CSS International Law Past Paper 2006
PART-II (Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q.2. “International Law is a Law regulating the rights and duties of states and creating no rights and imposing no duties on individuals.” Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? Argue.
Q.3. Discuss the liability of the following:
(a) The ambassador of the Republic of Brondasia in Islamabad murders a Pakistani out of sudden provocation.
(b) The wife of the Brondasian ambassador bought cosmetics worth Rs.1000,000 from a local departmental store, refused to pay, and went away to her embassy.
(c) A Pakistani friend of the Brondasian ambassador has murdered a Brondasian employee of the embassy.
Q.4. Describe the functions of a Prize Court. What law does it administer?
Q.5. What is the duty of other states in case of internal revolt in an independent state? Can they help the rebels? Under what circumstances recognition may be accorded to the rebels?
Q.6. Discuss the extent to which a state can claim jurisdiction over the high seas in war and peace. Is an appropriation by a state of the underwater soil allowed in International Law?
Q.7. A Pakistani citizen working in the embassy of a foreign country in Islamabad, has committed an offence against another Pakistani citizen. The Pakistani police want to arrest such person. However, the ambassador is refusing to hand over the accused to the police with the plea that the accused has diplomatic immunity. Do you agree with the pleas of the ambassador? Why or why not?
Q.8. “Whatever the morality of intervention, states have no right under International Law to intervene on the territory of other states in order to prevent alleged crimes against humanity or to uphold human rights norms.” Discuss.