Question 1
Professor D Tladi is South Africa's first permanent judge at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ).
Tru
False
Question 2
In Kaunda v President of the Republic of South Africa 2005 (4) SA (CC) the court ruled that
international law obliges a state to provide diplomatic protection.
True
False
Question 3
Article 4 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) states that 'only developed
states possesses the capacity to conclude treaties'.
True
False
Question 4
Functional immunity (ratione materiae) applies to international crimes, whether prosecuted by
international or domestic courts.
True
False
Question 5
In Von Abo v Government of the RSA 2009 (2) SA 526 (T) the court found that there need not be
an actual refusal on the part of government to grant diplomatic protection before a court would
intervene.
True
False
Question 6
The Charter of the United Nations (1945), the Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945),
the Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000) and the Agreement establishing the World
Trade Organization (1995) are examples of constitutive treaties.
True
False
Question 7
TWAIL is a movement that seeks to challenge the Eurocentric approach to international law.
, True
False
Question 8
TWAIL presents a distinctive voice in the field of international law and thus, seeks to transform
itself into a system based on justice and NOT power.
True
False
Question 9
The main bodies/structures that make up the United Nations include:
the General Assembly (GA),
the Security Council (SC),
the Economic and Social Council,
the Trusteeship Council,
the Secretariat, and
the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
True
False
Question 10
Question text
The acronym TWAIL stands for "Third World Against International Law".
True
False
Question 11
International organisations are not considered subjects of international law.
True
False
Question 12
Treaties can be bilateral, multilateral and constitutive in nature.
True
False
Question 13
Examples of what are generally accepted jus cogens norms include:
the use of force,
genocide,
slavery,
Professor D Tladi is South Africa's first permanent judge at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ).
Tru
False
Question 2
In Kaunda v President of the Republic of South Africa 2005 (4) SA (CC) the court ruled that
international law obliges a state to provide diplomatic protection.
True
False
Question 3
Article 4 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) states that 'only developed
states possesses the capacity to conclude treaties'.
True
False
Question 4
Functional immunity (ratione materiae) applies to international crimes, whether prosecuted by
international or domestic courts.
True
False
Question 5
In Von Abo v Government of the RSA 2009 (2) SA 526 (T) the court found that there need not be
an actual refusal on the part of government to grant diplomatic protection before a court would
intervene.
True
False
Question 6
The Charter of the United Nations (1945), the Statute of the International Court of Justice (1945),
the Constitutive Act of the African Union (2000) and the Agreement establishing the World
Trade Organization (1995) are examples of constitutive treaties.
True
False
Question 7
TWAIL is a movement that seeks to challenge the Eurocentric approach to international law.
, True
False
Question 8
TWAIL presents a distinctive voice in the field of international law and thus, seeks to transform
itself into a system based on justice and NOT power.
True
False
Question 9
The main bodies/structures that make up the United Nations include:
the General Assembly (GA),
the Security Council (SC),
the Economic and Social Council,
the Trusteeship Council,
the Secretariat, and
the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
True
False
Question 10
Question text
The acronym TWAIL stands for "Third World Against International Law".
True
False
Question 11
International organisations are not considered subjects of international law.
True
False
Question 12
Treaties can be bilateral, multilateral and constitutive in nature.
True
False
Question 13
Examples of what are generally accepted jus cogens norms include:
the use of force,
genocide,
slavery,
