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Below is a list of the first batch of Basic Materials provided in connection with the 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

The authors of the 2008 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:

1. Statute of the International Court of Justice


2. Charter of the United Nations


3. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties


4. Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
• Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
• Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions
• Protocol II to the Geneva Conventions
5. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment


6. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights


7. U.N. General Assembly Resolution 49/60 (1994)


8. U.N. General Assembly Resolution 59/191 (2004)


9. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1368 (2001)
• Meeting Record Associated with S.C. Resolution 1368 (2001)
10. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1373 (2001)
• Meeting Record Associated with S.C. Resolution 1373 (2001)
11. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1526 (2004)
• Meeting Record Associated with S.C. Resolution 1526 (2004)
12. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1566 (2004)
• Meeting Record Associated with S.C. Resolution 1566 (2004)
13. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1617 (2005)
• Meeting Record Associated with S.C.Resolution 1617 (2005)