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What did the UN's International Court of Justice rule in an advisory opinion in Kosovo in 2010?
What did the UN's International Court of Justice rule in an advisory opinion in Kosovo in 2010?
- International law discourages declarations of independence
- International law allows declarations of independence only in certain cases
- International law prohibits declarations of independence
- International law contains no prohibition on declarations of independence (correct)
What may a state from which a territory wishes to secede regard the declaration of independence as?
What may a state from which a territory wishes to secede regard the declaration of independence as?
- Diplomatic maneuver
- Negotiation tactic
- Rebellion (correct)
- Peaceful transition
What is a declaration of independence?
What is a declaration of independence?
- A request for autonomy within a larger state
- An assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state (correct)
- A negotiation tactic for political autonomy
- A peaceful coexistence agreement between states
What did the UN's International Court of Justice rule regarding international law and declarations of independence?
What did the UN's International Court of Justice rule regarding international law and declarations of independence?
How are breakaway territories typically declared?
How are breakaway territories typically declared?
Where was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Where was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
Who were the members of the Committee of Five charged with authoring the Declaration of Independence?
Who were the members of the Committee of Five charged with authoring the Declaration of Independence?
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
How many delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence unanimously?
How many delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence unanimously?
Who came to be known as the nation's Founding Fathers after signing the Declaration of Independence?
Who came to be known as the nation's Founding Fathers after signing the Declaration of Independence?
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