Compromis: Case Concerning the Windscale Islands (Aspatria v. Rydal)
Topics: Self Determination, Sovereignty over Territory, Bilateral Investment Treaties, Seizure of Assets
Location: Capitol Hilton, Washington, D.C.
Dates: March 21-27, 2010
Jessup World Cup Champion: Australian National University (Australia)
Team Members - Ellen Chapple, Rohan Kapur, Sarah Lynch, Sneha Rangnath, Samuel Thorpe
Coach - Wayne Morgan, Jon Lovell
Runner Up: Columbia University (United States)
Team Members - Erik Lindeman, Kevin Lin, Jacob Johnston, Akshaya Kumar, Elisabeth Page
Coach - Suyash Paliwal, Lori Damrosch, Matthew Waxman, Erin Thompson
Final Round Judges
H.E. Stephen M. Schwebel - Former Judge & President, International Court of Justice
Dame Rosalyn Higgins - Former Judge & President, International Court of Justice
Harold Koh - Legal Adviser to the United States State Department; Dean, Yale Law School
Problem Author
Lead Author - Andrew Holmes & Luciana Ricart
Executive Director: Amity R. Boye
Best Oralist (Championship Round): Kevin Lin, Columbia University (United States)
Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Joe Russo, New York University (United States)
Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): National University of Singapore (Singapore)- click here to view a copy
Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Australian National University (Australia)- click here to view a copy
Best Memorial - Int'l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): Columbia University (United States)
Best Memorial - World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
International Law Institute Award: Felipe Echandi, Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
Spirit of the Jessup Award: Albiruni University & Kabul University (Afghanistan)
Steven M. Schneebaum Award: Jamie Dee Larkam (Canada)
Pamela Young Award: Bonnie Bird, Michael Collins Q.C., Jason Johns, Gerald Schatz
2010 Results:
- Top 50 Teams - International Rounds
- International Rounds Advanced Rounds
- International Rounds Top 100 Oralists
- Memorial Awards - Evans Rankings
- Memorial Awards - Dillard Rankings
- Memorial Awards - Baxter Rankings
2010 Competition Materials
- 2010 Compromis
- 2010 Compromis (French)
- 2010 Compromis (Arabic)
- 2010 Corrections & Clarifications
- 2010 Corrections & Clarifications (French)
- 2010 Official Rules
List of Participating Teams Worldwide
List of Participating Teams - International Rounds
First Batch of Basic Materials
The authors of the 2010 Jessup Compromis have selected these materials with the expectation that the materials will prove interesting and enlightening in the context of the current year's problem. Inclusion of any particular text in the Basic Materials does not entail that the content of the text is binding as international law or reflects current prevailing theory or practice. Please note that teams are NOT required to use these materials. They are being provided to teams as a guide and starting point for research. As always, participants are encouraged to conduct their own research outside of the scope of these Basic Materials.
The documents included in the first batch of Basic Materials are as follows:
- Statute of the International Court of Justice
- Charter of the United Nations
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States
- Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection, with commentaries, adopted by the International Law Commission at its 58th session (2006)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV), Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and people (4 December 1960)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 (XV), Principles which should guide Members in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73e of the Charter of the United Nations (15 December 1960)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1654 (XVI), The situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples (27 November 1961)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1803 (XVII), Permanent sovereignty over natural resources (14 December 1962)
- United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2625 (XXV), Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (24 October 1970)
- The Island of Palmas Case (or Miangas) (United States of America v. The Netherlands), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Award (4 April 1928)
- Sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh, Middle Rocks and South Ledge (Malaysia/Singapore), Judgment (23 May 2008)
- Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain), Second Phase Judgment (5 February 1970)
Second Batch of Basic Materials
Below is a list of the second batch of Basic Materials provided in connection with the 2010 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
The authors of the 2010 Jessup Compromis have selected these materials with the expectation that the materials will prove interesting and enlightening in the context of the current year's problem. Inclusion of any particular text in the Basic Materials does not entail that the content of the text is binding as international law or reflects current prevailing theory or practice. Please note that teams are NOT required to use these materials. They are being provided to teams as a guide and starting point for research. As always, participants are encouraged to conduct their own research outside of the scope of these Basic Materials.
- The Aaland Islands Question (On Jurisdiction), Report of the International Committee of Jurists, League of Nations Official Journal, Special Supplement No. 3 (1920)
- Original
- Reprinted English Version (International Law Students Association)
- The Aaland Islands Question (On the Merits), Report by the Commission of Rapporteurs, League of Nations Council Document B7 21/68/106 (1921) (excerpted and reprinted)
- Clipperton Islands Case (Mexico v. France), Judicial Decisions Involving Questions of International Law (28 January 1931), provided by Hein Online
- The Minquiers and Ecrehos Case (France/United Kingdom), ICJ Judgment (17 November 1953)
- Case Concerning the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Republic of Mali), ICJ Judgment (22 December 1968)
- Western Sahara, ICJ Advisory Opinion (16 October 1975)
- Case Concerning Elettronica Sicula S.P.A. (ELSI) (United States of America v. Italy)
- ICJ Judgment (20 July 1989)
- Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, between the United States of America and the Italian Republic (2 February 1948)
- American Manufacturing & Trading, Inc. v. Republic of Zaire, ICSID Case No. ARB/93/1, Award (21 February 1997)
- Case Concerning Kasikili/Sedudu Island (Botswana/Namibia), ICJ Judgment (13 December 1999)
- Mihaly International Corporation v. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ICSID Case No. ARB/00/2, Award (15 March 2002)
- Ahmadou Sadio Diallo (Republic of Guinea v. Democratic Republic of the Congo), ICJ Preliminary Objections (24 May 2007)
- Hurst Hannum, Rethinking Self-Determination, 34 Virginia Journal of International Law 1 (1993)
- Lexis Citation: 34 Va. J. Int'l L. 1
- Westlaw Citation: 34 VAJIL 1
- Lawrence Jahoon Lee, Barcelona Traction in the 21st Century: Revisiting its Customary and Policy Underpinnings 35 Years Later, 42 Stanford Journal of International Law 237 (2006)
- Lexis Citation: 42 Stan. J Int'l L. 237
- Westlaw Citation: 42 STJIL 237
- Stephen M. Schwebel, Lecture: The Overwhelming Merits of Bilateral Investment Treaties, 32 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 263 (2009)
- Lexis Citation: 32 Suffolk Transnat'l L. Rev. 263
- Westlaw Citation: 32 SFKTLR 263
- Investment Treaty Arbitration Website
