Jessup 2003 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Women & Children of the Civil War (Annolay v. Reston)

Topics: Protection of civilians in armed conflict; legal status and rights of women and children; state responsibility for wartime abuses; obligations arising from humanitarian and human rights law

Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Date: April 5, 2003

World Champion: University of Western Australia (Australia)
Team Members – Bronwyn Grieve, Sarah Knuckey, Andrew Lodder, Imogen Saunders, Benjamin Spagnolo
Coach – Julie Taylor

World Runner Up: Mari State University (Russia)
Team Members – Antonida Alibekova, Pavel Bulatov, Alexey Konovalov, Ksenia Lapteva, Yulia Romanova
Coach – Dmitri A Sandakov

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Benjamin Spagnolo, University of Western Australia (Australia)

Championship Round Judges:

Hon. Patricia M. Wald – ret. Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
David Scheffer – Senior Vice President, United Nations Association of the United States
Maurice Mendelson, Q.C. – Blackstone Chambers, London

Problem Author(s): David Baron, Dagmar Butte & Catherine Newcombe

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Executive Assistant: Robert Romashko

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Imogen Saunders, University of Western Australia (Australia)

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

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

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

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Michigan State University (USA) (Applicant and Respondent)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: David Baron, Jo-Ann Harding, and David Rauzino

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