,Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:
1. Customary international law is binding on all states except those who
persistently object to the formation of it:
True
2. The General Assembly may take binding decisions on members states under
Chapter VII of the UN Charter:
False
3. In Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa
in Namibia (South West Africa) (1970) 1971 ICJ Rep the court followed a
teleological approach to treaty interpretation:
True
4. The Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties of
1978 espouses the “universal theory” of state succession:
False
5. A state may exercise universal jurisdiction over the crime of genocide:
True
6. The International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over genocide, crimes
against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression:
True
7. Reprisals are always illegal in international law:
False
8. The International Court of Justice has compulsory jurisdiction over
members states of the United Nations:
False
9. International organisations may consist of members states and non-
governmental organisations.
False
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, 10. Rebus sic stantibus is never a valid ground on which a treaty can be
terminated.
False
11. Before a state may resort to reprisals against another state, in terms of
article 51 of the UN Charter, it is obliged to obtain authorisation from the
Security Council.
False
12. If a rule of customary international law is codified in a treaty, the custom
continues to exist:
True
13. In terms of the decision in the Lotus case (France v Turkey 1927 PCIJ Rep
Ser A no 10), a state does not have jurisdiction in the territory of another
state, unless there is an international law rule permitting the exercise of
such jurisdiction:
True
14. In terms of section 231 of the South African Constitution, executive
agreements must only be tabled before Parliament before they bind South
Africa internationally:
True
15. An entity has to have a homogenous population to qualify as a state in
terms of the Montevideo Convention of 1933:
False
16. In order for an entity to qualify as a state it must have a permanent
population amongst other requirements.
True
17. If a state recommended for UN membership by the Security Council, the
General Assembly must decide on admission of that state by a simple
majority of the voting members.
True
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