General Questions

Question 1

Statehood

Answer 1

1. Sovereignty
2. Relationship between state and gov
3. International legal personality
4. Montevideo convention

Question 2

Sources of international law

Answer 2

1. Customary international law
2. Persistent objector
3. criteria needed
4. north sea continental case

Question 3

Treaties

Answer 3

1. What counts to a treaty
2. what concludes a treaty
3. What makes a treaty binding
4. void/voidable
5. third states
6. contradictory treaties
7. termination
8. peremptory norms
9. three key terms

Question 4

Dispute settlement

Answer 4

1. universal method
2. 2 ways to settle dispute
3. what when sates don’t comply
4. what are the two cases
5. how can jurisdiction be established?
6. provisional measures
7. third states
8. Advisory opinions

Question 5

Use of force

Answer 5

1. what constitutes
2. which article
3. difference between use of force and armed attack
4. other proposals
5. when can use of force be legal
6. un peacekeeping
7. when can self defence be triggered - principles to engage
8. non state actors and terrorists.

Question 6

Diplomatic protection

Answer 6

1. What is needed to exert diplomatic protection?
2. how is nationality legally gained?
3. does a state have to take up a claim?
4. what is the recommended practise of states?
5. what happens when all criteria has been met?
6. exhaustion of local remedies
7. exception to exhaustion of local remedies
8. impact of dual nationality
9. Nottabohm case