Unit 4: External Exam Preparation

Fundamental rights that are considered to belong to every person regardless of race, gender, age, nationality or religion are known as: _____ ______.

Identify the term that matches the following defintion: A formal agreement or promise; similar to a convention in effect and in use.

• Covenant

• Declaration

• Statute

• Charter

A ______ is a formalised agreement between two or more nations about a particular area of mutual interest (e.g. trade, human rights, prisoner exchanges).

Identify the term that matches the following defintion: Countries recognised as having legal standing under international law as they have a defined territory, one government and a permanent population.

• Domestic

• Sovereign

• States

• Reservation

___________ is the concept that a government exercises full control over affairs within a geographical or territorial limit.

Identify the term that matches the following defintion: Someone who signs a document and is subject to it.

• Party

• State

• Signatory

• Commissioner

Identify which of the following is NOT a difference between Conventions and Treaties.

• Level of formality

• The affect on signatories

• Locality of the issue

• Specificity of the matter

A ____________ treaty is a formal agreement entered into by more than two nation-states.

A _________ treaty is a formal agreement entered into by two nation-states.

Identify the term that matches the following defintion: The process of full adoption of the obligations imposed by a treaty or covenant into Australian law by the passing of legislation through federal parliament.

• Accession

• Domestic Law

• Declaration

• Ratification