POLI SCI 316 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Terra Nullius, Nuremberg Principles, Multilateral Treaty

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI SCI 316
• Professor: All

Document Summary

The role of advisory opinion of the icj and the limit of occupying power i. e. balance between security/ military purpose and basic human right of the inhabitants in the occupied territory. Reservation to the convention of genocide (1951, icj): A reservation is allowed as long as it is compatible with the object and purpose of the multilateral treaty in question. A contemporary implement off the nuremberg principles: an individual can be held personally responsible and punished for violations of international humanitarian law. Military and paramilitary activities (nicaragua vs. the u. s 1986, icj): The principle of non use of force and non intervention. Article 2. 4 is only one of the multiple sources of the international law on the use of force. Medellin v. texas (2008, supreme court of the us): The vienna convention on consular relations was not self executing. Types of territory ( sovereign, trust, terra nullius, res communis)