POLS 235 - Final Exam Solved Papers -
Questions with Complete Solutions
What is the purpose of Inter-Governmental Organizations
(IGOs)? - Correct Answers ✅-Serve the interests of
members
-Address specialized problems
-Allow for reciprocity, provide information, create continuity
-Embody norms and standards of morality
-Help states do things more efficiently
What is the purpose of the United Nations (UN)? - Correct
Answers ✅- Principal general-purpose IGO
- Three issue areas
>> Collective security and peace
>> Economic and social development
>> International law and human rights
How is the UN structured (i.e. what bodies make up the
organization)? - Correct Answers ✅
How many countries are on the Security Council and what
does the Security Council do? - Correct Answers ✅- The
Security Council is primarily responsible for the maintenance
of international peace and security
- Chapter VII of the Charter allows the Security Council to
take legally binding enforcement action
- Resolutions carry the force of International Law
,POLS 235 - Final Exam Solved Papers -
Questions with Complete Solutions
- 15 members (5 permanent and 10 rotating members)
What is peacekeeping? - Correct Answers ✅- "authorized "
under Chapter VI of the Charter
What are the sources of international law (4 but only 2 are
important)? - Correct Answers ✅1. Treaties: written
conventions signed by states
2. Custom: state practice done out of a sense of legal
obligation
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3. General Principles of Law
4. Legal Scholarship
What is the difference between Treaty Law and Customary
International Law? - Correct Answers ✅Treaties constitute
the primary source of international law and states are only
bound by treaties if they give their consent.Customary law,
however, is technically binding on all states whether they
have consented or not
What is the World Court? - Correct Answers ✅ICJ:
International Court of Justice
- devised to settle disputes between states
, POLS 235 - Final Exam Solved Papers -
Questions with Complete Solutions
- states have to consent to jurisdiction (compulsory
jurisdiction)
- ICJ does give advisory opinions
What is the International Criminal Court? - Correct Answers
✅- subject matter jurisdiction: genocide, crimes against
humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace (aggression)
- judges are elected by state parties, an independent
prosecutor, and UN Security Council can refer cases to the
ICC
- The ICC operates on the basis of complementarity meaning
the ICC does not function unless a state in question is "unable
or unwilling" to investigate or prosecute
What are Human Rights? - Correct Answers ✅Those
fundamental moral rights of the person that are necessary for
a life with human dignity
What are some of the disagreements surrounding human
rights (i.e. universal vs. relative)? - Correct Answers
✅Fundamental moral rights of a person that are necessary
for a life with human dignity.
When ppl. Start disagreeing is over religion. Furthermore they
disagree on how to treat prisoners
What are the main declarations/treaties of international
human rights? - Correct Answers ✅CAT, CRC, CCPR
Questions with Complete Solutions
What is the purpose of Inter-Governmental Organizations
(IGOs)? - Correct Answers ✅-Serve the interests of
members
-Address specialized problems
-Allow for reciprocity, provide information, create continuity
-Embody norms and standards of morality
-Help states do things more efficiently
What is the purpose of the United Nations (UN)? - Correct
Answers ✅- Principal general-purpose IGO
- Three issue areas
>> Collective security and peace
>> Economic and social development
>> International law and human rights
How is the UN structured (i.e. what bodies make up the
organization)? - Correct Answers ✅
How many countries are on the Security Council and what
does the Security Council do? - Correct Answers ✅- The
Security Council is primarily responsible for the maintenance
of international peace and security
- Chapter VII of the Charter allows the Security Council to
take legally binding enforcement action
- Resolutions carry the force of International Law
,POLS 235 - Final Exam Solved Papers -
Questions with Complete Solutions
- 15 members (5 permanent and 10 rotating members)
What is peacekeeping? - Correct Answers ✅- "authorized "
under Chapter VI of the Charter
What are the sources of international law (4 but only 2 are
important)? - Correct Answers ✅1. Treaties: written
conventions signed by states
2. Custom: state practice done out of a sense of legal
obligation
--
3. General Principles of Law
4. Legal Scholarship
What is the difference between Treaty Law and Customary
International Law? - Correct Answers ✅Treaties constitute
the primary source of international law and states are only
bound by treaties if they give their consent.Customary law,
however, is technically binding on all states whether they
have consented or not
What is the World Court? - Correct Answers ✅ICJ:
International Court of Justice
- devised to settle disputes between states
, POLS 235 - Final Exam Solved Papers -
Questions with Complete Solutions
- states have to consent to jurisdiction (compulsory
jurisdiction)
- ICJ does give advisory opinions
What is the International Criminal Court? - Correct Answers
✅- subject matter jurisdiction: genocide, crimes against
humanity, war crimes, and crimes against peace (aggression)
- judges are elected by state parties, an independent
prosecutor, and UN Security Council can refer cases to the
ICC
- The ICC operates on the basis of complementarity meaning
the ICC does not function unless a state in question is "unable
or unwilling" to investigate or prosecute
What are Human Rights? - Correct Answers ✅Those
fundamental moral rights of the person that are necessary for
a life with human dignity
What are some of the disagreements surrounding human
rights (i.e. universal vs. relative)? - Correct Answers
✅Fundamental moral rights of a person that are necessary
for a life with human dignity.
When ppl. Start disagreeing is over religion. Furthermore they
disagree on how to treat prisoners
What are the main declarations/treaties of international
human rights? - Correct Answers ✅CAT, CRC, CCPR
