Human Rights and International Law Questions and Answers Part-10

1. The Minority Schools in Albania case that noted that equality in law precludes discrimination of any kind, was determined by which of the following?
a) ICJ
b) PCIJ
c) ECHR
d) ICC

Answer: b

2. Which of the following cases determined by the Human Rights Committee does not deal with the protection of minority rights under Article 27 of the ICCPR?
a) The Kitok case
b) The Lovelace case
c) The Sawhoyamaxa Indigenous Community case
d) The Lubicon Lake Band case

Answer: c

3. In which of the following cases the applicant, arrested for drug-trafficking in France, was in police custody severely ill-treated, including being beaten, tortured and raped. The national authorities finally held the police liable. As this process took a significant number of years, the applicant argued that his right to be free from torture had been violated as well as his right to a fair hearing.
a) Selmouni v. France
b) A and ors v. France
c) Trident v. France
d) None of the above

Answer: a

4. In which of the following cases were the relationship between the ICJ and the Security Council, and their separation of powers, considered by the court?
a) Pan Am case
b) Paquete Habana case
c) Corfu Channel case
d) Chorzow Factory case

Answer: a

5. International Bill of Human Rights includes:
a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
b) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Either (a) or (b)

Answer: c

6. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights wasreplaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement ofinternational human rights law in the year:
a) 2000
b) 2001
c) 2006
d) 1998

Answer: c

7. The content of the principle of respect for human rights in international law maybe expressed in which of the following propositions as expounded by G. Tunkin in Theory of International Law?
a) All States have a duty to respect thefundamental rights and freedoms of all persons within their territories.
b) Stateshave a duty not to permit discrimination by reason of sex, race, religion orlanguage.
c) States have a duty to promote universal respect for human rightsand to co-operate with each other to achieve this objective.
d) All of the above

Answer: d

8. “Genocide” includes which of the following?
a) Killing members of the group
b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
c) Deliberatelyinflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physicaldestruction in whole or in part
d) All of the above

Answer: d

9. Which of thefollowing is not considered as a crime against humanity?
a) Torture
b) Rape,sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization
c) Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial,national, ethnic, cultural, religious groups
d) Forcibly transferring children of onegroup to another group

Answer: d

10. The jurisdiction of the ICC is “rationetemporis”. This means:
a) Its jurisdiction is temporary or optional
b) Its jurisdiction applies to crimesthat have been committed after the entry into force of the Rome Statute
c) Itsjurisdiction attaches even to non-Member States
d) That a State may acceptjurisdiction and waive immunity

Answer: b