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Below is a list of the first batch of Basic Materials provided in connection with the 2007 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

The authors of the 2007 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. As always, participants are encouraged to conduct their own research.

The documents included in the first batch of Basic Materials are as follows. All materials directly provided on this site are included with the permission of the copyright holder. The electronic version of Item 6 was provided by Westlaw, along with permission to post the document on this website.

1. Statute of the International Court of Justice


2. Charter of the United Nations


3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties


4. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations


5. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties between States and International Organizations or between International Organizations


6. Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1947- 1948, p. 58.


7. Yedas Tarim v. Council & Commission, Case T-367/03, 30 March 2006 (Court of First Instance (Fifth Chamber) of the European Communities), provided with the permission of The Court of Justice of the European Communities, also available at Curia, the EC's website.


8. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its forty-second session, 1 May-20 July 1990, Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-fifth session, Supplement No. 10, U.N. Doc. A/45/10, at pp. 1-9, 84-89.


9. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its fifty-eighth session, 1 May-9 June & 3 July-11 August 2006, Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first session, Supplement No. 10, U.N. Doc. A/61/10, at pp. i-xvii, 1-6, 246-292.


10. "Indirect Expropriation" and the "Right to Regulate" in International Investment Law, working paper of the OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, number 2004/4 (September 2004), provided with the permission of the OECD, also available at the OECD's website