These materials are intended to give teams a strong foundation with which to begin their research. Teams are not limited to these materials and are strongly encouraged to go beyond them in their research for the Jessup problem. ILSA may update this list on an ad hoc basis.
Updated 7 October 2025
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT)
- Statute of the International Court of Justice
- International Court of Justice cases on intervention
- Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy)
- Case of the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku v Ecuador, Judgment of 27 June 2012 (Inter-American Court of Human Rights)
- African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v Republic of Kenya, Judgment of 26 May 2017, App No 006/2012 (African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights)
- Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Judgment of February 19, 2025, 2025 FC 319 (Federal Court of Canada)
- Beijing Urban Construction Group Ltd. v. Republic of Yemen, ICSID Case No. ARB/14/30 (Decision on Jurisdiction, May 31, 2017)
- LG and Others v. Rina and Ente Registro Italiano Navale, Case C-641/18 (May 7, 2020)
- Prosecutor v. Tadic, Trial Chamber Decision on the Defence Motion on the Principle Non-Bis-in-Idem, IT-94-1-T (15 November 1995)
- Tullio Scovazzi, “Opening the International Court of Justice to Third States: Intervention and Beyond”, Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law Online, vol. 6, no. 1 (2002), pp. 139 – 181
- Juliette McIntyre, “Procedural Values in the Intervention Procedure at the International Court of Justice” 1 Ukrainian Law Review (2022)
- Free, Prior and Informed Consent: A Human Rights-Based Approach: Study of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, UN Doc A/HRC/39/62 (10 August 2018)
- Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya: Extractive Industries and Indigenous Peoples, UN Doc A/HRC/24/41 (1 July 2013)
- International Law Association, Final Report of the Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Sofia Conference (2012)
- Mauro Barelli, “Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Aftermath of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Developments and Challenges Ahead” (2012) 16 International Journal of Human Rights 1-24.
- Views adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, concerning communications No. 251/2022 and No. 289/2022, UN Doc E/C.12/76/D/251/2022 (9 December 2024) [“Finland FPIC Case” or “Kova-Labba Siida Case”]
- Fourth Report of the Special Rapporteur on General Principles of Law (18 February 2025), A/CN.4/785
- Memorandum by the Secretariat, General Principles of Law (12 May 2020), A/CN.4/742
- ILC General Principles of Law, Texts and titles of the draft conclusions adopted by the Drafting Committee (20 May 2025), A/CN.4/L.1018
