Question 1

All of the following are within the jurisdiction of the ICC EXCEPT if the:

Accepted Answer

A) accused is a citizen of a state that has ratified the treaty establishing the ICC. 
B) crime in question took place on the territory of a state that has ratified the treaty establishing the ICC. 
C) accused has already been tried and found innocent by the courts of his or her own country. 
D) United Nations Security Council refers the case to the ICC prosecutor. 
A) accused is a citizen of a state that has ratified the treaty establishing the ICC. 
B) crime in question took place on the territory of a state that has ratified the treaty establishing the ICC. 
C) accused has already been tried and found innocent by the courts of his or her own country. 
D) United Nations Security Council refers the case to the ICC prosecutor.

Question 2

What was apartheid?

Accepted Answer

A) The separation of religious groups in South Africa that occurred as a result of colonialism 
B) The voluntary separation of races in South Africa 
C) The term used by South African citizens when referring to their forced exile from the country 
D) The policy of the South African government to segregate races and perpetuate inequality 
A) The separation of religious groups in South Africa that occurred as a result of colonialism 
B) The voluntary separation of races in South Africa 
C) The term used by South African citizens when referring to their forced exile from the country 
D) The policy of the South African government to segregate races and perpetuate inequality

Question 3

Why might signing human rights treaties be associated with worse human rights practices?

Accepted Answer

A) Human rights law does not cause states to stop abusing their citizens. 
B) States cannot enforce human rights law because of the self-help nature of international politics. 
C) States sign human rights treaties to mask the fact that they actually commit human rights abuses. 
D) The conflict over human rights treaties makes states commit more human rights abuses. 
A) Human rights law does not cause states to stop abusing their citizens. 
B) States cannot enforce human rights law because of the self-help nature of international politics. 
C) States sign human rights treaties to mask the fact that they actually commit human rights abuses. 
D) The conflict over human rights treaties makes states commit more human rights abuses.

Question 4

Why are human rights controversial? What explains the lack of consensus on human rights internationally?

Accepted Answer

States often have different interests in

Question 5

When are states most likely to take action on human rights abuses?

Accepted Answer

States are most likely to pay the costs

Question 6

Why has the UDHR been criticized?

Accepted Answer

A) Conservatives in the United States want to push for more rights for people throughout the world. 
B) Few countries have been convinced to sign the agreement. 
C) Countries in western Europe complain that the declaration's provisions are enforced too strictly. 
D) It is seen as biased toward a Western conception of rights. 
A) Conservatives in the United States want to push for more rights for people throughout the world. 
B) Few countries have been convinced to sign the agreement. 
C) Countries in western Europe complain that the declaration's provisions are enforced too strictly. 
D) It is seen as biased toward a Western conception of rights.

Question 7

What does it mean for the International Criminal Court (ICC)to be a court of last resort?

Accepted Answer

A) The United Nations must take a case to the Security Council for mediation before it can come before the ICC. 
B) Only those who live in countries that have not ratified the ICC can bring cases. 
C) The court will only hear a case if there is no other feasible method of resolving it. 
D) It cannot act if a national judicial authority has already genuinely investigated or prosecuted the case. 
A) The United Nations must take a case to the Security Council for mediation before it can come before the ICC. 
B) Only those who live in countries that have not ratified the ICC can bring cases. 
C) The court will only hear a case if there is no other feasible method of resolving it. 
D) It cannot act if a national judicial authority has already genuinely investigated or prosecuted the case.

Question 8

Which of these regimes is MOST likely to use violence against its citizens?

Accepted Answer

A) Single-party dictatorships are most likely to violate rights because the dictator can single-handedly order human rights abuses. 
B) Multiparty dictatorships are most likely to violate rights because the political opposition is active and the dictator uses repression to suppress them. 
C) Multiparty democracies are most likely to violate rights because elected officials are accountable to a public that supports rights. 
D) Two-party democracies are most likely to violate rights because elected officials do not need to fully represent constituent interests. 
A) Single-party dictatorships are most likely to violate rights because the dictator can single-handedly order human rights abuses. 
B) Multiparty dictatorships are most likely to violate rights because the political opposition is active and the dictator uses repression to suppress them. 
C) Multiparty democracies are most likely to violate rights because elected officials are accountable to a public that supports rights. 
D) Two-party democracies are most likely to violate rights because elected officials do not need to fully represent constituent interests.

Question 9

Which of the following illustrates defining an issue as being "anticolonial" to try and gain support for the cause of human rights?

Accepted Answer

A) Describing the peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone as an attempt to reduce violence and human rights abuses 
B) Describing the campaign against apartheid as a struggle of black Africans against white minority rulers 
C) Calling for increased trade between African countries and their former colonial powers in order to remedy past exploitation and improve the living standards of Africans 
D) Advocating acceptance of human rights treaties by African countries so these countries can have legal grounds to criticize the human rights records of former colonial powers 
A) Describing the peacekeeping force in Sierra Leone as an attempt to reduce violence and human rights abuses 
B) Describing the campaign against apartheid as a struggle of black Africans against white minority rulers 
C) Calling for increased trade between African countries and their former colonial powers in order to remedy past exploitation and improve the living standards of Africans 
D) Advocating acceptance of human rights treaties by African countries so these countries can have legal grounds to criticize the human rights records of former colonial powers

Question 10

The ICC is a court established to:

Accepted Answer

A) coordinate prosecution of international criminal networks. 
B) try individuals accused of committing serious human rights abuses. 
C) try states accused of genocide. 
D) craft a universal human rights law. 
A) coordinate prosecution of international criminal networks. 
B) try individuals accused of committing serious human rights abuses. 
C) try states accused of genocide. 
D) craft a universal human rights law.

Question 11

The United States declared the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)to be "not self-executing." This means the provisions:

Accepted Answer

A) would expire within a specified amount of time. 
B) required enforcement by the World Court. 
C) required constant monitoring by transnational advocacy networks (TANs). 
D) did not take effect unless the government passed laws stating as such. 
A) would expire within a specified amount of time. 
B) required enforcement by the World Court. 
C) required constant monitoring by transnational advocacy networks (TANs). 
D) did not take effect unless the government passed laws stating as such.

Question 12

All of the following are important ongoing innovations in international human rights EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) bilateral negotiations. 
B) individual petition. 
C) transitional justice. 
D) harnessing material interests. 
A) bilateral negotiations. 
B) individual petition. 
C) transitional justice. 
D) harnessing material interests.

Question 13

What does it mean that "although all rights are equal,some rights are more equal than others"?

Accepted Answer

Although few human rights are internaliz

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of a rights violation due to a national security threat from domestic groups?

Accepted Answer

A) The Mexican government failing to provide safe and healthy working conditions for Mexican factory workers 
B) United States placing approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II 
C) Bolivia failing to provide free primary education to everyone based on a lack of resources 
D) United States troops abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq in 2003 
A) The Mexican government failing to provide safe and healthy working conditions for Mexican factory workers 
B) United States placing approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II 
C) Bolivia failing to provide free primary education to everyone based on a lack of resources 
D) United States troops abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib in Iraq in 2003

Question 15

Which of the following illustrates the behavior of a state signing an international human rights treaty for its expressive value?

Accepted Answer

A) A country doesn't sign an international human rights treaty because it already protects rights. 
B) A rights-respecting country fails to sign an international human rights treaty because of domestic opposition. 
C) A rights-violating country signs an international human rights treaty to take a position on human rights,with little intention to respect rights. 
D) A rights-violating country fails to sign an international human rights treaty because it does not intend to follow through on its commitment. 
A) A country doesn't sign an international human rights treaty because it already protects rights. 
B) A rights-respecting country fails to sign an international human rights treaty because of domestic opposition. 
C) A rights-violating country signs an international human rights treaty to take a position on human rights,with little intention to respect rights. 
D) A rights-violating country fails to sign an international human rights treaty because it does not intend to follow through on its commitment.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of individual petition?

Accepted Answer

A) Nicaragua sued the United States in the World Court over U.S.mining of Nicaragua's port. 
B) A Spanish judge issued an arrest warrant for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. 
C) A Kurdish immigrant asked to be granted refugee status in Germany because of human rights abuses she suffered in Turkey. 
D) A person with a same-sex partner filed a petition with the European Court of Human Rights alleging that her government had violated her rights. 
A) Nicaragua sued the United States in the World Court over U.S.mining of Nicaragua's port. 
B) A Spanish judge issued an arrest warrant for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. 
C) A Kurdish immigrant asked to be granted refugee status in Germany because of human rights abuses she suffered in Turkey. 
D) A person with a same-sex partner filed a petition with the European Court of Human Rights alleging that her government had violated her rights.

Question 17

Why is it difficult to measure human rights abuses?

Accepted Answer

A) States lack sufficient resources to report on their level of respect for rights. 
B) The only organizations that release annual reports on respect for human rights are usually biased. 
C) There are few international nongovernmental organizations that work to track human rights abuses. 
D) Governments carry out some abuses of human rights in private,making it difficult to find evidence of abuses. 
A) States lack sufficient resources to report on their level of respect for rights. 
B) The only organizations that release annual reports on respect for human rights are usually biased. 
C) There are few international nongovernmental organizations that work to track human rights abuses. 
D) Governments carry out some abuses of human rights in private,making it difficult to find evidence of abuses.

Question 18

Why might it be costly for states to enforce human rights laws?

Accepted Answer

A) States are only compensated for military intervention if they are able to win the conflict. 
B) Economic sanctions on states that violate human rights also reduce the incomes of exporters in the sanctioning state. 
C) International organizations that enforce human rights require high dues payments from member states. 
D) States have to reduce human rights abuses in their own territories before they enforce human rights laws in other countries. 
A) States are only compensated for military intervention if they are able to win the conflict. 
B) Economic sanctions on states that violate human rights also reduce the incomes of exporters in the sanctioning state. 
C) International organizations that enforce human rights require high dues payments from member states. 
D) States have to reduce human rights abuses in their own territories before they enforce human rights laws in other countries.

Question 19

Why has it been difficult to figure out whether the number of global human rights violations has been increasing or decreasing?

Accepted Answer

Observing trends in human rights practic

Question 20

Why do states have interests in enforcing human rights law in other countries? Do they always have an interest in enforcing human rights law?

Accepted Answer

There are several reasons states have an

All of the following are within the jurisdiction of the ICC EXCEPT if the:

What was apartheid?

Why might signing human rights treaties be associated with worse human rights practices?

Why are human rights controversial? What explains the lack of consensus on human rights internationally?

When are states most likely to take action on human rights abuses?

Why has the UDHR been criticized?

What does it mean for the International Criminal Court (ICC)to be a court of last resort?

Which of these regimes is MOST likely to use violence against its citizens?

Which of the following illustrates defining an issue as being "anticolonial" to try and gain support for the cause of human rights?

The ICC is a court established to:

The United States declared the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)to be "not self-executing." This means the provisions:

All of the following are important ongoing innovations in international human rights EXCEPT:

What does it mean that "although all rights are equal,some rights are more equal than others"?

Which of the following is an example of a rights violation due to a national security threat from domestic groups?

Which of the following illustrates the behavior of a state signing an international human rights treaty for its expressive value?

Which of the following is an example of individual petition?

Why is it difficult to measure human rights abuses?

Why might it be costly for states to enforce human rights laws?

Why has it been difficult to figure out whether the number of global human rights violations has been increasing or decreasing?

Why do states have interests in enforcing human rights law in other countries? Do they always have an interest in enforcing human rights law?

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Exam 12: Human Rights

All of the following are within the jurisdiction of the ICC EXCEPT if the:

What was apartheid?

Why might signing human rights treaties be associated with worse human rights practices?

Why are human rights controversial? What explains the lack of consensus on human rights internationally?

When are states most likely to take action on human rights abuses?

Why has the UDHR been criticized?

What does it mean for the International Criminal Court (ICC)to be a court of last resort?

Which of these regimes is MOST likely to use violence against its citizens?

Which of the following illustrates defining an issue as being "anticolonial" to try and gain support for the cause of human rights?

The ICC is a court established to:

The United States declared the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)to be "not self-executing." This means the provisions:

All of the following are important ongoing innovations in international human rights EXCEPT:

What does it mean that "although all rights are equal,some rights are more equal than others"?

Which of the following is an example of a rights violation due to a national security threat from domestic groups?

Which of the following illustrates the behavior of a state signing an international human rights treaty for its expressive value?

Which of the following is an example of individual petition?

Why is it difficult to measure human rights abuses?

Why might it be costly for states to enforce human rights laws?

Why has it been difficult to figure out whether the number of global human rights violations has been increasing or decreasing?

Why do states have interests in enforcing human rights law in other countries? Do they always have an interest in enforcing human rights law?

What Shaped Our World

Understanding Interests, interactions, and Institutions

Why Are There Wars

Domestic Politics and War

International Institutions and War

Violence by Nonstate Actors: Civil War and Terrorism

International Trade

International Financial Relations

International Monetary Relations

Development: Causes of the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

International Law and Norms

The Global Environment

The Future of International Politics

Introduction

Foundations, War, and Peace

International Political Economy, Transnational Politics, and Looking Ahead

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