Problem: The Case Concerning the Naegea Sea

Topics: The Jessup 2025 Problem presented the following issues: (1) the rights and obligations of other members of the international community when two persons claim to be the legitimate president of a state; (2) invocation of immunity for government officials accused of grave violations of human rights; (3) the legal consequences of receding coastlines for the maritime zones of coastal states; and (4) the interpretation of the compromissory clause in a treaty creating a regional organization.

Location: Hyatt Regency Washington On Capitol Hill

Dates: 29 March - 5 April 2025

Jessup Cup World Champion: Singapore Management University School of Law - Singapore
Team Members - Elizabeth Ho, Lovein Sui, Raelee Toh, Erica Wee, and Genieve Wu
Coaches - Qiyuan Fu, and Nicholas Liu

Runner Up: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy - Ukraine
Team Members - Vladyslav Levchuk, Vladyslav Mykhalchenko, Anastasiia Shashkevych, and Bohdana Yaruta
Coaches - Ketevan Bezhanishvili, Maksym Dvorovyi, and Mariia Stolbova

Championship Round Judges
Joan Donoghue - Former International Court of Justice
Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo - International Court of Justice
Georg Nolte - International Court of Justice

Problem Authors:Benjamin Salas Kantor, Janina Barkholdt, and Niko Pavlopoulos

Executive Director: Michael Peil

International Rounds Program: Download

Competition Materials

  • Jessup 2025 Problem with Corrections and Clarifications: Download as a docx or a pdf
  • Jessup 2025 Problem: Download as a docx or a pdf
  • Jessup 2025 Corrections and Clarifications: Download as a docx or a pdf

Basic Materials

Preliminary Round Rankings

Advanced Round Results

Award Winners

Memorial Rankings

Oral Rankings

Final Round Video

Jessup 2025 Problem Authors Discussion sponsored by the Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Jessup 2025 Problem Summary

Jessup 2025 Research Sponsors