Jessup 2006 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Elysian Fields (Acastus v. Rubria)

Topics: State succession and ICJ jurisdiction; indigenous peoples’ rights to land and resources; state responsibility for corporate and private security conduct; forced labor, human rights, and foreign sovereign immunity

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

Date: April 1, 2006

World Champion: Columbia University (USA)
Team Members – Tracy Appleton, Seth Davis, Vincent Levy, Alka Pradhan, Corey Whiting

World Runner Up: Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela)
Team Members – Daniela Blank, Mariana Clemente, Carlos Maduro, Federica Paddeu, Adela Troconis
Coaches – Ricardo Chirinos, Ana C. Nunez

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Vincent Levy, Columbia University (USA)

Championship Round Judges:

H.E. Bruno Simma – Judge, International Court of Justice
Nicola Bonucci – Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
Sir Michael Wood – 20 Essex St. Barristers; Former Legal Advisor to the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Problem Author(s): Rebecca Wallace, Robert Gordon University; Olga Martin Ortega, Robert Gordon University; Anne Holliday, Robert Gordon University

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Executive Assistant: R. Ian Costello

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): David Martin, University of Washington (USA)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Hong Kong University (Hong Kong)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Kiel (Germany)

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

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): Xiamen University (China) (Applicant and Respondent)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: Jennifer Englander, Carol Kalinoski, Anthony Nuval, Deborah Skorupski

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