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International law governs the legal frameworks, treaties, and conventions regulating relations between nations. This collection covers human rights, humanitarian interventions, diplomatic immunity, and refugee protections. These questions are highly relevant for UPSC, State PSC, and specialized law entrance examinations.

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International Law Questions

Multiple choice

Which international agreement aims to prevent the financing of terrorism?

  1. United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents

  4. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
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The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism is a United Nations treaty that aims to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism.

Multiple choice

How can human rights be protected?

  1. Through international treaties and agreements

  2. Through national laws and constitutions

  3. Through the actions of human rights organizations

  4. Through a combination of all of the above
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Protecting human rights requires a multi-faceted approach that involves international treaties, national laws, and the work of human rights organizations.

Multiple choice

Which international treaty is considered the foundation of international human rights law?

  1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is considered the foundation of international human rights law because it sets out the basic human rights and freedoms that all people are entitled to.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the UN treaty that prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment?

  1. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is the UN treaty that prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the UN treaty that prohibits discrimination against women in all areas of life?

  1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is the UN treaty that prohibits discrimination against women in all areas of life.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the UN treaty that sets out the rights of indigenous peoples?

  1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the UN treaty that sets out the rights of indigenous peoples.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the UN treaty that sets out the rights of persons with disabilities?

  1. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the UN treaty that sets out the rights of persons with disabilities.

Multiple choice

What is the name of the UN treaty that sets out the rights of migrants?

  1. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families is the UN treaty that sets out the rights of migrants.

Multiple choice

What are some of the international legal instruments that recognize the right to compensation for wrongful conviction?

  1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  2. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

  3. The European Convention on Human Rights.

  4. All of the above.
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A number of international legal instruments recognize the right to compensation for wrongful conviction, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the European Convention on Human Rights.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 1948 prohibits slavery and the slave trade?

  1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  4. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted in 1948, prohibits slavery and the slave trade in Article 4.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 1956 supplements the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?

  1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

  4. Convention on the Rights of the Child
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, adopted in 1956, supplements the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and prohibits slavery and the slave trade in Article 8.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 1966 prohibits all forms of racial discrimination?

  1. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

  2. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

  3. Convention on the Rights of the Child

  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted in 1966, prohibits all forms of racial discrimination, including slavery and the slave trade.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 1979 prohibits all forms of discrimination against women?

  1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  2. Convention on the Rights of the Child

  3. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

  4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted in 1979, prohibits all forms of discrimination against women, including slavery and the slave trade.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 1989 protects the rights of the child?

  1. Convention on the Rights of the Child

  2. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, protects the rights of the child, including the right to be free from slavery and the slave trade.

Multiple choice

Which international convention adopted by the United Nations in 2000 prohibits trafficking in persons?

  1. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children

  2. Convention on the Rights of the Child

  3. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

  4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
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The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, adopted in 2000, prohibits trafficking in persons, including slavery and the slave trade.