Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given statements and choose the correct option. Assertion (A): International Law does not recognise a unilateral right of humanitarian intervention by a state against another state which has committed violations of human rights. Reason (R): The principles of sovereign equality, non-intervention and prohibitions of force do not permit unilateral coercive action by a state except in self-defence.

  1. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

  2. Both A and R are individually true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.

  3. A is true, but R is false.

  4. A is false, but R is true.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) International Law does not recognise a unilateral right of humanitarian intervention by a state against another state which has committed violations of human rights except in self-defence.

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