsARSIWA Responsibility of States — Worksheet Extraction
Total questions: 150
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ARSIWA Article 7 covers acts of State organs that:
Act within their holiday schedule
Act in excess of authority or contrary to instructions
Are always supervised by foreign governments
Act only in private schools
ARSIWA Article 20 says an act is not wrongful if:
The State refuses cooperation
Another State gives valid consent
Citizens demand so
It happens during sports events
Under ARSIWA Article 23, an act is not wrongful when it is due to:
A routine office error
A political protest
Force majeure
A planned government decision
ARSIWA Article 31 requires a responsible State to provide:
Free cultural programmes
Full reparation
New national holidays
International awards
Wrongful acts of foreign organs placed at a State’s disposal are:
Fiction
Entertainment
Sports rules
Attributed to receiving State
Private entities exercising public power are:
Ignored
Not regulated
Always legal
Attributed to the State
Officials acting beyond authority:
Still bind the State
Are always forgiven
Create no responsibility
Lose nationality
If a group acts under State control, its acts are:
Attributed to the State
Ignored
Treated as jokes
Always lawful
A State can be responsible for failing to:
Play music
Collect art
Grow trees
Prevent harm
A breach occurs when conduct:
Violates an obligation
Helps development
Creates sports
Increases taxes
A treaty must be in force to claim:
Breach
Victory
Birth
Holiday
Continuing breaches last:
Over time
One second
Only on holidays
Only in elections
Composite acts are:
Series of wrongful acts
Dance steps
Weekly holidays
School exams
Helping another State commit a wrongful act is called:
Aid or assistance
Relaxation
Charity
Picnic
Forcing another State to act wrongly is:
Coercion
Aid or assistance
Authorization
Celebration
Consent makes an act:
Lawful
Always harmful
Unknown
Secret
Self-defence must be:
Necessary and proportionate
Unlimited
Secretive
For entertainment
Force majeure means:
Uncontrollable event
A movie
A festival
A prize
Distress applies when an agent acts to:
Save lives
Win elections
Make money
Create sports
Necessity protects acts taken to save:
Essential interests
Parties
Fashion
Music
Calvo Doctrine limits:
Diplomatic protection
Sports rights
Marriage rules
Film production
Calvo Clause requires investors to use:
Local remedies
Space law
Weather reports
Foreign armies
Acquisition of territory by agreement is:
Cession
Music
Birth
Voting
Occupation applies to:
Terra nullius
Oceans only
Movies
Songs
Prescription requires:
Peaceful and continuous possession
One-day control
Political campaign
Film shooting
Territory gained by natural events is:
Accretion
Drama
Music
Magic
Conquest today is:
Illegal
Celebrated
Rewarded
Encouraged
Territory can be lost by:
Secession
Singing
Exams
Farming
Rivers changing course may cause loss of:
Territory
Music
Fashion
Weather
A State becomes responsible when:
It violates an obligation
It decorates buildings
It celebrates a holiday
It imports toys
Shooting down a civilian aircraft violates:
Aviation law
Art law
Film rules
Marriage law
Illegal dumping of waste into the ocean violates:
Law of the Sea
Fashion rules
Cinema rules
Tourism laws
International law restricts:
Threat or use of force
Cultural festivals
Elections
Music programmes
Intervention must respect:
UN Charter provisions
Individual preferences
Linguistic rules
Tourism norms
Right to public property includes:
Natural resources in transferred territory
Personal cars
Foreign private estates
Jewellery
State sovereignty ensures:
No foreign interference
Open borders for all
Universal control over seas
Global police power
Negative theory treats succession as:
New sovereignty without obligations
Total treaty transfer
Cultural continuity
Automatic debt continuity
International disputes must be resolved:
Peacefully
With threats
Through force only
Without negotiations
Public debt may transfer if:
Connected to transferred territory
Citizens oppose
Media demands
Cultural events occur
Collective intervention seeks to maintain:
International peace and security
Local entertainment
Sports growth
Festivals
Duties from state succession include:
Honouring territorial boundaries
Removing landmarks
Canceling citizenship
Ending treaties
Use of disproportionate force is:
Prohibited
Encouraged
Optional
Required
Intervention must not be:
Dictatorial
Based on consent
Approved by UN
Successor State must honour:
Acquired rights of individuals
Only new laws
Only cultural traditions
No previous rights
Universal succession involves:
Full transfer of rights and obligations
Symbolic transfer
No treaty transfer
Transfer of posters only
Non-intervention principle protects:
Political independence of States
Music programmes
Private ceremonies
Sports events
One lawful ground of intervention is:
Self-defence
Economic gain
Religious expansion
Cultural growth
If intervention continues beyond consent:
It becomes unlawful
It stays legal forever
Consent becomes automatic
It turns into a treaty
UN Charter generally prohibits:
Threat or use of force
Diplomatic functions
Peace talks
Treaties
Humanitarian intervention aims to prevent:
Genocide and mass atrocities
Sports failures
Cultural loss
Economic decline
Intervention to protect citizens abroad is:
Recognized but controversial
Purely internal
Always illegal
Only economic
Uti Possidetis Juris ensures:
Boundaries remain unchanged
All borders are redrawn
Cultural laws continue
Personal laws freeze
Clean Slate theory applies mostly to:
Newly independent States
Old empires
Corporations
Municipal bodies
Continuity theory treats successor as:
Same legal personality
No legal entity
Temporary caretaker
Private group
Public archives are needed for:
Administrative functioning
Cinema
Tourism
Fashion
Succession to membership in organisations depends on:
Negotiations or continuity
TV programs
Sports events
Celebrities
Intervention must not influence:
Internal affairs of a State
Local art
Local trade
Article 2(4) protects:
Territorial integrity
Private houses
Internal finance
Business permits
Self-defence requires:
Immediate necessity
Unlimited force
Political benefits
Long-term planning
Intervention by invitation is valid only if:
Consent is genuine
Regime change is done
Troops take full control
UN objects
Proportionality prohibits:
Excessive civilian harm
Diplomatic talks
Humanitarian aid
Negotiation
IHL applies:
Even when force is lawful
Only in peace
Never
Only for rebels
Territorial sovereignty prohibits:
Unauthorized entry
Tourism
Diplomacy
Trade
Innocent passage applies to:
International straits
Roads
Homes
Mountain paths
Successor State decides nationality of:
People in transferred territory
Tourists
Diplomats
Athletes
Treaties usually continue in:
Separation of States
Festivals
Cultural reforms
Domestic disputes
Force cannot be used for:
Dictating political system
Defence
Peacekeeping
Collective security
R2P limits action to:
UN approval
Citizens’ request
Political rallies
Trade fairs
Successor State must safeguard:
Private contractual rights
Sport rights
Music rights
Ceremonies
International law restricts use of force for:
Selfish interests
Defence
UN missions
Peace
Succession affects:
Citizenship determination
Fashion
Song rights
Intervention is generally illegal unless:
Grounds are recognized
It helps culture
Media agrees
Traders request
External intervention relates to:
Foreign affairs
Personal disputes
School rules
Local shops
Indirect intervention uses:
Economic or political pressure
Music
Art
Sports
Non-forcible intervention involves:
Coercive pressure without force
Strike
River use
Drama
Intervention violates which principle?
Sovereign equality
Art culture
Tourism
Business
Supporting rebels in another country is:
Prohibited intervention
Encouraged
Cultural
Neutral
Humanitarian intervention requires:
UN approval
Embassy consent
Sports permit
Cultural ticket
Illegal intervention includes:
Supporting separatist movements
Peacekeeping
Arbitration
Humanitarian diplomacy
Economic coercion used to dictate policy is:
Illegal intervention
Cultural exchange
Sporting event
Neutral action
A State may intervene lawfully to:
Protect nationals in immediate danger
Change elections
Expand territory
Promote business
Under ARSIWA Article 5, conduct of entities empowered to exercise governmental authority is:
Never attributed to the State
Attributed to the State
Attributed only during war
Attributed only if the UN agrees
The ICJ was established by:
Treaty of Versailles
UN Charter 1945
League Mandate
Paris Agreement
The ICJ replaced which body?
International Criminal Court
Permanent Court of International Justice
European Court of Justice
PCA
The seat of the ICJ is located in:
Geneva
New York
The Hague
The official languages of the ICJ are:
English and Spanish
English and French
Arabic and English
French and Spanish
Number of judges in the ICJ:
10
12
15
20
Term of ICJ judges:
3 years
5 years
9 years
15 years
One-third of ICJ judges retire every:
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
Article 34 of the ICJ Statute provides that:
Individuals can file cases
NGOs can file cases
Only States may be parties
Only UN can file cases
Article 38 of ICJ deals with:
Jurisdiction
Enforcement
Sources of International Law
Functions of judges
Article 41 of ICJ empowers the Court to:
Remove judges
Issue interim measures
Appoint arbitrators
Punish States
Article 59 of ICJ states that decisions:
Are binding on all States
Are precedents for all courts
Bind only parties to the dispute
Bind UN Security Council
Article 62 of ICJ allows:
Appeal
Intervention by non-parties
Criminal trials
Diplomatic protests
Indian judge currently serving at ICJ:
Dalveer Bhandari
Nagendra Singh
R.S. Pathak
B.R. Rau
The ICJ cannot:
Give advisory opinions
Hear cases between States
Try individuals for crimes
Interpret treaties
Persons hors de combat are:
Civilians on vacation
Combatants taking direct part
Persons who are out of the fight
Diplomats on duty
International Humanitarian Law is also known as:
Maritime law
Law of war
Space law
Treaty law
Henry Dunant wrote:
Spirit of Laws
A Memory of Solferino
Hague Convention Rules
The book A Memory of Solferino led to:
WTO formation
Geneva Conventions
UNCLOS
Vienna Convention
Francis Lieber wrote:
Geneva Conventions
Rome Statute
Lieber Code
Additional Protocol I
The Hague Law primarily regulates:
Peace conferences
Means and methods of warfare
International trade disputes
UN elections
The ICRC was established in:
1907
1863
1945
1919
ICRC headquarters is located in:
London
Geneva
Paris
New York
ICRC is:
A political body
A neutral humanitarian organisation
A military alliance
A UN Security Council organ
The principle of distinction requires:
Equal treatment of soldiers and civilians
Targeting only military objectives
Using maximum firepower
Destroying civilian property
The principle of proportionality prohibits:
Use of any weapons
Civilian harm excessive to military advantage
All military attacks
Negotiations
The principle of necessity permits:
Unlimited force
Only force required to defeat the enemy
Chemical weapons
Targeting civilians
The principle of humane treatment is found in:
Additional Protocol II
Geneva Convention IV, Article 27
UN Charter
Rome Statute
A person who surrenders:
Can be lawfully killed
Must be protected
Remains a combatant
Becomes a civilian
Wounded and sick must be:
Isolated
Abandoned
Collected and cared for
Interrogated first
International armed conflict (IAC) covers:
Only internal disputes
Conflicts between two or more States
Terrorist acts only
Cultural movements
Number of Geneva Conventions:
2
3
4
Geneva Convention I deals with:
Prisoners of war
Civilians
Wounded and sick soldiers on land
Naval warfare
Geneva Convention II protects:
Shipwrecked military personnel at sea
Civilians in occupied territory
Diplomats
Journalists
Geneva Convention III relates to:
Cultural heritage
Prisoners of war
Medical facilities
Chemical weapons
Geneva Convention IV protects:
Combatants
Mercenaries
Civilian persons
Naval fleets
Additional Protocol I (1977) deals with:
Non-international conflicts
International armed conflicts
Maritime piracy
Nuclear disarmament
Additional Protocol II (1977) governs:
Sea warfare
Non-international armed conflicts
Mercenary activity
UN peacekeeping
Additional Protocol III introduced:
Geneva Gas Protocol
New civilian rights
The Red Crystal emblem
New POW rules
The main object of IHL is:
Promote trade
Regulate political systems
Protect persons not taking part in hostilities
Increase military power
The ICJ has no:
Compulsory jurisdiction
Advisory power
Judicial authority
Legal personality
ICJ judges are elected by:
UNGA alone
UNSC alone
General Assembly and Security Council
ICC
The ICJ President’s tenure is:
2 years
3 years
5 years
9 years
PCA stands for:
Permanent Council of Arbitration
Partial Court of Arbitration
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Public Commission of Arbitration
The compulsory jurisdiction clause is:
Article 22
Article 36(2)
Article 12
Article 46
Forum Prorogatum refers to:
Automatic consent
Implied consent to jurisdiction
Refusal of jurisdiction
The Corfu Channel case involved:
Use of nuclear weapons
Consent to jurisdiction
Territorial dispute
Maritime rescue
Advisory jurisdiction of ICJ is used:
By corporations
By NGOs
By UN organs and agencies
By individuals
Negotiation is classified under:
Judicial means
Coercive means
Extra-judicial peaceful means
Military means
Mediation requires:
A neutral third party giving suggestions
Binding decisions
Court enforcement
Military supervision
Good offices means:
Active involvement
Fact-finding
Bringing disputing parties together
Issuing a binding award
Conciliation involves:
A binding decision
A non-binding report
Secret negotiations
Military observers
Inquiry focuses on:
Sanctions
Fact-finding
Military action
Boundary change
Arbitration leads to:
A binding award
A non-binding recommendation
Advisory opinion
Political resolution
International arbitration developed significantly after:
The Paris Convention
The Alabama Claims
The Rome Statute
The Hague Protocol
Jay Treaty of 1794 contributed to:
Early international arbitration
UN creation
NATO formation
Maritime law
Reprisals can be used only:
As first resort
After illegal conduct by another State
With UNSC consent
During peace meetings
Embargo means:
Blocking airports
Detaining ships
Restricting tourists
Halting elections
Pacific blockade is lawful when:
Done unilaterally
Done collectively under UN
Used for trade
Used by rebels
Retortion is based on:
Human rights
Reciprocity
Military force
Ad hoc jurisdiction means:
Based on prior treaty
Based on special agreement
Based on UNSC pressure
Based on automatic consent
In Advisory jurisdiction, ICJ can give opinions to:
Private parties
States only
UN bodies
NGOs
The Manila Declaration (1982) emphasizes:
Use of force first
Peaceful settlement of disputes
Economic sanctions
Military intervention
Security Council peaceful settlement powers are under:
Article 2(4)
Chapter VI
Chapter VIII
Article 36
UN General Assembly may make recommendations under:
Article 10 and 14
Article 2(7)
Article 51
Article 103
ICJ cannot suo moto take cases because:
It lacks judges
It is not a criminal court
It is based on State consent
It works only for UN
ICJ cannot review
Arbitration awards
National court decisions
Treaties
UN resolutions
Good offices differ from mediation because:
Mediator participates actively
Good offices issues binding decisions
Mediation lacks a third party
Good offices is judicial
Legal disputes under ICJ require
Consent of States
NGO petitions
Police reports
Environmental clearance
