MCQs of International Relations - Internatioanl Organization, Law, and Human Rights – Multiple Choice Question

Question 1 of 55

1. Question

Which of the following is NOT an example of a nongovernmental organization (NGO)?

International Olympic Committee
Roman Catholic Church
Amnesty International
United Nations

Question 2 of 55

2. Question

All of the following are intergovernmental organizations except the:

Association of South East Asian Nations
African Union
Southern Cone Common Market
International Olympic Committee

Question 3 of 55

3. Question

Which of the following is a source of international law?

decisions by national courts upheld by the World Court
national laws reviewed by the World Court
All these answers are correct
international custom

Question 4 of 55

4. Question

International norms

rarely gain legitimacy in the absence of a world government.
can become institutionalized through international organizations.
were established after World War II by the United Nations.
create common ideas and cultural attitudes across countries.

Question 5 of 55

5. Question

Which of the following programs does NOT operate under the umbrella of the UN’s Economic and Social Council?

UN Environment Program
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees
World Health Organization
UN Conference on Trade and Development

Question 6 of 55

6. Question

Which UN institution derives most of its power from its control of the finances of the organization?

Security Council
General Assembly
Economic and Finance Council
Economic and Social Coucil

Question 7 of 55

7. Question

Which of the following treaties is considered part of the “International Bill of Human Rights”?

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Convention against Torture
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Question 8 of 55

8. Question

The status of embassies and of an ambassador as an official state representative is explicitly defined in the process of

diplomatic representation.
diplomatic community.
diplomatic recognition.
diplomatic acceptance.

Question 9 of 55

9. Question

The 1948 UN General Assembly declaration, which delineates international norms regarding behavior by governments toward their own citizens and foreigners alike, is the

Universal Treaty on Human Rights.
United Nations Covenant on International Norms.
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Question 10 of 55

10. Question

Which of the following contributes to development in poor countries?

UN Security Council
ECOSOC
UN Children's Fund
All these answers are correct .

Question 11 of 55

11. Question

Actions that would have been illegal under international law that may be legal if taken in response to the illegal actions of another state are

escalations.
reprisals.
retaliations.
extra-legal responses.

Question 12 of 55

12. Question

Enforcement of World Court decisions is carried out by the

UN Peacekeeping Forces.
UN armed Forces.
UN Security Council.
None of these answers is correct; the Court has no real means of enforcing its decisions.

Question 13 of 55

13. Question

The __________ consists of European Community member state ministers, whereas the ________ adjudicates disputes that arise under EU law.

European Parliament, European Commission
Council of Ministers; European Parliament
European Commission; European Council
Council of the European Union, Court of Justice

Question 14 of 55

14. Question

Which of the following was one of the six original members of the European Coal and Steel Community?

Italy
Greece
Spain
Austria

Question 15 of 55

15. Question

Which of the following countries did NOT join the (then) European Community in the 1980s?

Greece
Sweden
Spain
Portugal

Question 16 of 55

16. Question

Which of the following are the “poor four” in the European Union?

Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, and Portugal
Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Greece
Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Greece
the Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, and Portugal

Question 17 of 55

17. Question

The Maastricht Treaty included provisions in which of the following areas?

military integration
political integration
monetary union
All of these answers are correct.

Question 18 of 55

18. Question

The European Free Trade Association

is the successor to COMECON.
was established by Eastern European governments to promote free trade after the fall of communism.
is an extended free-trade area associated with the EU.
consists of the original six members of the European Coal and Steel Community.

Question 19 of 55

19. Question

Peacekeeping forces are discussed in which part of the UN Charter?

They are not discussed.
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 9

Question 20 of 55

20. Question

___________ is the process of political integration following economic integration for practical purposes.

Total integration
Mutual integration
Spillover
Supranationalism

Question 21 of 55

21. Question

The largest peacekeeping mission as of early 2009 was in

Rwanda.
Croatia.
Somalia.
Democratic Congo.

Question 22 of 55

22. Question

In the 1950s and 1960s, membership in the UN General Assembly more than doubled as a result of decolonization in

Africa and Asia.
Africa and Latin America.
Asia and Latin America.
Eastern Europe and Africa.

Question 23 of 55

23. Question

The current secretary-general of the United Nations is

Kofi Annan.
Ban Ki-Moon
Javier Perez de Cuellar.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Question 24 of 55

24. Question

Which of the following states is NOT a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

France
Germany
China
Russia

Question 25 of 55

25. Question

Which of these UN-affiliated organizations conducts major immunization campaigns in poor countries?

World Health Organization
Food and Agricultural Organization
Economic and Social Council
Greenpeace

Question 26 of 55

26. Question

What 1957 treaty created the European Economic Community?

the Maastricht Treaty
Treaty of Vienna
Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Bonn

Question 27 of 55

27. Question

The only important “non-member” of the United Nations is:

Taiwan
Iraq
Cuba
Vietnam

Question 28 of 55

28. Question

What 1992 treaty renamed the European Economic Community as the European Union?

the Maastricht Treaty
Treaty of Vienna
Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Bonn

Question 29 of 55

29. Question

There are exactly __________ full, voting members of the UN General Assembly.

182
187
190
193

Question 30 of 55

30. Question

Authority for UN peacekeeping missions is granted by

the Security Council.
the secretary-general.
the ECOSOC.
the Trusteeship Council.

Question 31 of 55

31. Question

Chapter 7 of the Charter explicitly authorizes the Security Council to use military force against aggression only if

it is authorized by a 2/3 majority of the permanent members of the Security Council.
the nonviolent means called for in Chapter 6 have failed.
a peacekeeping operation has been deployed and has failed to prevent the aggressor from advancing or continuing the use of violence.
it is approved unanimously by the General Assembly.

Question 32 of 55

32. Question

Currently, the UN follows a principle of “three pillars” that are considered mutually necessary for any of them to succeed. What are these three pillars?

economic development, democratic government, and state sovereignty
human rights, reduction of poverty, and nonviolence
security, economic development, and human rights
global identity, shared culture, and human rights

Question 33 of 55

33. Question

How do peacebuilding operations differ from traditional form of peacekeeping?

They will not take on the mission of running the government in case of collapse.
They do not get involved in the local politics of the troubled area.
They entail the use of force rather than relying on the consent of all parties.
They reject the acceptance of infrastructure development.

Question 34 of 55

34. Question

In practice, the process of integration (such as in the U.S. Constitution)

has never seen even partial success.
has been fully and successfully realized in the form of the European Union.
has never been attempted on a national level; it has only been tried on an international level.
has never gone beyond a partial and uneasy sharing of power between state and supranational levels.

Question 35 of 55

35. Question

What was the main strategy of the Maastricht Treaty for stabilizing and maintaining economic health in the European Union?

reducing the annual EU budget in order to lower the tax burden on EU members
controlling national budgets by preventing high expenditures
restricting membership in the monetary union
taxing the richer countries of the EU and distributing some of that money to poor countries

Question 36 of 55

36. Question

What was the immediate purpose of the Commission on Human Rights?

To draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
To organize peace keeping forces in the Congo.
To prosecute military dictators.
None of these options gives is correct.

Question 37 of 55

37. Question

The International Bill of Human Rights provides:

A list of economic human rights.
The rights that all citizens hold.
A list of indivisible human rights covering civil and political rights.
An authoritative list of universal human rights covering civil, and political rights and economic, social and cultural rights.

Question 38 of 55

38. Question

When did human rights begin to emerge as an active concern of national foreign policies?

The end of the Cold War.
The early 1950s.
The mid-1960s.
The mid-1970s.

Question 39 of 55

39. Question

When can we date transnational NGOs back to?

The end of World War Two following the Holocaust.
The nineteenth century and anti-slavery campaigners
The civil rights movement under Dr Martin Luther King.
None of these options given is correct.

Question 40 of 55

40. Question

What is the liberal position on rights?

The liberal position on rights maintains that life liberal and property are rights that are inalienable and unconditional. The only acceptable reason for constraining one individual is to protect the rights of another.
The liberal position on rights privileges freedoms over rights.
The liberal position on rights says that the primary function of government is to protect the rights to life, liberty and property.
a and c.

Question 41 of 55

41. Question

What is the origin of natural law thinking?

Thomas Hobbes, Hugo Grotius, and John Locke.
The Magna Carta.
Greek, Christian and medieval Catholic theology.
Confucianism.

Question 42 of 55

42. Question

What does the UN Charter say about human rights?

It reaffirms faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.
It makes no explicit reference, but mentions that peace and security are linked with individual rights.
The UN Charter says that human rights are universal and that all members must respect them fully or action will be taken by the Security Council.
None of the options given are correct.

Question 43 of 55

43. Question

To which legally binding judgements are Council of Europe members subject?

None because they are sovereign states.
Those of the International Criminal Court.
Those of the European Court of Human Rights but it is ineffective.
Those of the effective European Court of Human Rights.

Question 44 of 55

44. Question

What day no most countries celebrate as Human Rights Day?

1 January
10 December
2 March
None of the options given is correct.

Question 45 of 55

45. Question

How do international norms independently impact the advancement of human rights?

They do not, because states are only influenced by the pursuit of power.
Governments feel guilty if they do not try to protect and advance human rights.
The UN is able to enforce international human rights norms
None of the options given is correct.

Question 46 of 55

46. Question

What does Jus ad bellum mean?

Justice and Beauty
Justice and order
The principle that states must observe treaties
Laws of war governing when it is legal to use force to or wage war

Question 47 of 55

47. Question

What is necessary before a rule can be considered customary international law?

Evidence of general state practice
That it is enshrined in a treaty
Evidence that states accept such practice as law
Both a and c

Question 48 of 55

48. Question

What are the three levels of institutions in modern international society?

States, NGO's, IGO's
Constitutional institutions, fundamental institutions, and regimes
Local, national and international
None of above

Question 49 of 55

49. Question

What are the distinctive characteristics of the modern institution of international law?

A peculiar language of reasoning and argument
Multilateral form of legislation
A strong discourse of institutional autonomy
All of above

Question 50 of 55

50. Question

How has the nature and scope of international society been conditioned by international legal instruments?

They have defined the nature of legitimate statehood
Legal instruments have given it a code ethics, and a universal standard of order
They have clarified the bounds of rightful state action, international and domestic
a and c

Question 51 of 55

51. Question

What arr the distinctive characteristics of international legal arguments?

They tend to be bound by the policies of states
They are limited to the scope of the legislation at hand
They are rhetorical as well as logical
b and c

Question 52 of 55

52. Question

What is legal positivism?

The idea that legal rules have legitimacy when from their logical and practical derivation form a fundamental 'grundnorm'
The idea that natural law is no different than positive law, and that they are interdependent
The idea that authority of legal rules comes from their status as the commands of a sovereign authority
a and c

Question 53 of 55

53. Question

How is the neo-liberal approach to international law limited?

By their inability to explain the development of law in areas where the self-interests of states are unclear
By the failure to explain the origins of the modern system of international law
By their rejection of the idea that international law constitutes the identities and interests of states
None of the above

Question 54 of 55

54. Question

What can be said about the New Haven School?

The school where teh realist approach to international law was conformed
It is also known as the policy approach
It is also known as the legal internationalism approach
It borrows from positivism and naturalism

Question 55 of 55

55. Question

What is the ‘New Steam’ critique of Liberalism?

The determinacy of international legal rules is questionable
The underlying logic of Liberalism in international law is incoherent
International legal thought operates within a confined intellectual structure
All of the above

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