Jessup 2017 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Sisters of the Sun (Atan v. Rahad)

Topics: Transboundary aquifers, obligations to world heritage sites in danger, repatriation of cultural property, and cost of refugee crises

Location: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Date: April 9-15, 2017

World Champion: University of Sydney (Australia) Team Members – Alyssa Glass, Will Khun, Joel Phillips, Harry Stratton, and Eric Shi Coaches – Angus Nicholas, Alison Pert

World Runner Up: Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica) Team Members – Kalisia Miller, Jhade Lindsay, Victor Brown, Scott Mullings, and Anna-Kay Brown
Coaches – Marc Ramsay and Nancy Anderson

Best Oralist – Championship Round (Stephen M. Schwebel Award): Alyssa Glass, University of Sydney (Australia)

Championship Round Judges:

H.E. James Crawford – Judge, International Court of Justice
H.E. Patrick Robinson – Judge, International Court of Justice
H.E. Bruno Simma – Former Judge, International Court of Justice

Problem Author(s): Jeffrey Brooks

Executive Director: Lesley A. Benn

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Andrew Grant, Auckland University (New Zealand)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of the Philippines (Philippines)

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

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): University of Queensland (Australia) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Applicant Side (International Rounds): Auckland University (New Zealand)

Best Respondent Side (International Rounds): Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile)

Best Applicant Memorial (International Rounds): 1. Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica), 2. (Tie) Auckland University (New Zealand), Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Germany)

Best Respondent Memorial (International Rounds): University of Queensland (Australia)

Best New Team: Eastern University (Bangladesh), University of Dhaka (Bangladesh)

ILI Award: Domen Turšič, University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: Maria Issaeva

Best National Administrator (Steven M. Schneebaum Award): Nuran Choudhury (Bangladesh); Agnese Pizzolla (Italy); Daniyal Hassan and Don J. Calvert (Pakistan); Mohammed Fahim Samadi and Sayed Ramiz Hussaini (Afghanistan)

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