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Below is a list of the first batch of Basic Materials provided in connection with the 2011 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

The authors of the 2011 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. Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice

  2. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

  3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

  4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

  5. Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War

  6. Additional Protocol 1 to the Geneva Conventions

  7. Additional Protocol 2 to the Geneva Conventions

  8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  9. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/83, Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts (2002), and ILC Draft Articles on State Responsbility w/ Commentaries

  10. OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related documents

  11. The OECD Declaration and Decisions on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises and commentaries

  12. Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, Addendum, Study on targeted killings