International Law Final Exam questions and 100 % revised answers 2024

Uti possidetis refers to: - correct answer States emerging from colonization succeed to existing administrative boundaries. The ICJ ruled that the island of Lete fell under which states authority? - correct answer Niger. Exclusive economic zones are up to ______ nautical miles from shore. - correct answer 200 Each of these is a major maritime zone: - correct answer Contiguous Zone Continental Shelf Territorial Sea T/F: The flag state has exclusive jurisdiction over a vessel on the high seas. - correct 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). - correct answer False Which of these can be acts attributed to a state? - correct 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: - correct 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