The United States Declared the Provisions of the International Covenant

question 34

Multiple Choice

The United States declared the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to be "not self-executing." This means the provisions:

• A)would expire within a specified amount of time.
• B)were so hopelessly naïve that no country could be expected to comply with them.
• C)required enforcement by the World Court.
• D)required constant monitoring by transnational advocacy networks (TAN).
• E)did not take effect unless the government passed laws stating as such.

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Definitions:

Measure of Variability

Statistical indicators that describe the spread or dispersion within a data set, such as range, variance, or standard deviation.

Range

A measure of variability, defined to be the largest value minus the smallest value.

Midrange

The statistical measure that calculates the average of the maximum and minimum values in a data set, giving a rough estimate of the data's central tendency.

Standard Deviation

An evaluation metric for the amount of variation or distribution in a set of numerical values.