Exam 2: State Responsibility and Environmental Regulation

The UNFCCC recognizes industrialized countries as the main source of air pollution.

Movement of toxic and other wastes are regulated by the Kyoto Protocol.

What constitutes a "denial of justice?"

What are the general obligations given to Annex I and non-Annex I countries regarding greenhouse gas emission by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)?

________ is a statement designating objectives and priority actions for the international community leading up to the year 2000 and beyond. These include the promotion of sustainable and environmentally friendly growth, the prevention of pollution, and the protection and conservation of the Earth's natural resources.

According to the doctrine of imputability, ________.

If the injury is done directly to a state, then the objection of failure to exhaust all remedies cannot be raised.

Explain the World Charter for Nature's role in protecting natural resources.

States are not responsible for acts done by officials contrary to express orders.

Which of the following is true of state responsibility toward acts of terrorism?

In case of a person with dual citizenship, which of the following is true about using the lack of nationality objection for the two countries involved?

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the Stockholm Declaration.

According to the Sinecure Clause, an investor who seeks to establish a business operation in a foreign country should agree, in advance, that he, she, or it will not ask for its home state to intervene in any dispute with the host state.

Which of the following would be categorized under the product approach of regulating pollution?

Before an individual or business firm can seek the help of its home state in supporting a complaint of mistreatment by a foreign state, the individual or firm must exhaust all of the local remedies available to it within the foreign state.

Which of the following was a result of the Rio Declaration?

________ is the state's taking or deprivation of the property of foreigners.

The UNFCCC divides its member countries into two main groups, Annex I countries and non-Annex I countries.

In which of the following ways does the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change distribute the burden of reducing emissions among different countries?

What liabilities are placed on states or person, by international conventions, for causing environmental damage?