Jessup 2004 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the International Criminal Court (Arkam v. Randolfia)

Topics: ICC jurisdiction and admissibility; state sovereignty versus international criminal accountability; legality of surrendering nationals to the ICC; complementarity, amnesties, and prosecution of war crimes/genocide

Location: Washington Wyndham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Date: April 3, 2004

World Champion: Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)
Team Members – Frederick Ryan Castillo, Justine Adrienne Guerrero, Andrew Fornier, Aimee Dabu, Ryan Mancera
Coach – Silvia Jo Sabio

World Runner Up: National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Team Members – Jaikanth Shankar, Melanie Chng Ai Ling, Geoffrey Liem Kwan Hiong, Ramesh Selvaraj
Coach – Robert Beckman

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Jaikanth Shankar, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Championship Round Judges:

M. Cherif Bassiouni – Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
Hon. Fausto Pocar – Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Hon. Maureen Harding – Judge, International Criminal Court

Problem Author(s): Leila Sadat and Michael Scharf

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Executive Assistant: Robert Romashko

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Sonali Garg, University of Georgia (USA)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Queensland (Australia)

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela) (Applicant and Respondent)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: William Burke-White, Nancy Fitzgerald, Wenqi Zhu

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