The Law
Human Rights Bodies
Human Rights Treaties
Advocacy Strategies
LEGALST 190
100

The lawful control by a state over its territory and the authority to apply law there to the exclusion of other states.

What is state sovereignty?

100
These human rights bodies review compliance by states with their obligations under specific treaties.

What are treaty-based bodies?

100

The name of the treaty body that monitors compliance with International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

What is the Human Rights Committee?

100

The first place you should go to research the content of a human right.

What is a secondary source?

100

In addition to becoming a lawyer, this student would like to open up a flower shop.

Who is Ana Julieta Gonzalez Guerra?

200

A branch of international public law that protects civilians and war prisoners.

What is International Humanitarian Law?

200

Issued by UN human rights bodies to provide substantive guidance on specific provisions of a treaty.

What are General Comments?

200

The city where the first human rights declaration was approved.

What is Bogotá, Colombia?

200

The only human rights body with the authority to determine if the United States violated the human rights of an individual.

What is the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights?

200

This student is working to identify the risks and benefits of Artificial Intelligence through a human rights framework.

Who is Anna-Maria Gueorguieva?

300

A peremptory international norm that prohibits slavery, torture, war of aggression.

What is Jus Cogens?

300

The only international court that adjudicates general disputes between countries and issues rulings that serves a primary source of international law.

What is the International Court of Justice?

300

This country's constitution recognizez treaties as the "Supreme Law of the Land."

What is the United States?

300

Reports filed by NGOs before treaty bodies to challenge the State's narrative about compliance with human rights obligations.

What are shadow reports?

300

This student dreams of becoming an activist-artist who works on mural projects.

Who is Isabella Damberger-Sheldon?

400

The obligation of the state to adopt appropriate measures towards full realization of a human right.

What is the duty to fulfill?

400

The legally binding resolutions issued by this charter-based body can be vetoed by one of its permanent members.

What is the UN Security Council?

400

The three human rights treaties that have been signed and ratified by the United States.

What are the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination?

400

In order for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, or the African Commission of Human Rights to have jurisdiction over case, petitioners must have done this.

What is exhausted domestic remedies?

400

This student studied the human rights campaign to create Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty.

Who is Annabell Marz?

500

Four sources of binding international human rights law

What are international treaties, international customary law, general principles, and judicial decisions.

500

These experts are appointed by the United Nations to conduct country visits, receive information about allegation of human rights abuses, and issue reports.

What are Special Rapporteurs?

500

The treaty ratified by the highest number of states.

The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

500

The United States's human rights record was reviewed by this UN body in 2020.

What is the Human Rights Council?
500

These students dream of becoming a Supremes.

Who are Harmony Lau and Tanner Kennin?

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