Question 1

Early United Nations efforts following the 1949 Universal Declaration of Human Rights focused on getting states to grant women ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  civil and political rights 
B)  socioeconomic rights 
C)  freedom from gender-based violence 
D)  workers' rights 
E)  religious rights 
A)  civil and political rights 
B)  socioeconomic rights 
C)  freedom from gender-based violence 
D)  workers' rights 
E)  religious rights

Question 2

What statement is correct about the relationship between economic conditions and human rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  States with deteriorating economic conditions may repress political rights as they seek to maintain authority. 
B)  Developed states never repress political rights. 
C)  Developed states all provide similar economic and social rights. 
D)  Even poor countries can provide all economic and social rights. 
E)  Poor countries are not expected to meet international standards on rights until they reach middle-class status. 
A)  States with deteriorating economic conditions may repress political rights as they seek to maintain authority. 
B)  Developed states never repress political rights. 
C)  Developed states all provide similar economic and social rights. 
D)  Even poor countries can provide all economic and social rights. 
E)  Poor countries are not expected to meet international standards on rights until they reach middle-class status.

Question 3

The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials after World War II were not considered legitimate precedents because

Accepted Answer

A)  they did not succeed in convicting anyone. 
B)  they were seen as "victor's punishment." 
C)  they only addressed actions committed by the United States and its allies. 
D)  they focused on use of the atomic bomb, but not other possible crimes. 
E)  they were conducted without the public's knowledge. 
A)  they did not succeed in convicting anyone. 
B)  they were seen as "victor's punishment." 
C)  they only addressed actions committed by the United States and its allies. 
D)  they focused on use of the atomic bomb, but not other possible crimes. 
E)  they were conducted without the public's knowledge.

Question 4

To be considered "genocide" under international law, how many people must be killed?

Accepted Answer

A)  more than 100 
B)  more than 1,000 
C)  more than 10,000 
D)  more than 1 million 
E)  No specific number is included in the definition. 
A)  more than 100 
B)  more than 1,000 
C)  more than 10,000 
D)  more than 1 million 
E)  No specific number is included in the definition.

Question 5

Compare and contrast various options for dealing with crimes against humanity and war crimes at the international level. Which of these options do you think is most effective and why?

Accepted Answer

There are several options for dealing wi

Question 6

With regard to intervention, radicals believe

Accepted Answer

A)  nongovernmental actors should take the lead in humanitarian crises, not states. 
B)  states should take the lead in humanitarian crises, not nongovernmental actors. 
C)  it is a state's duty to intervene in blatant cases of human rights abuses. 
D)  states should only intervene when it is in their national interest. 
E)  intervention must be applied without discrimination. 
A)  nongovernmental actors should take the lead in humanitarian crises, not states. 
B)  states should take the lead in humanitarian crises, not nongovernmental actors. 
C)  it is a state's duty to intervene in blatant cases of human rights abuses. 
D)  states should only intervene when it is in their national interest. 
E)  intervention must be applied without discrimination.

Early United Nations efforts following the 1949 Universal Declaration of Human Rights focused on getting states to grant women ________.

What statement is correct about the relationship between economic conditions and human rights?

The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials after World War II were not considered legitimate precedents because

To be considered "genocide" under international law, how many people must be killed?

Compare and contrast various options for dealing with crimes against humanity and war crimes at the international level. Which of these options do you think is most effective and why?

With regard to intervention, radicals believe

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Exam 10: Human Rights

Early United Nations efforts following the 1949 Universal Declaration of Human Rights focused on getting states to grant women ________.

What statement is correct about the relationship between economic conditions and human rights?

The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials after World War II were not considered legitimate precedents because

To be considered "genocide" under international law, how many people must be killed?

Compare and contrast various options for dealing with crimes against humanity and war crimes at the international level. Which of these options do you think is most effective and why?

With regard to intervention, radicals believe

Approaches to International Relations

The Historical Context of Contemporary International Relations

International Relations Theories

The International System

The State

The Individual

Intergovernmental Organizations, International Law, and Nongovernmental Organizations

War and Strife

International Political Economy

Transnational Issues: the Environment, World Health, and Crime

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