My answers in International Law Paper 2014

Q.NO.2 "When all has been said it will be found that consent remains firmly the basis of international law, and there are as many, and only as many, sources of international law as there are ways whereby the consent of states can be expressed"? Discuss

International Law: Definition
International Law and Consent of States:
How: Can be Explained in three ways:
a) Classic Approach to Intl.Law: that how it was considered to be a positive International Morality and Consent of States: Given examples as well
b) Contemporary Approach: In the form of Current Status and Consent of States: Given examples as well
c) Sources of International Law and Consent of States
Custom
Treaties
General Principles of Intl. Law
Juristic writing
Decision of ICJ
UN, Security and General Assembly
Conclusion: Yes Intl. Law is all about Consent of State


Q.NO.5 "The case law of the international court of justice and the practice of United Nations show that while the principle of self-determination is agreed upon, neither the scope of its application nor the method of decolonisation has been settled" Discuss

International Court of Justice: A little Introduction
The United Nations: A little Introduction:
Issue of Self Determination in Contemporary World:
Issue of Decolonization in Contemporary world and Neo-Colonization in the form of Espionage, Snowden Episode:
How ICJ is failed to address them:
How UN is failed to address Them:
Remedies:
Conclusion:

Q.NO.6"All the major issues on voting in the security council are now satisfactorily resolved. The real problem to day is about the composition of the Security Council" Discuss

Started the answer with some questions….like….Can painting the damaged wall conceal the crack on it? Can using safety bandage heal the injury? There were at least four other such questions. In the end I linked it with the question statement and then came directly to the answer.

How the composition of Security Council is a Real Problem?

Security Council: Its beginning
Procedural and Non-Procedural Matter explanation
Big 5
Veto Power
Undemocratic Structure
Drawn a World Map to prove that it is a great inequality that only five nations play with remaining 188 nations
Shared examples of Contemporary World
Syria Russia China Vs US
Mentioned the Statement of US President in which he criticized the UN

Remedies: In two ways along with details;
Reforms in existing structure Security Council
Establishment of new Security Council on new Structure
Conclusion:

Q.NO.7"The office of the Secretary General of the United Nations is certainly the most important and visible post in intentional multilateral diplomacy but it has been called the most impossible job in the world because the faces complex and contradictory pressures in the performance of his duties" Discuss

Office of the Secretary General of UN: Its Duties
How it faces complex and contradictory pressures:
Financial Dependence
Incompetent Bureaucracy
No Independence UN Force
Peacekeeping Mission Failure
ICJ: A court of law without essence of Law
Failure to distinguish between victim and aggressor
It controls symptoms not cause of dispute
Remedies
Conclusion