Final Sınavı - Publıc Internatıonal Law I

Soru 1:

Where does the law derive its content or subject matter from?

A) Material sources B) Formal sources C) Subsidiary means D) Material fact E) Mutual tolerance

Soru 2:

Which of the followings is the major difference of the third generation of human rights in comparison to the first two genrations?

A) Focus on cultural rights. B) Focus on group rights. C) Focus on social rights. D) Focus on economic rights. E) Focus on first world countries.

Soru 3:

According to whch of the following approaches, the individual has no status in international law?

A) Marxist Approach. B) Modern Approach. C) Positivist theory. D) Sociological Approach. E) Natural Law Theory.

Soru 4:

Which of the following is true about the trials in the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Tokyo Tribunal?

A) None of the defendants were acquitted in both tribunals. B) All the defendants were found guilty by the Nuremberg Tribunal. C) All of the defendants were given death sentence in both tribunals. D) Both tribunals imposed only imprisonment for the defendants. E) Death penalty and imprisonment were imposed in both tribunals and few were acquitted.

Soru 5:

The treatment of aliens (foreign nationals) has been a controversial subject under international law. Which are two principal approaches in this respect?

A) By descent from parents (jus sanguinis), and by birth in the territory of the state B) General rules and private rules C) Matter of domestic lawand international law D) Right of individual protection and right of aliens protection E) international minimum standard and national treatment

Soru 6:

Where can the first reference of personal liberties be found?

A) Magna Carta B) The Virginia Declaration of Rights C) French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen D) League of Nations E) The African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples’ Rights

Soru 7:

Which of the following best completes the sentence below? "In principle, the presence of Article 2 of the Draft will entail the international responsibility of a state. This has been affirmed by the Court in a number of cases. However, the respondent state may justify its action by claiming self-defense or _______________ for its non-performance."

A) self-determination B) geopolitical position C) political condition D) force majeure E) future threat

Soru 8:

"The state practice discloses four general principles on the basis of which states generally claim criminal jurisdiction." Which principle refers to jurisdiction according to the national interest of the state injured by the offence?

A) Territorial principle B) Nationality principle C) Protective principle D) Universality principle E) None of the above

Soru 9:

What type of responsibility do The Draft Articles deal with?

A) Responsibility of states B) Responsibility of individuals C) Responsibility of international organizations D) Responsibility of non-governmental organizations E) Responsibility of corporations

Soru 10:

Which of the following is NOT among crimes against humanity as outlined by Article 7?

A) Extermination B) Environmental poisioning C) Enslavement D) Apartheid E) Imprisonment

Soru 11:

When was the first International Military Tribunal set up in order to try the criminals who committed war crimes?

A) 1945 B) 1946 C) 1948 D) 1963 E) 1977

Soru 12:

" The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials held at the end of the Second World War (1945-48) focused on the war-related crimes. " Which of the followings was among the counts of offences of the Charter of these tribunals?

A) Crimes against the monarchy. B) Crimes against religion. C) Crimes against peace. D) Petty crimes. E) Crimes against UN.

Soru 13:

Which of the followings focuses on the contextuality of human rights in terms of the conditions of a society?

A) Natural Law Theory. B) Positivism. C) The Marxist Approach. D) The Sociological Approach. E) The Modern Approach.

Soru 14:

Which of the following events made the establishment of an international criminal court politically unrealistic?

A) The Kambanda case B) Lack of uniformity in the administration of international criminal justice C) Conflicts in the Security Council D) The establishment of Committee on International Criminal Jurisdiction E) The Cold War conditions

Soru 15:

State jurisdiction does not connote the power of the:

A) State to prescribe the rules B) State to enforce the rules C) Court of law to try a particular dispute D) State to regulate conduct or consequences ofevents E) Head of the government to conduct State affairs.

Soru 16:

The organ of International Criminal Court responsible for the non-judicial aspects of the administration and servicing of the Court is:

A) The Appeals Division. B) The Office of the Prosecutor. C) The Pre-Trial Division. D) The Registry. E) The Trial Division.

Soru 17:

Which of the following terms refers to “the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations”

A) Act of agression B) Proprio motu C) Differentiated approach D) Mens rea E) Complementaeity

Soru 18:

Which of the following crimes is a sample of “genocide” ?

A) Enforced disappearance of persons. B) Deportation or forcible transfer of population. C) Enslavement. D) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group. E) The crime of apartheid.

Soru 19:

How many members does the Human Rights Council include?

A) 43 B) 44 C) 45 D) 46 E) 47

Soru 20:

The Tokyo and Nuremberg Tribunal were criticized for the following reasons, except :

A) The trials were in violation of the principle of nullum poena sine lege (no punishmentwithout law). B) Trials were an imposition of ex post facto law, giving retrospective operation to a crime that was not punishable at the time of its commission. C) The tribunals were constituted by the victorious powers, whose impartiality in delivering the judgments was doubtful. D) The tribunals only punished heads of States, ministers and high military and administrative functionaries. E) The plea of superior orders has great relevance in the discipline of the armed forces, and it was rejected by the Tribunals without any concrete reason.