Exam 10: Human Rights

States disagree on what types of rights should be given priority.

What statement is correct about the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Reviews?

In general, states with what government type are the most likely to abuse political and civil rights?

Someone who has been uprooted from their home but remains in the country is known as a(n)

Which of the following is True of the crime of genocide according to international law?

Intentional systematic killing of a group based on race, religion, or ethnicity is called

Which of the following is True of state actions to protect human rights in other states?

Realists argue the primary responsibility for protecting human rights falls to

Which of the following is True of the International Criminal Court?

During the 1960s and 1970s, more attention was paid to the issue of women and

The UN Charter recognized the importance of protecting human rights even if that meant violating state sovereignty.

The soft law position toward human rights argues that

The Convention on the Prevention of Genocide was adopted in what year?

Overall, what statement correctly sums up recent trends in the international community?

Which of the following is True about refugees?

The idea of R2P

States in the West are most likely to prioritize which rights?

During the war in the former Yugoslavia, the term ________ was coined to mean removing a group from their territory, but not necessarily killing them all.

Supporters of truth commissions argue that they are better than courts under what circumstances?

In general, will states have more success using forms of engagement or forms of punishment, such as sanctions, trials, and force, when they seek to change the human rights policies of other states?