Question 1
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TWAIL is a movement that seeks to challenge the Eurocentric approach to international law.
True
False
Question 2
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Treaties can be bilateral, multilateral and constitutive in nature.
True
False
Question 3
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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 4
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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 5
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Professor D Tladi is South Africa's first permanent judge at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ).
True
False
Question 6
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The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States identified four criteria for
statehood, namely,
, a permanent population,
a defined territory,
government, and
capacity to enter into relations with other states.
True
False
Question 7
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The pacta sunt servanda rule places a good faith obligation on parties to comply with the treaty's
terms and conditions once the treaty has entered into force between them.
True
False
Question 8
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In Van Zyl v Government of the RSA 2008 (3) SA 294 (SCA) the court pointed out that both
international law and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) recognise the right
to diplomatic protection.
True
False
Question 9
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The acronym TWAIL stands for "Third World Against International Law".
True
False
Question 10
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TWAIL seeks to use scholarship, policies and politics to eradicate the conditions for
underdevelopment in the third world.
True
False
Question 11
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A state may rely on the provisions of its domestic law to change the terms of a binding treaty.
True
False
Question 12
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International organisations are not considered subjects of international law.
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TWAIL is a movement that seeks to challenge the Eurocentric approach to international law.
True
False
Question 2
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Treaties can be bilateral, multilateral and constitutive in nature.
True
False
Question 3
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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 4
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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 5
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Professor D Tladi is South Africa's first permanent judge at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ).
True
False
Question 6
Question text
The 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States identified four criteria for
statehood, namely,
, a permanent population,
a defined territory,
government, and
capacity to enter into relations with other states.
True
False
Question 7
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The pacta sunt servanda rule places a good faith obligation on parties to comply with the treaty's
terms and conditions once the treaty has entered into force between them.
True
False
Question 8
Question text
In Van Zyl v Government of the RSA 2008 (3) SA 294 (SCA) the court pointed out that both
international law and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996) recognise the right
to diplomatic protection.
True
False
Question 9
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The acronym TWAIL stands for "Third World Against International Law".
True
False
Question 10
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TWAIL seeks to use scholarship, policies and politics to eradicate the conditions for
underdevelopment in the third world.
True
False
Question 11
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A state may rely on the provisions of its domestic law to change the terms of a binding treaty.
True
False
Question 12
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International organisations are not considered subjects of international law.
