Chapter 30

Question 1

01) In the past, rights were usually associated with international legal and political systems.
a. True
b. False

Answer 1

b. False

Question 2

02) “Natural rights” were first articulated by European liberals in the 17th and 18th centuries.
a. True
b. False

Answer 2

a. True

Question 3

03) The Tiananmen Massacre was in 1969.
a. True
b. False

Answer 3

b. False

Question 4

04) The content of human rights Declarations and Conventions was regarded as being less problematic than the issue of compliance.
a. True
b. False

Answer 4

a. True

Question 5

05) Strong multilateral procedures are a consequence, not a cause, of good human rights practices..
a. True
b. False

Answer 5

a. True

Question 6

06) What term was used to describe the 2009 protests in Iran following the presidential elections there?
a. Velvet.
b. Rose
c. Green
d. Global

Answer 6

c. Green

Question 7

07) For the first two years of its existence the principal work of the Commission on Human Rights was doing what?
a. Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
b. Drafting the Global Declaration of Human Rights.
c. Forming the United Nations.
d. Facilitating peace keeping forces in Rwanda.

Answer 7

a. Drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Question 8

08) In the nineteenth century, many liberals, especially in Britain, rejected human rights in favour of:
a. communism.
b. dictatorship.
c. humanism.
d. utilitarianism.

Answer 8

d. utilitarianism.

Question 9

09) What year was the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights adopted?
a. 1995
b. 1966
c. 1976
d. 2008

Answer 9

b. 1966

Question 10

10) Which countries has the International Criminal Court investigated, as of 2009?
a. Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
b. The Central African Republic
c. Sudan
d. All of the options given are correct.

Answer 10

c. Sudan

Question 11

11) Which rights are recognized in the International Bill of Human Rights?
a. Equal protection of the law
b. Access to legal remedies for rights violations and presumption of innocence.
c. Freedom of movement and residence and Work, under favourable conditions.
d. All of the options given are correct.

Answer 11

a. Equal protection of the law

Question 12

Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 30 - Question 12
12) The international community rarely acts on human rights cases unless \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is engaged.
a. the international community
b. public opinion
c. the Security Council
d. the United States

Answer 12

b. public opinion

Question 13

13) The liberal position on rights privileges a particular account of:
a. the Enlightenment.
b. universalism.
c. human history.
d. human dignity.

Answer 13

d. human dignity.

Question 14

14) ‘Classical realism often stresses “the national interest defined in terms of_____”:
a. power
b. human rights
c. military capability.
d. freedom

Answer 14

a. power

Question 15

15) The Nixon and Ford administrations actively supported brutal military dictatorships where?
a. Ireland
b. The United Kingdom and Russian.
c. Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
d. Italy and France.

Answer 15

c. Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.