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3. Define if the following sentences are true or false. Use the required information from the text above and correct the false statements:

Statements

True or False

1. In Public international law, the subjects of international law traditionally included states.

2. Since the establishment of international criminal tribunals, individuals are not proper subjects of international law. 

3. Subjects of International Law can be described as those persons or entities who possess international personality.

4. Throughout the 19th century, not only States were qualified as subjects of international law.

5. A subject of international law (also called an international legal person) is a body or entity recognized or accepted as being capable of exercising international rights and duties.

6. There are at least two definite examples of subjects of international law, namely, States and international organizations.

7. An International Court of Justice is one that created by international agreement or which has membership consisting primary of nations.

8. The International Organization Immunities Act, which among other provisions defines the capacity of international organizations.

9. The United Nations, the most influential among international organizations, was created on June 25, 1995.

10. The International Court of Justice is established by the UN Charter as its principal judicial organ.

11. An object of Public International Law, on the other hand, is merely indirectly vested with rights and obligations in the international sphere.

12. International law attempts to define the standard of conduct for international relationships between and among states, as well as addressing the application of domestic law to foreign persons within individual states.

13. There is one primary purpose of international law: - to build cooperation between and among states.

  1. Vocabulary section/ language focus:

  1. Study the definitions of the following terms and find examples of its practical use:

International criminal tribunals - are temporary (ad hoc) or permanent courts convened for the purpose of deciding cases arising under international criminal law; 

International personality (international legal personality, ILP) - a “person” in the international legal order;

Natural persons (i.e. individuals) - is a real human being, as opposed to a legal person, which may be a corporation or state;

Entity - is something that exists by itself, although it need not be of material existence. In particular, abstractions and legal fictions are usually regarded as entities;

Immunity - exemption from penalties, payments, or legal requirements, granted by authorities or statutes;

Lawful objects - an object of a contract that is permitted by law and possible of performance; the object of agreement must be lawful, i.e. the object should not be illegal, immoral or opposed to public policy;

Provision - a statement within an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done, especially before another can happen or be done;

Principal judicial organ - the International Court of Justice, located at the Hague in the Netherlands;

Recourse - is an action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty;

Grievance - an actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint;

Acquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something;

Attainment - the act of achieving an aim; “the attainment of independence”;

Prosperity- the condition of prospering; success or wealth;

Application - the act of applying or making a request; an oral or written formal motion, request, or petition.

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