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 25 December 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)
- Paolo Palchetti, "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
- Harum Mukhayer, “Transboundary Rights and Indigenous Peoples Between Two or More States”, in Dwight Newman, ed, Research Handbook on the International Law of Indigenous Rights (Edward Elgar 2022), 413-437 - Added 8 October 2025
- Salvador Henrencia-Carrasco & Jordi Feo Valero, “Challenges to the Protection of Consultation in Latin America: The Role of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights”, in Paul Haslam et al., eds, Contested Consultations in the Extractive Industries: Rights, Processes, and Tensions (Routledge 2026) 229-34 - Added 8 October 2025
- Garnett, Richard, "Foreign State Immunity and the Harassment of Dissidents" [2023] MelbJlIntLaw 11; (2023) 24(2) Melbourne Journal of International Law 284 - Added 8 October 2025
- Lummi Nation v. The Attorney General of Canada and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Judgment of 17 December 2025, 2025 FC 1986 (Federal Court of Canada) - Added 25 December 2025
- US Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation 2022 - Federal Register :: Uniform Standards for Tribal Consultation - Added 25 December 2025
- Mattias Ahren, “International Human Rights Law Relevant to Natural Resource Extraction in Indigenous Territories – An Overview”, 2014:1 Nordic Environmental Law Journal - Added 25 December 2025
- Jeremie Gilbert, “The Right to Freely Dispose of Natural Resources: Utopia or Forgotten Right?”, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, Vol. 31/2, 314–341, 2013 - Added 25 December 2025
- S. J. Rombouts, “Having a Say Indigenous Peoples, International Law and Free, Prior and Informed Consent”, Wolf Legal Publishers (2014) - Added 25 December 2025
- Alexandra Xanthaki, “Indigenous Rights in International Law over the Last 10 Years and Future Deveopments”, Melbourne Journal of International Law, Volume 10 (2009) - Added 25 December 2025
- Elizabeth F. Defeis, “Minority Protections and Bilateral Agreements: An Effective Mechanism”, 22 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review 291 (1999) - Added 25 December 2025
- Interpretation of the Convention Between Greece and Bulgaria Respecting Reciprocal Emigration, Signed at Neuilly-Sur-Seine on November 27th, 1919 (Question of the "Communities"), Advisory Opinion No. 17, 31 August 1930, Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) - Added 25 December 2025
