Who has the authority to establish special tribunals to try war criminals and human rights violators, no matter where their acts were committed?
a. the UN General Assembly
b. national governments
c. the International Criminal Court
d. the International Court of Justice
e. the UN Security Council
Which of the following factors is a possible reason for states to obey international law?
a. a reduced risk of war
b. decreased flow of goods
c. increased defense costs
d. a high risk of arms races
e. increased chance of war
China's claim over the security (water and air) of the South and East China Seas and the Yellow Sea are an extension of its ________, which permits it fishing and mineral rights 200 miles from its shores.
a. exclusive economic zone
b. free trade zone
c. territorial limit
d. exclusive economic limit
e. management zone
A state is not formally committed to a treaty until the treaty is ________.
a. negotiated
b. signed
c. negotiated and signed
d. ratified and terminated
e. signed and ratified
International maritime law establishes a territorial limit which ________.
a. extends a state's sovereignty 12 miles beyond its shores
b. extends a state's sovereignty 25 miles beyond its shores
c. allows a state to set its own claim to the waters which it borders
d. prohibits other states from coming within 200 miles of a state's shores
e. prohibits one state from infringing on another state's fishing and mineral rights within
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