LLM International Law — practice questions
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Practice LLM International Law in the app →The UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 at:Under Article 1 UN Charter, the PURPOSES of the United Nations include all of the following EXCEPT:Article 2 UN Charter enumerates the PRINCIPLES of the UN. Which of the following is NOT one of them?Article 2(4) UN Charter prohibits which of the following?Article 2(7) UN Charter contains the doctrine of:Membership of the UN under Article 4 requires the prospective Member to be a:Under Article 7 UN Charter, the PRINCIPAL ORGANS of the UN are:Each Member of the General Assembly has, under Article 18(1) UN Charter:Under Article 23 UN Charter (as amended in 1965), the Security Council consists of:Article 27 UN Charter prescribes the VOTING PROCEDURE in the Security Council. Decisions on substantive (non-pChapter VI of the UN Charter (Articles 33-38) deals with:Chapter VII UN Charter (Articles 39-51) governs ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO THE PEACE. Article 39 empoweArticle 51 UN Charter preserves the inherent right of:Under Article 92 UN Charter, the principal JUDICIAL ORGAN of the UN is:Article 94 UN Charter provides that each UN Member State undertakes to:Under Article 96 UN Charter, ADVISORY OPINIONS of the ICJ may be requested by:The official languages of the UN under Article 111 are NOT explicitly listed in the Charter; the actual six OFUnder Article 108 UN Charter, AMENDMENTS to the Charter require:Under Article 17 UN Charter, the GENERAL ASSEMBLY shall consider and approve the:UN PEACEKEEPING operations have no express basis in any single Charter article but are based on a combination Article 99 UN Charter confers on the SECRETARY-GENERAL the power to:The principle of UTI POSSIDETIS JURIS — that States emerging from decolonisation inherit the borders of the prThe Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969 (VCLT) entered into force on:Article 2(1)(a) VCLT defines 'TREATY' as:Under Article 11 VCLT, States consent to be bound by a treaty may be expressed by:Article 19 VCLT permits a State to formulate a RESERVATION to a multilateral treaty, EXCEPT WHERE:In Reservations to the Convention on Genocide (Advisory Opinion), 1951 ICJ Rep 15, the ICJ:Article 26 VCLT codifies the maxim:Under Articles 31-32 VCLT, treaty INTERPRETATION shall be:Article 53 VCLT defines JUS COGENS (peremptory norm of general international law) as a norm:Under Article 62 VCLT, the doctrine of REBUS SIC STANTIBUS permits a State to invoke FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE OF CIRArticle 60 VCLT addresses TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION of treaty operation as a CONSEQUENCE OF BREACH. A MATERIALArticle 38(1) ICJ Statute enumerates the SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW the Court applies. These are:CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW under Article 38(1)(b) ICJ Statute has two constitutive elements:In NORTH SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF CASES (Germany v Denmark and Netherlands), 1969 ICJ Rep 3, the ICJ articulated The PERSISTENT OBJECTOR doctrine permits a State that has CONSISTENTLY OBJECTED to a rule of customary internaThe doctrine of OPINIO JURIS in international law is distinct from STATE PRACTICE in that opinio juris is:Article 1 of the ARSIWA (Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, 2001) provideArticle 2 ARSIWA enumerates the TWO constitutive elements of an internationally wrongful act:Under Article 4 ARSIWA, the conduct of any organ of a State is considered an ACT OF THE STATE. 'Organ' INCLUDEUnder Article 8 ARSIWA, conduct of a PRIVATE PERSON or group of persons is attributable to a State if:Article 25 ARSIWA recognises NECESSITY as a CIRCUMSTANCE PRECLUDING WRONGFULNESS, but only in NARROW circumstaArticle 51 of the Constitution of India is a DPSP directing the State to:Under Article 253 of the Constitution of India, Parliament has POWER TO LEGISLATE on any subject (irrespectiveIn VISHAKA v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN, AIR 1997 SC 3011, the Supreme Court of India used international conventions India follows a DUALIST approach to international law, meaning that:Which of the following is NOT generally accepted as a peremptory norm of general international law (jus cogensThe principle of NON-REFOULEMENT in international refugee law (Article 33 Refugee Convention 1951; CAT ArticleThe PROTECTION OF DIPLOMATIC AGENTS is governed by the:Article 53 of the UN Charter, in conjunction with Article 2(4), recognises one principal CHARTER-BASED EXCEPTIThe ROME STATUTE 1998 established the:Under Article 17 of the Rome Statute 1998 (COMPLEMENTARITY), the ICC may exercise jurisdiction only where:UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human Rights) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on:The two principal international covenants giving binding treaty effect to the UDHR were adopted on 16 DecemberThe four GENEVA CONVENTIONS of 1949 (and the 1977 Additional Protocols) form the core of:The PRINCIPLE OF DISTINCTION in international humanitarian law (Article 48 AP I) requires parties to a conflicThe doctrine of PROPORTIONALITY in jus ad bellum (right to wage war) requires that:The 1951 REFUGEE CONVENTION defines 'refugee' (Article 1A(2)) as a person who, owing to a:The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GENOCIDE 1948 defines 'genocide' (Article II) The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) prescribes the breadth of TERRITORIAL SEA at:The TWO-element approach to customary international law (state practice + opinio juris) was famously stated inUnder the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 (VCCR) Article 36, a foreign national arrested abroad hThe UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC), based in Geneva, was established in 2006 by:The DOCTRINE OF THE COMMON HERITAGE OF MANKIND is associated with:CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY under Article 7 Rome Statute include any of the following acts committed as part of a:WAR CRIMES under Article 8 Rome Statute include 'grave breaches' of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, such as:Under Article 21 ARSIWA, SELF-DEFENCE is recognized as a CIRCUMSTANCE PRECLUDING WRONGFULNESS where:In MILITARY AND PARAMILITARY ACTIVITIES IN AND AGAINST NICARAGUA (Nicaragua v. USA), 1986 ICJ Rep 14, the ICJ INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW recognises the principle of 'COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITIES' (CBDRThe PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE in international environmental law (Rio Declaration Principle 15) provides that:The 'POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE' in international environmental law was endorsed in:The PARIS AGREEMENT 2015 sets a global temperature goal of:In CORFU CHANNEL CASE (UK v Albania), 1949 ICJ Rep 4 — the ICJ's FIRST case — the Court held that Albania had:The doctrine of STATE IMMUNITY (sovereign immunity) prevents one State from being subject to:The principle of NON-INTERVENTION in the internal affairs of other States is rooted in Article 2(7) UN CharterUnder the doctrine of CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES (rebus sic stantibus) in customary international law, treaties mayThe 1946 NUREMBERG TRIBUNAL established important principles of international criminal law, INCLUDING that:In WALL ADVISORY OPINION (Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian TerritoArticle 16 ARSIWA addresses the situation where a State AIDS OR ASSISTS another State in committing an internaUNDER GENERAL PRINCIPLES of law recognised by civilised nations (Article 38(1)(c) ICJ Statute), the ICJ has acThe principle that NO STATE may EXERCISE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION outside its own territory is a corollary of:Under Article 13 UN Charter, the GENERAL ASSEMBLY initiates studies and makes recommendations for the purpose The UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (HRC) is a body of independent experts established under:Under Article 102 UN Charter, every treaty and international agreement entered into by any UN Member shall be:Under Article 33 UNCLOS 1982, a coastal State has CONTIGUOUS ZONE rights up to:The doctrine of UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION permits any State to prosecute certain crimes regardless of where they Under Article 27 VCLT, INTERNAL LAW cannot be used by a State as a justification for FAILURE TO PERFORM A TREAArticle 22 ARSIWA recognises COUNTERMEASURES as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness, subject to:Under Article 25 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, PROVISIONAL APPLICATION of a treaty is permiUnder Article 38(1)(d) ICJ Statute, JUDICIAL DECISIONS are 'subject to the provisions of Article 59'. Article The principle that DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION (espousal of claims by a State on behalf of its nationals) is a RIGHTThe CONTINENTAL SHELF, under Article 76 UNCLOS 1982, extends to:The RIGHT OF INNOCENT PASSAGE through the territorial sea (Articles 17-32 UNCLOS) means passage:EXTRADITION (the formal surrender of a fugitive by one State to another for prosecution or punishment) requireUnder Article 5 of the CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE 1984 (CAT), each State Party shall take such measures as mayThe MOON TREATY 1979 (Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies) decUnder Article 31(3) VCLT, in addition to context, the following shall be taken into account for treaty INTERPRArticle 25 UN Charter establishes that decisions of the SECURITY COUNCIL are:The doctrine of 'RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT' (R2P), adopted by the World Summit in 2005, recognises that:In the ASYLUM CASE (Colombia v Peru), 1950 ICJ Rep 266, the ICJ addressed the question of DIPLOMATIC ASYLUM. 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