Midterm Writing Questions

What is law?

Law is the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

Why you have to study international law?

There are reasons why we should study international law:

• It creates and ensures harmonic relationships between nations in the world.

• It provides chances for us students to broaden our career by working abroad in international cooperations

• If we become lawyers, it’s our job to resolve conflicts, settle disputes and ratify these treaties.

• It gives us insights and understandings of how the world around us functions, helping us apply it later on.

• It helps us discover the greatest and the worst treaties and agreements signed that still remain today.

What is “Immunities from national jurisdiction”? Give an example.

• At the international level, immunity is a tool that protects the sovereignty and independence of States by preventing them or their agents from being prosecuted before foreign courts. Individuals entitled to immunity from jurisdiction can thus avoid legal pursuit before national or international courts.

What is “State responsibility”? Give an example.

• The laws of state responsibility are the principles governing when and how a state is held responsible for a breach of an international obligation.

After the 2025 restructuring, which ministries no longer exist?

• Ministry of Planning and Investment

• Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs

• Ministry of Transport

• Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

• Ministry of Information and Communications

• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development