Exam 2: State Responsibility and Environmental Regulation

An error of a national court which does not produce a manifest injustice is not considered a denial of justice.

________ is an objection that may be made to an international tribunal's exercise of jurisdiction when a plaintiff is not qualified to appear before the court.

Which of the following issuances provides the proclamation, given below, on state responsibility toward the environment? "…States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other states or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction."

Discuss the ways in which toxic wastes are regulated internationally by the 1989 Basel Convention.

The United Nations Environment Program was created upon the recommendation of the Stockholm Declaration.

Any act of expropriation of foreign property is considered illegal under international law.

The OPIC provides insurance for creeping expropriations ________.

Which of the following international treaty on global warming was adopted with the Rio Declaration?

The only developed Annex I country to indicate that it is not a party to the Kyoto Protocol is the United States.

Which of the following is a form of objection that a state can raise against complaints brought against them?

Which of the following cases is most likely to be dismissed at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) because of lack of standing?

________ is an objection that can be raised by a defendant when there is a negligent delay in asserting a right or a claim by a plaintiff.

The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea demands that states monitor and assess the risks and effects of pollution and publish the results of those studies.

The principle assertion that "each individual shall have appropriate access to information concerning the environment that is held by public authorities," was established in ________.

In October 1982, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the ________. It states that all states have a duty to respect the essential processes of environment and not to impair them.

The OPIC's coverage for currency inconvertibility only insures an existing legal right to convert.

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is an independent government agency.

The ________ is a body of the World Bank that provides political risk insurance guarantees to private sector investors and lenders.

Which of the following is true of OPIC's coverage policies?

According to the objections of ________, a state may bring a complaint in an international tribunal on behalf of one of its own nationals but it may not do so on behalf of any other person.