Subject Of I.law- States

Question 1

What is terra nullius?

Answer 1

Land of no state

Question 2

4 legal criteria for state realization?

Answer 2

1. Constant population
2. Territory (disputes do not matter)
3. Government, any sort of authority
4. Capacity to enter into I.relations or sovereignty

Question 3

States …… and …….?

Answer 3

States exist and disappear.

Question 4

Source of legal right to self determination?

Answer 4

Atlantic charter of 1941

Right of people to form their own state

Question 5

Capacity to enter into IR’s source?

Answer 5

Montevideo conv. of 1933

Question 6

Sovereignty criteria for statehood’s source?

Answer 6

Yugoslavia arbitration of 1991

Question 7

Does recognition have legal consequences?

Answer 7

No, it is purely a political move.

Question 8

6 main branches of UN?

Answer 8

1. USNSC 2. GA 3. Eco. Soc. 4. ICJ 5. Secretariat

6. Trusteeship council.

Question 9

Role of trusteeship council? And it’s relevant article in UN charter?

Answer 9

Help new states with administrative work and Art. 76 of UN Charter.

Question 10

How states die? 5 ways?

Answer 10

Merge, Absorption, Annexed, With consent , Without consent

Question 11

Rights of states, 4? And what/+which is composite right?

Answer 11

To be 1. Federal

2. Independent
3. Equal
4. Peaceful coexistence- composite right ( for this right to work states need cooperation, joint move, not done by one part but composite of 2+ parts)

Question 12

What is Sui Generis?

Answer 12

One of its kind: Vatican