Practice question
A responsible State must give satisfaction for nonfinancial injury not otherwise made good. The injured State demands a deliberately humiliating public ritual grossly disproportionate to the injury and says Article 37 permits any requested form. Which is correct?
- Any demanded ritual is compulsory
- Only money can ever repair any injury
- Article 37 excludes disproportionate and humiliating satisfaction, while allowing an appropriate acknowledgment or apology.
- The injured State may annex territory as satisfaction automatically
- The responsible State may deny every form of reparation
Legal references
- ILC Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001), Articles 20, 23, 26-27 and 35-39: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/9_6_2001.pdf
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