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Question 1
a) The determination of baselines is used for the measuring of the internal waters of coastal
States
b) The determination of baselines is instrumental to the establishment of all maritime zones,
since they constitute the starting point for measuring the breadth of each zone
c) The determination of baselines is instrumental to the safe navigation of vessels on the high
seas
d) Baselines are drawn only in cases of maritime delimitation between opposing State before an
international court or tribunal
Question 2
a) Rocks are the islands that are less than 10 square miles
b) Rocks are the islands that do not have any maritime zone
c) Rocks are the islands which cannot sustain human habitation or economic life of their own
and according to article 121 (3) have no Exclusive Economic Zone or continental shelf
d) Rocks are the small islands that can sustain human habitation
Question 3
When coastal States do enforce their criminal jurisdiction over foreign vessels in their ports?
a) Port States generally do not enforce their criminal jurisdiction over crimes that do not
infringe their customs laws or disrupt peace and public order
b) Port States enforce their jurisdiction in all cases of delinquent vessels
c) Port States enforce their jurisdiction only in respect of very serious crimes, such as drug
trafficking
d) Port States are not entitled to enforce their jurisdiction over any foreign vessel
Question 4
a) Innocent passage is the passage that does not involve any criminal activity
b) A vessel's passage is considered 'innocent' where it is not prejudicial to the peace, good order
or security of the coastal State
c) Innocent passage concerns only vessels of the same nationality with the coastal State
d) Innocent passage concerns only the passage of merchant vessels and not of warships
Question 5
What kind of rights do coastal States enjoy over their continental shelf?
a) The coastal State enjoy ipso facto and ab initio sovereign rights over its continental shelf for
the purpose of exploring it and exploiting its natural resources
b) The coastal State may exercise sovereign rights over its continental shelf only upon its
declaration
c) The coastal State exercise sovereign rights over its continental shelf for the purpose of
exploiting its fishing resources
d) The coastal State may exercise only limited rights over its continental shelf and only upon the
consent of its neighbouring States
Question 7
Do third States enjoy any fishing rights within the Exclusive Economic Zone of another State?
a) When the coastal State cannot harvest the 'total allowable catch', the coastal State is to give
other State access to that surplus with priority to be given to developing and land-locked States
b) Third States may never have access to fisheries within another State's EEZ
c) The coastal State is to give access to fisheries within its EEZ only to neighbouring States
d) Third States are free to fish within another EEZ, except from certain designated areas
Question 8
a) All States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high seas
b) States may exercise jurisdiction over foreign vessels on the high seas only in cases of
criminal activity that concerns them
c) The flag State is to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels on the high seas, with the
exception of specific cases, such as piracy
d) The flag State is the only State to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over its vessels on the high
seas with no exception
Question 9
When does an illegal act of violence on the high seas fall short of qualifying as piracy?
What is the 'equitable result' in the law and practice of maritime delimitation?
a) It is the only method of delimitation that international courts and tribunals follow
b) An equitable result is what a judge or the arbitrator would decide ex aequo et bono,i.e.
upon their discretion and in light of what they consider as fair and equitable in a delimitation case
c) It is the end result that all delimitations of areas of continental shelf and EEZ should achieve,
after, however, drawing a provisional 'equidistance line' and adjusting the zone in the light of the
relevant circumstances and the proportionality test
d) Achieving an equitable result is an old method of delimitation which is currently not
applicable
IMMUNITY
Question 1
Is the unlawful homicide committed by Minister of country X abroad an act jure imperii or jure gestionis?
a) Such conduct is a public act (jure imperii)
b) Such conduct never attracts immunity
c) Such conduct is a private act (jure gestionis)
d) Such conduct is a public act but is shielded by immunity
Question 5
a) The act of State doctrine denotes that all State acts attract immunity
b) The act of State doctrine denotes that the assessment as to the existence of an alleged tort
committed by a State belongs to the executive and not the courts
c) The act of State doctrine denotes that the courts are well placed to assess the existence of an
alleged tort committed by the State
d) The act of State doctrine is a legal mechanism that allows the courts to provide immunity to
public acts of foreign States
Question 6
What was the outcome before the European Court of Human Rights in the Al-Adsani case?
a) The Court held that the right to a fair trial trumped the privilege of immunity
b) The Court held that immunity trumped the right to a fair trial
c) The Court held that immunities were not in conflict with the right to a fair trial
d) The Court held that human rights considerations prevailed over all other contrary rules of
international law, including most immunities
Question 9
What was the most important finding by the House of Lords in the Pinochet case?
a) The Pinochet case confirmed that former heads of State enjoy absolute immunity
b) The Pinochet case confirmed that all public acts enjoy immunity
c) The Pinochet case confirmed that former heads of State cease to enjoy personal immunity
once removed from office
d) The Pinochet case confirmed that in respect of immunities there is no difference between a
current and a former head of State
STATE RESPONSIBILITY
Question 1
a) Secondary rules are the rules of interpretation of international law, including the law of
international responsibility
b) Secondary rules are the rules that govern the legal consequences arising from a breach of the
primary rules, i.e. of the international obligations of the States
c) Secondary rules are the rules that govern exclusively the concept of attribution in the law of
international responsibility
d) Secondary rules are the rules that govern exclusively the law of countermeasures
Question 2
Are all acts of State organs attributed to the State under the law international responsibility?
a) The conduct of any State organ shall be considered an act of that State, even in the case that
this conduct was unauthorized or ultra vires
b) Only the conduct of the higher echelons of the government of State shall be attributable to it
c) The conduct of any State organs shall be considered an act of that State, provided that it
is intra vires
d) Only the conduct of the executive branch of the State shall be considered an act of that State
Question 4
Which persons are considered as 'de facto' organs of the State under the law of international responsibility?
a) 'De facto organs' are the individuals that are empowered by law to exercise elements of
governmental authority
b) 'De facto organs' are the persons, which are, in fact, acting on the instructions of, or under the
direction or control of, that State in carrying out the conduct attributable to the State
c) 'De facto organs' are the de jure organs of the State that act without due authority orultra
vires
d) 'De facto organs' are the organs, whose acts or omission cannot be attributed to the State
Question 5
When 'consent' can serve as a circumstance precluding the wrongfulness of a State conduct?
a) Necessity may be invoked by a State when its organ had not other reasonable way of saving
his life
b) Necessity may be invoked by a State only in cases of environmental disasters
c) Necessity may be invoked by a State when it acts under the pressure of an irresistible force or
an unforeseen event
d) Necessity may be invoked by a State in the exceptional cases where the only way it can
safeguard an essential interest threatened by a grave and imminent peril is, for the time being, to
avoid performing some other international obligation of lesser weight or urgency
Question 8
a) Reparation may take only the form of pecuniary compensation, including the interest
b) Reparation denotes only the physical restitution of the wrongful act
c) Reparation includes restitution, compensation, and satisfaction, either alone or alongside
other forms of reparation
d) The form of reparation is a matter for the responsible State to decide
Question 9
a) A State is 'injured' in case that it has suffered a damage from the internationally wrongful
conduct
b) A State is 'injured' in cases that there has been a violation of a peremptory norm of
international law
c) A State is 'injured' should it acknowledge the existence of the internationally wrongful
conduct
d) A State is 'injured' if the obligation breached was owed to it individually or if it was owed to
a group of States, including that State, and it was specially affected
Question 10
In which cases may a non-injured State invoke the responsibility of the culprit State?
a) Only in cases that the injured State has authorized a non-injured one to invoke the
responsibility on its behalf
b) In cases of breaches of specific obligations protecting the collective interests of a group of
States (obligations erga omnes partes) or the interests of the international community as a whole
(obligations erga omnes)
c) In cases of violation of acts of international organizations, such as General Assembly
Resolutions
d) In cases of non-compliance with a decision of an international court or tribunal
Which State ordinarily exercises jurisdiction in respect of crimes committed on board vessels?
Is the jurisdiction of international tribunals regulated by the same principles applicable to national courts?
a) The jurisdictional principles applicable to national courts are also common to international
tribunals
b) The jurisdiction of all international tribunals is regulated by the UN Security Council
c) International tribunals share some, but not all, of the jurisdictional principles applicable to
national courts
d) The jurisdiction of international tribunals is dictated solely by their founding treaties
Question 9
Is extra-territorial abduction a ground for refusal of otherwise lawful jurisdiction by English courts?