Human Rights and International Law Questions and Answers Part-5

1. Which Convention outlaws Hate Speech?
a) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
b) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
c) Convention on the Rights of the Child
d) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

Answer: d

2. The Right to Health recognised under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is contained in
a) Article 8
b) Article 10
c) Article 12
d) Article 14

Answer: c

3. Arrange the following instruments in their chronological order of their introduction using codes given below:
(i) International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination
(ii) Bill of Rights
(iii) Torture Convention
(iv) United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
Codes:
a) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
b) (ii), (i), (iii), (iv)
c) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
d) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

Answer: b

4. Arrange chronologically the ascending order of the establishment of the following international organizations using the codes given below:
(i) WHO
(ii) ILO
(iii) WTO
(iv) UNESCO
Codes:
a) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)
b) (ii), (iii), (iv), (i)
c) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
d) (ii), (iv), (i), (iii)

Answer: d

5. What is the correct sequence of the following?
(i) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(ii) Declaration on the Rights of Disabled persons
(iii) Convention on the Rights of the Child
(iv) Convention on the status of refugees
Codes:
a) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
b) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)
c) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
d) (ii), (iii), (i), (iv)

Answer: a

6. Consider the following events and choose the correct chronological sequence for recognition of human rights:
(i) Magna Carta
(ii) French Revolution
(iii) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(iv) Adoption of International Covenant on civil and political Rights
Codes:
a) (i), (iv), (ii), (iii)
b) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
c) (iii), (i), (iv), (ii)
d) (ii), (i), (iv), (iii)

Answer: b

7. Concept of ‘Universal Jurisdiction’ is founded on which principles?
a) Vienna
b) Princeton
c) The Hague
d) Delhi Declaration

Answer: b

8. Mention the number of instruments included in the concept of the International Bill of Rights?
a) Four
b) Six
c) Three
d) Five

Answer: d

9. The National Human Rights Commission is a
a) Constitutional body
b) Statutory body
c) Executive body
d) NGO

Answer: b

10. Article 21 of the Indian Constitution provides for
a) Right to die
b) Right to subsist
c) Right to life and personal liberty
d) Right to lively and liberal life

Answer: c