International Law Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers

Uti possidetis refers to: - ANSWER-States emerging from colonization succeed to existing administrative boundaries. The ICJ ruled that the island of Lete fell under which states authority? - ANSWER-Niger. Exclusive economic zones are up to ______ nautical miles from shore. - ANSWER-200 Each of these is a major maritime zone: - ANSWER-Contiguous Zone Continental Shelf Territorial Sea T/F: The flag state has exclusive jurisdiction over a vessel on the high seas. - ANSWER-True T/F: The general rules for the responsibilities of states are codified in the U.N. Convention on States' Rights and Obligations (1987). - ANSWER-False Which of these can be acts attributed to a state? - ANSWER-Acts of insurrection by groups or individuals who later become members of a new government of a state. Act by individuals whom the state empowered to exercise governmental authority States may be held responsible for breaching an obligation EXCEPT: - ANSWER-in cases in which a state no longer wants to be obliged to another state but has not yet terminated an agreement with that state. in cases in which a state no longer wishes to take responsibility for its breach Obligations of Breaching State 1. Compensation 2. Restitution 3. Satisfaction - ANSWER-1.Monetary payments for damages to an injured state or its nationals 2.Attempting to reestablish a situation to how it existed prior to a breach 3.Seeking to rectify a "non-material" injury to another state What is the difference between a duty to notify and a duty to consult? - ANSWER-The former describes the responsibility of states to communicate when their actions (or inaction) may affect other states, and the latter is a related obligation to consider the other state's views on their action or inaction.