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Practice question: State Responsibility

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article 20 of the ILC Articles, how far does a State’s valid consent preclude wrongfulness in relation to that State?
  1. It excuses every future act without limit
  2. Only to the extent the act remains within the consent’s limits
  3. It excuses conduct against all other States automatically
  4. It permanently repeals the underlying treaty
  5. It always overrides peremptory norms

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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