Deck 8: International Criminal Law

Question 1

What is the definition of the following word:
-Convention.

Answer 1

A type of treaty in which several countries meet to discuss a particular issue of common interest.

Question 2

What is the definition of the following word:
-Europol.

Answer 2

A cooperative agreement between law enforcement agencies within the European Union.

Question 3

What is the definition of the following word:
-Extradition treaty.

Answer 3

An agreement between countries specifying the surrender of a criminal suspect to the country in whose territory the alleged offense was committed.

Question 4

What is the definition of the following word:
-Feudalism.

Question 5

What is the definition of the following word:
-Geneva Conventions.

Question 6

What is the definition of the following word:

-Honor killing.

Question 7

What is the definition of the following word:
-Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization).

Question 8

What is the definition of the following word:

-Jurisdiction.

Question 9

What is the definition of the following word:

-Maastricht Treaty.

Question 10

What is the definition of the following word:

-Murder.

Question 11

What is the definition of the following word:
-Nation-state.

Question 12

What is the definition of the following word:
-Neoliberalism.

Question 13

What is the definition of the following word:
-Precedent.

Question 14

What is the definition of the following word:

-Sovereignty.

Question 15

What is the definition of the following word:

-Treaty.

Question 16

What is the definition of the following word:

-Universal jurisdiction.

Question 17

This legal tradition holds an agreement between lords and vassals under which lords provided land to the vassals in exchange for military services and labor.

A) Feudalism
B) Civil Tradition
C) Socialist Tradition
D) Islamic Tradition

Question 18

This legal tradition is based on written codes.

A) Feudalism
B) Civil Tradition
C) Socialist Tradition
D) Islamic Tradition

Question 19

This legal tradition is based in Socialist law.

A) Feudalism
B) Civil Tradition
C) Socialist Tradition
D) Islamic Tradition

Question 20

This legal tradition is based in Islamic Law.

A) Feudalism
B) Civil Tradition
C) Socialist Tradition
D) Islamic Tradition

Question 21

Which of these is not a legal system?

A) Common-law system
B) Socialist law
C) Civil law
D) Islamic law
E) All of the above are legal systems

Question 22

This is a written formal agreement between two or more countries.

A) Treaty
B) Convention
C) Law
D) Bill

Question 23

This is a particular type of treaty in which several countries meet to discuss a particular issue of common interest.

A) Treaty
B) Convention
C) Law
D) Bill

Question 24

This was put into place to protect victims of war from inhumane treatment.

A) Maastricht Treaty
B) Ottawa Treaty
C) Geneva Convention
D) Nuremburg Trials

Question 25

This was one of the first international agreements in Europe to codify cooperation within the European Union.

A) Maastricht Treaty
B) Ottawa Treaty
C) Geneva Convention
D) Nuremburg Trials

Question 26

This group was founded as a cooperative agreement between law enforcement agencies within the European Union.

A) Interpol
B) NAFTA
C) NATO
D) Europol

Question 27

Which international crime(s) does the International Criminal Court hear?

A) Genocide
B) Crimes against humanity
C) War crimes
D) Crimes of aggression
E) All of the above

Question 28

The International Court of Justice serves which function(s)?

A) Settle cases involving international law
B) Settle contentious cases between countries that are referred to it by the United Nations
C) Both A and B
D) None of the above

Question 29

This crime describes the mass homicide of a particular ethnic group or nation.

A) Genocide
B) Crimes against humanity
C) War crimes
D) Crimes of aggression

Question 30

Article 2 of the convention forming the International Criminal Court defines genocide as an act(s) including:

A) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
B) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
C) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
D) All of the above

Question 31

The criticism(s) of the United Nations regarding the Rwandan Genocide include:

A) The warning signs were ignored
B) After the genocide started, policy-makers resisted and misconstrued the facts
C) Lawyers who did not understand the law refused to call it a genocide
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 32

These are systematic acts of aggression against civilian populations.

A) Genocide
B) Crimes against humanity
C) War crimes
D) Crimes of aggression

Question 33

These include a variety of acts committed during times of war that go beyond the scope of military action.

A) Genocide
B) Crimes against humanity
C) War Crimes
D) Crimes of aggression

Question 34

These crimes were intended as criminal offenses to limit the aggression of foreign leaders in to sovereign nationals and to hold them individually accountable.

A) Genocide
B) Crimes against humanity
C) War crimes
D) Crimes of aggression

Question 35

The Nuremburg Trials were a series of trials held by Nazi Germany to bring accountability to leaders from the Allied Forces.

Question 36

There is neither a universally accepted written international criminal law nor any form of enforcement.

Question 37

The first Geneva Convention was held in 1864.

Question 38

The first Geneva Convention was ratified by the United States in 1982.

Question 39

The 1949 convention clearly defined the rights of prisoners of war and treatment of civilians in a war zone.

Question 40

Genocide is different from other types of mass killings.

Question 41

As many as 800,000 people were murdered during the Rwandan Genocide.

Question 42

The first prosecution for crimes against humanity was outlined earlier in the description of the Nuremberg Trials.

Question 43

Crimes against humanity and genocide can be considered the same.

Question 44

It is estimated that thousands died in Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge took control of the government.

Question 45

Thousands of people were systematically killed and raped after the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

Question 46

One of the key goals of the European Union is "to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained".

Question 47

The General assembly is the main deliberative body of the United Nations.

Question 48

Economic and Social Council is the coordinator of the United Nations' economic, social, and related work.

Question 49

The International Court of Justice is located in Kiev, Ukraine.

Question 50

The United Nations supports nation's sponsorship of executions.

Question 51

External pressure from from the United Nations can only be applied through diplomacy, economic sanctions, or threat of force.

Question 52

The United Nations can encourage members to use force against other nations.

Question 53

What two functions does the International Court of Justice serve?

Question 54

What is a treaty?

Question 55

What is a convention?

Question 56

What three types of cases does the International Criminal Court hear?

Question 57

What is the United Nations' position on state-sponsored executions?