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Week 11 Re-Sit Assignment 1 Requirements

Monday 3rd - A4 size paper
of July Please read the following excerpt: - 1200-1500
2017, words max.
by 08:59 AM 1832. The Mission concludes that there are serious doubts about the excluding
willingness of Israel to carry out genuine investigations in an impartial, footnotes
independent, prompt and effective way as required by international law. - 11 point Arial
The Mission is also of the view that the Israeli system presents font
inherently discriminatory features that have proven to make the - 2,5 cm margins
pursuit of justice for Palestinian victims very difficult. on left, right,
top and bottom
1833. In this context, the Mission notes that on 21 January 2009 the - Header with
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court received student name,
a declaration in the following terms: student
number, date
Pursuant to the provisions of article 12, paragraph 3, of the Statute of and
the International Criminal Court, the Government of Palestine hereby assignment
recognizes the jurisdiction of the Court for the purposes of identifying, number
prosecuting and judging the authors and accomplices of acts committed - Use file name:
in the territory of Palestine since 1 July 2002. Assig1_ENF-
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1834. Article 12 of the Rome Statute - Preconditions to the exercise of name.doc
jurisdiction - reads as follows: - 1 spacing
between lines
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts - Upload on
the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to Blackboard
in article 5. prior to
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may deadline
exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are - Program and
Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Exam
Court in accordance with paragraph 3: Regulations
a. The State on the territory of which the conduct in and Hague
question occurred or, if the crime was committed on University
board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that regulations
vessel or aircraft; apply, including
b. The State of which the person accused of the crime is a but not limited
national. to plagiarism
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is rules, etc.
required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration
lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by
the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting
State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or
exception in accordance with Part 9.

1835. The Prosecutor may determine that for the purposes of article 12,
paragraph 3, under customary international law, Palestine qualifies as a
State.

Source: UN Doc. A/HRC/12/48, Human Rights in Palestine and Other

Occupied Arab Territories, 25 September 2009.

In March 2012, the OTP of the ICC issued its statement on the Situation
in Palestine considering the question as to who has the authority to
define what is a State for the purpose of article 12 of the Rome Statue
(2012 Statement).
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Write an essay addressing the following points:

1. Explain briefly the scope of article 12(3) of the Rome Statute.

2. Summarize the arguments used and the position taken by the
OTP in its statement.
3. The 2012 Statement was received critically. In your opinion, did
the OTP arrived at the correct conclusion?

Make sure you include proper reference to relevant legal instruments

and/or academic writing.

Week 11 Re-Sit Assignment 2 Requirements

Monday 3rd - Same as above
of July Please read the following excerpt: - Use file name:
2017, Assig2_ENF-
by 08:59 AM Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine in a referendum that most of the ReSit_yourlast
world has condemned as illegal. Early results when 50% of the votes name.doc
were counted showed that 95.5% of ballots were in favour of joining
Russia.

Russia's lower house of parliament will pass legislation allowing

Ukraine's southern Crimea region to join Russia "in the very near future",
news agency Interfax cited its deputy speaker as saying on Monday
morning.

"Results of the referendum in Crimea clearly showed that residents of

Crimea see their future only as part of Russia," Sergei Neverov was
quoted as saying.

As the results rolled in, they were met with neither surprise nor welcome
by the west. Russian president Vladimir Putin told Barack Obama in a
phone call on Sunday night that the referendum endorsing Crimea
becoming part of Russia was legal and should be accepted, according to
the Kremlin. However, Obama said that the US rejected the results and
warned that Washington was ready to impose sanctions on Moscow
over the crisis.

The White House said that Obama "emphasised that Russia's actions
were in violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and that,
in co-ordination with our European partners, we are prepared to impose
additional costs on Russia for its actions".

Source: The Guardian, Crimea votes to secede from Ukraine in illegal

poll, 16 March 2014

Write an essay addressing the following points:

1. Explain briefly the context of the Crimea crisis.

2. Which norms of international law has Russia violated, if any,
during the Crimea crisis?
3. Wat justification was used by Russia for its interference with the
situation in Ukraine?
4. What is the current de jure status of Crimea under international
law (political considerations should be disregarded)?

Make sure you include proper reference to relevant legal instruments

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and/or academic writing.