Jessup 2005 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Vessel The Mairi Maru (Appollonia v. Raglan)

Topics: Piracy and state responsibility for attacks at sea; legality of vessel scuttling; maritime environmental harm from MOX transport; navigation rights and obligations for hazardous shipments through archipelagic waters

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

Date: April 3, 2005

World Champion: University of Queensland (Australia) Team Members – Ruth Catts, Stephen Colditz, Julian Ensbey, Cameron Forsaith, Nicholas Luke

World Runner Up: International Islamic University (Malaysia) Team Members – Melati Abdul Hamid, Siti Aliza Alias, Fadia Nadwa Fikri, Ng Boon Ka, Asma Mohammed Yunus

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Melati Abdul Hamid, International Islamic University (Malaysia)

Championship Round Judges:

H.E. Rosalyn Higgins, D.C.B.E. – Judge, International Court of Justice
James Crawford – Whewell Professor of International Law, Jesus College, University of Cambridge
James Carter, Esq. – Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; President, American Society of International Law

Problem Author(s): Dagmar Butte and Quang Trinh

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Executive Assistant: Roxanna Nazari

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Robert Froelich, University of Calgary (Canada)

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

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Columbia University (USA)

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Washington University, St. Louis (USA) (Applicant and Respondent)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: Robert Beckman, Jamie Dee Larkam, Catherine Newcombe

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