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Genocide is an example of...
A crime against humanity
What are international norms?
Type of member in the Arab spring how is essential in planning protests and spreading political information because of their large following, public connections to NGOs, frequency of tweets, and high visibility
Core member
True or False: International law is NOT a body of rules linked together in a common logical structure.
Customary International Law & International Treaties are...
the two principle mechanisms for creating international law
What are constitutive, procedural, and regulative norms?
Sees them as soft constraints; states are only bound to them to the level that they are willing
The traditionalist view of international norms and laws
This body of rules, established in 1864 and updated in 1949, was created to protect wounded soldiers and civilians during wartime.
Geneva Conventions
What is the difference between hard laws and soft laws?
Hard laws are obligatory and precisely defined, while soft laws are ambiguous and allow for more flexibility.
What is naming and shaming?
A tactic used to pressure states or corporations that violate international norms by publicly exposing and criticizing them.
Method to ensure compliance where an actors is called out for noncompliant behavior in order to increase widespread compliance
Naming and shaming
In the logical structure of law, these specific types of rules define how other rules are made and ratified, acting much like a constitution.
Secondary Rules
If a state can voluntarily withdraw from the confines of international law, it is described as
Low Obligation
What are transnational advocacy networks, or TANs?
Cross-border coalitions of NGOs, activists, media and civil society groups that help spread norms internationally.
Private governance that sets voluntary international standards in sectors like manufacturing, food safety, and health
International organization for standardization
Unlike specific laws, these are defined as "standards of behavior" for actors with a given identity; the text mentions "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) as an emerging one.
International Norms
How does reciprocity affect a state's likelihood of complying with international law?
States are more likely to cooperate with international law when they expect other states to also cooperate.
The example of a regulative norm that has discouraged the use of nuclear weapons since 1945
A nuclear taboo
Model in which NGOs in one state use transnational links to bring pressure from other state governments and international organizations to influence their own governments
Boomerang model
Named after a Canadian city, this 1997 convention outlawed the use, production, and stockpiling of anti-personnel land mines.
Ottawa Convention