IV. Choose the right word. 1. The first salient of international law is that most of its rules aim at regulating the behaviour of States

a trait-a feature

1. The first salient ……… of international law is that most of its rules aim at regulating the behaviour of States, not that of individuals. 2. The salient ……. the new law is that agreement has now crystallized on the need to distinguish between two forms or categories of State accountability: responsibility for ‘ordinary’ breaches of international law, and a class of ‘aggravated responsibility’ for violations of some fundamental general rules. 3. ‘Aggravated responsibility’ has markedly distinct ……… from ‘ordinary responsibility’.

to encompass-to embrace

1. The letter body of international rules ……….. a separate and relatively autonomous body of international law, the law of State responsibility. 2. The first class ………. responsibility for breaches of bilateral or multilateral treaties or general rules, laying down synallagmatic obligations.

to resort-to have recourse to

1. States must first request reparation, if no reparation is made or reparation is unsatisfactory, they must endeavour to settle the dispute peacefully, by having ………… negotiations, conciliation or arbitration or other means of settling disputes. 2. State could decide on its own whether to try to settle the dispute peacefully by ………. the various procedures and mechanisms available, including arbitration, or rather enforce its right to reparation by using military or economic force.

a breach-an infringement

1. ‘Ordinary responsibility’ embraces responsibility for ………. of bilateral or multilateral treaties, or rules protecting reciprocal interests of States. 2. What matter is that ……….. results in the infringement of a States right to compliance by any other State. 3. ……….. of the obligations must be gross or systematic; it may not be a sporadic or isolated or minor contravention of a community obligation.

to set out-to lay down

1. The set consequences of breaches of community obligations has been ……. by the ILC in Article 42 of its Draft Articles. 2. ‘Aggravated responsibility’ arises when a State violates a rule which …….. a community obligation.