Compromis: Case Concerning Development & the Waters of the Ozoonio River (Behestoon v. Agistanus)

Topics: Development, Use of Transboundary Water Sources, Transboundary Pollution, State Responsibility, Principles of Equity Under International Law

Location: The United Nations, New York, New York

Date: April 8, 1995

Jessup World Cup Champion
University of the Philippines (Philippines)
Team Members – Maria Luisa Bartolome Bunggo, Ingrid Rosalie L. Gorre, Philip Ronald P. Regondola, Anthony Suzette V. Suarez, Jose Luis Gascon
Coach – Ruben C. Carranza

Runner Up:  University of Western Australia (Australia)
Team Members – Alexandra Castle, Fiona Gauntlett, Murray Thornhill, Chris Edwards, Stephen Bouwhuis
Coach – Michael Gething

Final Round Judges

Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Esq. – Registrar, International Court of Justice
Hans Correl – Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs & the Legal Counsel, United Nations
Roy S. Lee – Chief Principal Officer, United Nations Legal Affairs
Gian Luca Bari – Legal Offier, United Nations
Morad Eghbal, Esq. – The Riess Foundation/Howard University School of Law

Problem Authors

Morad Eghbal, Esq. – The Riess Foundation/Howard University School of Law
Sir Geoffrey Palmer – Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

Executive Director: David Sabin Anderson

Assistant to the Executive Director: Carol Monroe

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Fiona Gauntlett, University of Western Australia (Australia)

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Siobhan Sams, University of British Columbia (Canada)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Alabama (USA)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Hawaii (USA)

Best Memorial  – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): University of Hawaii (USA)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Christian-Albrechts-Universiteit zu Kiel (Germany)

1995 Records: 

Number of Teams Worldwide: 259

Number of Teams at the International Rounds: 49

Number of Countries: 39

Number of Countries at the International Rounds: 39

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