Deck 16: Global Justice

Question 1

The first modern notion of human rights enforceable by the courts was the 1688 Bill of Rights passed in:

A) The United States
B) France
C) China
D) England

Answer 1

D

Question 2

England's Bill of Rights passed in the 1600s included the right to:

A) Not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
B) Not have excessive bail
C) Due process in the selection of jurors
D) All of these

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What was the Lieber Code?

A) Written rules of war created by order of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War
B) Written guidelines for trying and punishing Nazi war criminals
C) Rules of conduct created to guide Christians during the crusades
D) An International law intended to punish countries that engage in genocide

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The 1949 Geneva Convention addressed the issue of:

A) International trade
B) Weapons launched from space
C) The spread of nuclear weapons
D) The treatment of prisoners of war

Question 5

The Nuremberg Trials used procedures that heavily favored the prosecution and made it difficult for the defense to do its job.

Question 6

The Nuremberg Trials:

A) Followed a detailed series of legal procedures
B) Tried only a small number of defendants
C) Established that individuals could not use "I was just following orders" as a legal justification for engaging in wartime atrocities
D) All of these

Question 7

According to the text, work on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was probably influenced by the writings of science fiction author H.G. Wells.

Question 8

According to the text, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

A) Has influenced almost every national constitution adopted since it was created
B) Included no provision for holding nations or individuals accountable for violating its principles
C) Included human rights violations within nations
D) All of these

Question 9

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes as a basic human right the right to:

A) Marry
B) Free education
C) Join labor unions
D) All of these

Question 10

According to the text, the European Court of Human Rights has:

A) Almost completely failed to get member nations to incorporate basic human rights into their laws
B) Been a model human rights court
C) Seldom been used since its creation
D) Allowed only nations, not individuals, to bring cases to the court

Question 11

Temporary tribunals for actions in Bosnia and Rwanda:

A) Are not recognized as legitimate by the United Nations
B) Provide defendants with attorneys and many of the rights granted in common law courts
C) Put nations, not individuals, on trial
D) Were given five years to do their work and have now been dissolved

Question 12

The permanent International Criminal Court:

A) Was created at the urging of the United States
B) Is not empowered to hear cases of genocide or war crimes
C) Generally follows the rules of common law adversarial systems
D) Uses the death penalty as its most frequent punishment

Question 13

The United States was one of the first nations to ratify the Rome Treaty that created the International Criminal Court

Question 14

According to the text, Truth and Reconciliation Commissions:

A) Focus on punishing the guilty with the harshest punishments possible
B) Are examples of citizens taking the law into their own hands, sometimes lynching people they believe are guilty
C) Are less concerned with punishing the guilty than with healing victims
D) Are opposed by victims who feel the process only makes their suffering worse