III. Multiple choice test
1. The International Bill of Human Rights includes :
a / all international legal instruments concerning human rights,
b / the main rules of conduct in the field of human rights in the world,
c / the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
2. The institution which deals in priority with human rights within the UN is :
a / the Security Council,
b / the Commission of Human Rights,
c / the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights,
d / the General Assembly of the United Nations.
3. What is the significance of a declaration in UN language ?
a / a general, somewhat solemn text with no binding effect on the States,
b / a text which has been adopted by the States in view of its immediate implementation,
c / a term used in the diplomatic world which refers to a text adopted by States by which they are then legally bound.
4. An international Covenant simply means :
a / a declaration the adoption of which does not legally bind the States,
b / an international treaty,
c / an arrangement which applies to all States without any further formality.
5. One of the following assertions is incorrect :
a / the Human Rights Committee is the mechanism which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It is composed of experts who are elected by the States party to the Covenant but who sit as individuals,
b / the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is an organ which monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights,
c / the Committee against Torture is an organ which monitors the implementation of the Covenant against torture only when torture is inflicted upon women and children.
6. The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights is :
a / An important organ of the United Nations similar to the Commission of Human Rights which deals only with discriminatory measures against the protection of minorities; its members are called experts and act as State representatives,
b / a subsidiary organ of the Commission of Human Rights set up by the latter and composed of experts named by the States but acting as individuals,
c / is also called Sub commission of Human Rights because it is merely a secretariat responsible for the preparation of case files for discussion by the Commission of Human Rights.
7. A Special Rapporteur is :
a / a person designated to examine and report on a special field relating to human rights or to the situation of human rights in a given country,
b / an expert designated to prepare the case files which are to be examined by the Commission of Human Rights,
c / an important person named by the UN Secretary General in order to study the human rights situation world-wide.
8. Which Committee among those listed below is not open to individual complaints ?
a / the Human Rights Committee,
b / the Committee against Torture,
c / the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,
d / the Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
9. Traditionally, human rights are divided into :
a / political and economic rights,
b / political and social rights on one hand and cultural rights on the other,
c / civil and political rights on one hand and economic, social and cultural rights on the other,
d / civil and political rights on one hand and the right to development on the other.
 THE KEY
1: c / 2: b / 3: a / 4: b / 5: c / 6: b / 7: a / 8: c / 9: c |
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