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1- The most characteristic source of international law go a basis significance are:

A- Customs

B- Treaties

C- General Principles of law as recognized by Civilized Nations.

D-Judicial Decisions of International Court and Tribunals.

E- Teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of various nations.

2- The list of sources of International Law included in art. 38 of the statue of the international court of
justice

A- Is incomplete and exhaustive.

B- Includes significance sources of International law, but it is not complete.

C- Mention the sources of international law of subsidiary character and the remaining sources of
International law.

D- allows ICJ to receive disputes regarding equity rules ( ex aqua et bono) .

3- General principles of law as recognized by civilized nations refers:

A- Only to the principle of International Law.

B- Only to the principles of municipal law.

C- To the law in general common for as many states as possible.

D- Only to treaty law arising out of treaties concluded by states existing at least 100

4- A treaty pursuant to Vienna Convention on the law of treatises:

A- An International Agreement concluded between states in written forms and governing international
law.

B-An International Agreement concluded between any subjects of International law written form and
governed by international law.

C- An International agreement concluded between states regardless of the form executed and governed
by international law.

D- Any international agreement concluded between states in written form.

5- For the purpose of adopting the text of a treaty the following are considered representing their State
in the virtue of their functions and without having to produce powers:

A- Head of States.

B- Chiefs of governments.

C-Ministers of Foreign Affairs.


D- Heads of diplomatic misuses for the purpose of adopting the test of a treaty between accrediting
State and the State in which they are accredited.

E- Representative accredited by states to an international conference or to an international organization


or one of it is organs for the purpose of adopting the text of treaty in that conference, organization or
organ.

6- Pursuant of the Dualistic school:

A- International Law and Municipal law constitute one legal system.

B- International Law and Municipal Law constitute two, separate legal systems.

C- International Law needs implementation to Municipal law in order to be in force in the domestic legal
systems.

D- International law does not need an implementation to Municipal lawn order to be in force in the
domestic legal system.

7- The derivative international personality have:

A- States

B- International Organizations

C- individuals

D- The national liberal organization.

8- Recognition of new state is :

A- a unilateral act.

B- a bilateral act

C- a discretional act.

D- declaratory.

E- constitutive

9- State immunity:

A- is regulated mainly in customary international law.

B- is recognized with regard to sovereign or public acts ( jus imperii).

C- is recognized with regard to private acts ( jus gestionis)

D- is recognized with regard to sovereign or public acts ( jus imperii)as well as to

private acts ( jus gestionis) .

10- Extradition
A- is the handling over of an alleged offender ( or convicted person) by one State to another.

B- may be effected exclusively on the basis customary International Law.

C- is not mandatory in the absence of a treaty related thereto.

D- in municipal laws of many states may not be effected towards.

11- The scope of freedoms of Airspace law is determined:

A- In International law.

B- by authorities of particular states.

C- by ICAO

d- by the United Nations.

12- The Airspace:

A- is subject to sovereign power of states.

B- is not subject to sovereign power of states.

C- ends where the outer space begins.

D- ends where the artificial satellites round the Earth at the lowest height.

13- The status of the common heritage of all mankind has:

A- the territorial sea

B- the deep seabed.

C- the resources of the moon and other celestial bodies.

D- the Airspace.

14- The freedom of the high sea:

A- may be exercised by both coastal and non coastal states.

B- include the freedom of navigation, fishing , overflight, laying submarine cables and pipelines,
construct artificial islands and other installations permitted by IL and the freedom of scientific research.

C- include the freedom of navigation, fishing, overflight, laying submarine cables and pipeline without
the freedom to construct artificial islands and other installations permitted by IL and the freedom of
scientific research.

15- The following sea waters ( areas ) do not constitute the parts of a territory of coastal state :

A- Territorial sea.

B- High Sea

16- Jus cogens ( peremptory norms of international law) is :


A- a norm of general as well as particular international law accepted and recognized by the international
community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be
modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.

B- a norm of general international law accepted and recognized by the majority of international
community of States as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only
by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.

C- a norm of general international law accepted and recognized by the international community of
States as a whole as a norm from which no derogations is permitted and which can be modified only by
a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.

17- Use of force

A- Is prohibited by contemporary International Law without any exceptions.

B- Is prohibited by contemporary International all provided to some exceptions

18- State immunity protects them from being sued before:

A- recognized by them international tribunals and courts.

B- courts of the other States.

C- their own municipal courts.

D- Recognized by them arbitration courts.

19- Mark the category of person with special needs according to the Charter of Fundamental rights
( something is missing the picture was cut)

A- Farmers

B- Consumers

C- The elderly.

20- The African Charter on Human Rights and People’s Right includes:

A- human duties

B- possibility to impose sanctions in case of serious human right violation.

C- Refers to the African Ombudsman.

21- The Commissioner on Human Rights and the council of Europe:

A- pay visit in member states.

B- considers individual complaints.

C- consider state report.

22- Human rights Council’s 1503 procedures is used:


A- in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review.

B- on the initiative of the UN Secretary General

C- in case of individual complaints.

23- Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms sounds:

A- No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

B- No one shall be subjected to torture.

24- ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights can:

A- Consider Individual Complaints

B- Consider States Reports about implementation of human rights.

C- Promote human rights according to ASEAN’s states recommendations.

25- The main idea of the protection of national minorities:

A- to protect diversity.

B-to preserve peace and stability in the society.

C- to guarantee national minority’s right to the land.

26- Freedom from slavery is:

A- civil right

B- political right

C- Social right

27- The term human right was used for the first time by:

A- Aristoteles

B- Jean Jacques Rousseau

C- Thomas Paine ( the correct answer )

28- Consultative status in the United Nations can be granted to:

A- every NGO.

B- only NGO’s with of recognized standing within the particular field of its competence and of
international activity

C- internationally and locally active NGO’S.

29- Transparency International is the NGO active in the field of:

A- media pluralism
B- fighting with corruption

C- monitoring of detention places.

30 - The headquarter of OSCE Office for Democratic Instituion take place in

A- Strasbourg

B- Vienna

C- Warsaw

31 - is a question regarding the recommendation of OSCE (however it is missing)

32- The European union Charter for fundamental rights

A- is only politically binding

B- entered into force together with EU Lisbon Treaty

C- Is legally binding only for civil and political rights

33- The main instrument of the Eu external policy in the field

A- Structural human right dialog

B- Economic sanctions

C- Humanitarian intervention

34- Collective complaints under the Optional Protocol to the European Charter of the council of Europe
may be submitted by :

A- citizens of the European union

B- representative of workers and employers

C- The International Labor Organization

35- Framework Convention for the Protection on National Minorities:

A- Include the definition of national minorities.

B- Was adopted by the United Nations.

C- Envisaged no collective rights, only individual ones for …. national minorities.

36 - European Instrument for Democracy and Human Right NGOs promoting human right and
democratic values

37- International Humanitarian Law applies :

A- in time of international and non international armed conflict.

B- in time of peace.
C- in time of internal disturbances important exam last year from 38 till end

38- According to Article 38 of the Statute of the international Court of Justice, the court when deciding
in accordance with international law disputes submitted to it cannot apply:

A- international Conventions.

B- The general principle of law recognized by civilized nations.

C- Acts of International Organizations

D- Judicial decisions as a subsidiary, means for the determination of rules of law.

39- International community is composed of subjects possessing international personality, these are
(among others):

A- All non governmental organizations,

B- Insurgents and belligerents

C- head of states, head of government and other official representatives of states

D- Transnational corporations which have the ability to influence national government.

40-Statehood cannot be regarded as created in accordance with norms of International law, when it is
conceived by:

A- Split

B- Conquer

C- sucesso

D- merger

41-Statehood is regarded as extinct when:

A- the Sovereign territory becomes extinct,

B- the representative state has incorporated into its territory part of a territory of another state.

C- half of the population of the respective state emigrates to another state.

D- a state is being occupied by another state.

42- Recognition:

A- is a method of deciding about the existence or non existence of a certain fact.

B- is not indispensable for a state to join the European Union.

C- is not indispensable for the new state to function in the international community.

D- Might be pronounced individually by one state of collective, by a group of states/ subjects of


international law.
43- Territory of a state:

A- compromises of landmass, airspace and contiguous zone.

B- compromise of landmasses, territorial waters and all that is beneath the two, as well as airspace over
landmasses and territorial waters.

C- might be defined as space in which a state has partial jurisdiction.

D- can never be subject of cession to another state.

44- Law of the Sea

A- Was codified in the Montego Bay Conventions signed in 1982.

B- Allows for establishment of exclusive economic zone reaching up top 350 nautical miles.

C- Allows for exploitation of continental shelf by coastal states reaching to 500nautical miles.

D- Allows for the creation of territorial sea where the right of innocent passage might be but does not
have to be granted to ships of third states.

45- Outer Space:

A- is regarded as the Common Heritage of Mankind.

B-may be used for both military and peaceful purposes by any state or other entity.

C-in extreme circumstances ( danger to a state’s very existence), may be conquered by a state.

D- has recently been subject to regulations by means of the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

46- International Criminal Court:

A- was created by mean of united Nations Security Council resolution in 2003

B- has subject matter jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, crimes against
peace.

C-has not yet began any proceedings.

D- is complementary to national criminal jurisdiction.

47- According to norms of international law, the use of force:

A- is legal when based on a decision taken by the Secretary General of the UN.

B- is one of legally recognized methods of resolution of international disputes,

C- is legal when used in individual or collective self defense, though states must inform the UN Security
Council which decides about the measure that are to be taken in the future.

D- is legal in humanitarian interventions decided by competent bodies of regional organizations.


48- A universal international customary norm ( hint: do not base your choice on the persistent objector
case) :

A-is binding for all states

B-its binding for states which participated only in the process of its creation.

C-needs one indispensable element for its inception i.e: usus,

D-is a source of law of secondary importance .

49- According to air law:

A- state possess absolute sovereignty in airspace over their territory.

B- civilian aircrafts are subject to the jurisdiction of the International Civil Aviation Organization

C- civilian aircrafts are in all circumstances, subject to the jurisdiction of a state their registration.

D- a right of free passage must be granted to aircraft of third states by the territorial state.

50- International Criminal Court for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY)

A- was created, alike ICTR, as a subsidiary organ of the United Nations General Assembly by means of its
resolutions,

B- has been active since 2008.

C- was renamed to the International Criminal Court in 2002.

D-is/was seated in the Hague.

51- Individuals may be prosecuted for committing serious International crime:

A- before international Court of Justice

B- because an international criminal code which enumerates international crimes has recently been
accepted

C- unless they possess diplomatic immunities and privileges.

D- because commission of such crime is regarded as an act against the whole international community.

52- Refugees:

A- are persons who have fled their country of citizenship, permanent residence owing to a well- founded
fear of being prosecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social
group, or political opinion and are outside that country .

B- under certain circumstance may be extradited.

C- Remain under jurisdiction of a state of their nationality.

D- are entitled to ask for a status of refugee on grounds of a well- founded fear of being prosecuted for
commission of international crimes.
53- The united Nations is composed of: 193 members

54- Decisions of the UN Security Council on all members that do not have a procedural character are
take by:

A- an affirmative vote of the majority of members, including votes of the majority of permanent
members.

B- an affirmative voter nine members , including votes of all four permanent members.

C- an affirmative vote of 15 members.

D- An affirmative vote of nine members, including votes of permanent members.

55- The term Genocide was first defined in:

A- Un charter

B- 1948 convention on the prevention of suppression of the crime of genocide.

C- 1949 geneva convention

D- 1994 statute of the International criminal tribunal for Rwanda.

56- The Convention on the Rights of Child was signed in:

A-1998

B-1989

C-1981

D-1968

57- Among Human rights of the so called “third generations” there is:

A- Right to Life

B- Freedom of speech .

C- Right to seek asylum

D- Right to self determination.

58- Decide which element of state responsibility in not indispensable one:

A- Occurrence of an act or omission which violates an obligation.

B- Loss or damage resulting from the unlawful actor omission.

C- Bad faith of the state guilty of an unlawful act or omission.

D-Existence of an international legal obligation force as between two particular states.

59- The ICJ


A- is a subsidiary organ of the un general Assembly

B- is responsible for deciding disputes between Un member states and the UN.

C- is responsible for deciding legal disputes between states and giving advisory opinion on legal matters

D- was a judicial organ of the League of Nations.

60- According to Nurnberg Principles and universally recognized principles of individual responsibility for
international crimes:

A- a person responsible for the commitment of a crime under international law may be relieved from
responsibility in international law by norms internal character

B- official governmental position a perpetrator may relieve from responsibility for international crime
under international law.

C- The fact that a person acted in pursuant to governmental order or order of a superior does not relieve
from responsibility for crimes under international law.

D- Complicity in the commission of a crime cannot in itself be regarded as a crime under international
law.

61- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

A- was accepted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 as a legal binding treaty,

B- is not an international treaty but its norms are legally binding, as they have become customary law,

C- was accepted by the UN General Assembly in 1966.

D- was signed as a Final Act of the CSCE in 1975 in Helsinki.

62- the Problem of multiple or double citizenship

A- can be resolved based on the so called “ effective citizenship” principle.

B- is prohibited in international law

C- will never relate to individuals with citizens of state that apply ius soli rule,

D- will never relate to individual with citizenship of states that apply ius sanguine rule.

63- Pacific resolution of international disputes is regulated in the UN Charter

A- Article 41

B- Article 42

C- Chapiter VI

d- Chapter VII

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