QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz, 31 OCTOBER 2017

Solution: c
Explanation:
Self-explanatory.

Solution: a
Explanation:
India has signed the convention in 1997 but not ratified it yet.
The law commission has proposed the bill to cabinet for its consideration.

Solution: b
The Supreme Court has asked the government to respond to a petition by a former Madras High Court judge for implementation of the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) norm for retired High Court judges, saying there is a disparity in the pension paid to judges appointed from the Bar and those promoted from the subordinate judiciary to the High Courts.

Options: c
Explanation:
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (13A) is amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka which created Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka.
This amendment also made Sinhala and Tamil as the official languages of the country and English as the link language.

Solution: c
Explanation:
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands. The ICC has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. The ICC is intended to complement existing national judicial systems and it may therefore only exercise its jurisdiction when certain conditions are met, such as when national courts are unwilling or unable to prosecute criminals or when the United Nations Security Council or individual states refer situations to the Court. The ICC began functioning on 1 July 2002, the date that the Rome Statute entered into force. The Rome Statute is a multilateral treaty which serves as the ICC’s foundational and governing document. States which become party to the Rome Statute, for example by ratifying it, become member states of the ICC. Currently, there are 123 states which are party to the Rome Statute and therefore members of the ICC.