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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains an exam for recruitment to BS-17 posts in the Federal Government of Pakistan. The exam has two parts. Part 1 contains 30 multiple choice questions to be completed in 30 minutes. Part 2 contains 4 essay questions to choose from, each worth 20 marks, to be answered in the separate answer book provided. The questions cover topics in international law, including the origins and development of international law, the relationship between international and municipal law, jurisdiction over transnational crimes, attribution of conduct of rebel groups to states, acquisition of territory, the International Criminal Court, and interpretations of the prohibition on the use of force in the UN Charter.

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Federal Public Service Commission: Roll Number

This document contains an exam for recruitment to BS-17 posts in the Federal Government of Pakistan. The exam has two parts. Part 1 contains 30 multiple choice questions to be completed in 30 minutes. Part 2 contains 4 essay questions to choose from, each worth 20 marks, to be answered in the separate answer book provided. The questions cover topics in international law, including the origins and development of international law, the relationship between international and municipal law, jurisdiction over transnational crimes, attribution of conduct of rebel groups to states, acquisition of territory, the International Criminal Court, and interpretations of the prohibition on the use of force in the UN Charter.

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FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Roll Number

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION-2019
FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BS-17
UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

INTERNATIONAL LAW
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS PART-I (MCQS) MAXIMUM MARKS = 20
PART-I(MCQS): MAXIMUM 30 MINUTES PART-II MAXIMUM MARKS = 80
NOTE: (i) Part-II is to be attempted on the separate Answer Book.
(ii) Attempt ONLY FOUR questions from PART-II. ALL questions carry EQUAL marks.
(iii) All the parts (if any) of each Question must be attempted at one place instead of at different
places.
(iv) Write Q. No. in the Answer Book in accordance with Q. No. in the Q.Paper.
(v) No Page/Space be left blank between the answers. All the blank pages of Answer Book must
be crossed.
(vi) Extra attempt of any question or any part of the question will not be considered.

PART – II

Q. No. 2. Why is it difficult to render accurately a historical account of the origin of International (20)
law? What should be the focus of any account as to how and why International law
began?

Q. No. 3. Distinguish between Monism and Dualism. To what extent both Monism and Dualism (20)
explain how States relate to International Law? Critically discuss, ‘Incorporation and
Transformation are two modalities for adopting international law into the municipal
legal system.

Q. No. 4. ‘A state may exercise its Territorial Jurisdiction once a crime is committed on its (20)
territory, regardless of where the crime starts or ends’. Discuss.

Q. No. 5. What is the general principle governing imputability of conduct of insurrectional (20)
groups to a state? To what extent can the unlawful acts of a rebel movement that is
successful in controlling parts of a state be imputed to the state?

Q. No. 6. ‘A state that first physically occupies a territory retains sovereignty over it forever’. To (20)
what extent is this statement true of the acquisition of territory in International Law?

Q. No. 7. What is International Criminal Law? Describe the composition, basis and jurisdiction (20)
of the International Criminal Court (ICC), especially with reference to non-State
parties. List all the conditions for the exercise of jurisdiction by the ICC?

Q. No. 8. Article 2(4) of the UN charter is an absolute prohibition of the use or threat of force. (20)
Analyse the validity of this statement in light of writers’ and states’ approaches to
interpreting the article.

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