Week 9+10 PowerPoint

Question 1

What are international regimes?

Answer 1

Norms, rules and procedures agreed to in order to regulate an issue area

Question 2

What are the two most important sources of international law?

Answer 2

Treaties and international custom

Question 3

What is Customary international law?

Answer 3

• Develops slowly over time as states recognise practices as appropriate and correct (ex. diplomatic immunity)

Question 4

What are the two essential characteristics of International organisations?

Answer 4

1. Centralisation 2. Neutrality

Question 5

Fun fact:

Answer 5

Poorer global regions have more IO’s than richer regions

Question 6

What are TAN’s?

Answer 6

Transnational advocacy networks •play important role in changing behaviour by promoting normative values. Help states cooperate by providing info and monitoring cooperation

Question 7

What are the two different types of human rights?

Answer 7

1. Negative rights: require state inaction (ex. don’t torture) 2. Positive rights require state action (ex. provide public edu)

Question 8

What are the three qualifying conditions to be a refugee?

Answer 8

1. well-founded fear of persecution 2. presence outside home country 3. incapacity to enjoy protection of one’s own state

Question 9

What is non-refoulment?

Answer 9

no state shall repel or return a refugee to a territory in which his life or freedom would be threatened