On behalf of the ILSA Executive Office, congratulations to all of the teams who earned a coveted invitation to the 2020 White & Case International Rounds. You spent more than 6 months breathing life into the worlds of Adawa and Rasasa. You dedicated countless hours at libraries, sacrificed time with friends and family, learned the importance of team work, mastered international rules, laws and principles about which you knew very little coming in – and learned valuable lessons in written and oral legal advocacy. We all shared your disappointment when we were forced to cancel the 2020 White & Case International Rounds as a result of COVID-19. But we are certain that the Jessup Competition will be stronger as a result of the dedication, camaraderie and resilience that you have demonstrated throughout these challenging times. And we know that you and your teammates will play critical roles as we navigate through this crisis. We are pleased to be able to commemorate your Jessup Class of 2020 with this digital yearbook. The stories and photos you have shared will deservedly form a lasting and significant part of Jessup history.

Sincerely,

Lesley Benn Executive Director

The 2020 Philip C. Jessup Competition is globally administered by the International Law Students Association (ILSA).

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MESSAGE FROM WHITE & CASE

On behalf of White & Case, I would like to congratulate all of the teams that qualified for the 2020 White & Case Jessup International Rounds. I am pleased to be able to commemorate your participation in the 2020 Jessup with this digital yearbook. Although the Rounds in Washington, DC were canceled due to the global pandemic, I hope it does not diminish the pride and sense of accomplishment you should all feel by having participated in the Jessup. I am confident that the hard work, dedication and skills you’ve developed will serve you well in your legal career. The Jessup is not just a competition—it is a community—and it is made stronger by your participation. I encourage you to stay in touch with your teammates and everyone you have met through the Jessup. It is important to remain engaged and connected to each other, especially in these extraordinary times.

Best regards,

Hugh Verrier Chair White & Case LLP

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ABOUT THE JESSUP

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was the brainchild of Professor Richard R. Baxter at Harvard Law School, who worked with Professor Stephen M. Schwebel (later President of the International Court of Justice) to create a courtroom simulation experience grounded in international law. Originally named the “International Law Moot,” the Jessup Competition held its first round at Harvard University on 8 May 1960. The round, comprised only of Harvard Law students, involved a team of two American law students,Thomas J. Farer and William Zabel, and a team of two foreign LL.M. students, Ivan L. Head of Canada and Bernard H. Clark of New Zealand. The first Jessup problem was titled “Cuban Agrarian Reform About the Case” and was written by then Professor Schwebel. Since 1960, the Jessup Competition has been held annually, and student participation has increased dramatically. This year’s Jessup Competition has engaged students from more than 700 schools in 97 jurisdictions around the world, making the Jessup Jessup Competition by far the largest moot court competition in the world. Former Jessup participants now work at foreign, finance and justice ministries in increasing numbers.They can also be found in the world’s finest law firms, corporations, universities, parliaments and international organizations. Jessup participants continue to contribute their efforts to the development of international legal education, as well as international law itself. More than a competition, the Jessup is a community of legal professionals, young and old, who build bonds and share an invaluable cultural and academic exchange. Now in its 61st year, the Jessup has a rich history and a longstanding commitment to promote the importance of the rule of law in the peaceful resolution of disputes.

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ABOUT THE HONORABLE PHILIP C. JESSUP ABOUT ILSA

The Jessup Competition is named after the Honorable Philip The idea of an organization to serve the needs of students C. Jessup. Born in 1897 in New York, Judge Jessup received his interested in international law first arose shortly after the first bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College and his LL.B. from Yale Jessup Competition. In 1962, students from a number of campuses University. He earned a Master’s degree and Ph.D. from Columbia founded the Association of Student International Law Societies University and later, an LL.D. from Hamilton. (ASILS). The Association evolved over the years and, in 1987, reconstituted itself as the International Law Students Association Judge Jessup had a long and distinguished academic, judicial (ILSA). In response to its rapid expansion and development, ILSA and diplomatic career. From 1961 to 1970, he was a member incorporated in May 1994. of the International Court of Justice. ILSA’s mission is to promote awareness, study, and understanding He practiced law and taught at several American universities until of international law and related issues; to encourage communication 1961. Judge Jessup was an assistant to Elihu Root during the 1929 and cooperation among law students and lawyers internationally; Conference of Jurists on the Permanent Court of International to promote social responsibility in the field of law; to increase Justice. He attended both the Bretton Woods and San Francisco opportunities to learn about other cultures and legal systems Conferences, and played a key role in the formation of the worldwide; and to publicize career opportunities in international law. International Law Commission (ILC). ILSA is governed by a Board of Directors, the Executive Office, Jessup served as American ambassador to the United Nations which is staffed by the Executive Director, the Programs Director, from 1948 to 1953. He was President of The American Society of and Program Assistants, and is headquartered in Washington, DC, International Law from 1954 to 1955, and a member of the Curatorium USA. Each year, three students are selected to join ILSA’s Board as of the Hague Academy of International Law from 1957 to 1968. student directors. Judge Jessup’s publications include The United States and the ILSA also serves as an umbrella and support organization World Court (1929); International Security (1935); Elihu Root (1938); for student chapters devoted to the study and promotion of International Problems of Governing Mankind (1947); A Modern Law international law. ILSA Chapters exist as independent entities and of Nations (1948); and Transnational Law (1956). as members of the larger Association. ILSA’s structure grants In 1964, Judge Jessup was awarded The American Society autonomy to its Chapters to meet their unique needs locally while of International Law’s Manley O. Hudson Medal for preeminent making available to them an international network of academic and scholarship and achievement in international law and for the organizational resources. promotion of the establishment and maintenance of international In addition to administering the Jessup Competition, ILSA oversees relations on the basis of law and justice. Judge Jessup continued the publication of the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative to lecture and teach until his death in 1986. Law and the Jessup Compendium.

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ILSA EXECUTIVE STAFF Dr. Lucas Lixinski University of New South Wales EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mark A. Luz Lesley A. Benn Senior Counsel, Trade Law Bureau (Canada) PROGRAMS DIRECTOR Kirsten Odynski Tessa Walker White & Case PROGRAM ASSISTANT Patrick W. Pearsall Alissa Iwaniuk Jenner & Block PROGRAM ASSISTANT Alka Pradhan Samantha Wilson Human Rights Counsel, Guantanamo Bay Military Commissions Steven M. Schneebaum ILSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steven M. Schneebaum P.C. Jeremy K. Sharpe CHAIR Shearman & Sterling LLP Prof. William W. Burke-White University of Pennsylvania Law School Dr. Michael Waibel University of Cambridge Faculty of Law EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (EX OFFICIO) Adrien K. Wing Lesley A. Benn, Esq. University of Iowa College of Law International Law Students Association Sir Michael Wood TREASURER 20 Essex Street His Honour Judge Andrew Holmes, Esq. Circuit Judge, London, UK STUDENT DIRECTORS MEMBERS Hanna Karimipour Joseph Brand University of Georgia (United States of America) Squire, Patton Boggs Grant Kynaston Dagmar Butte, Esq. University of Sydney (Australia) Parker, Butte & Lane, P.C. Brittany Shales Zach Lampell University of Calgary (Canada) The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

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ALL RISE SOCIETY

The All Rise Society was founded in 2018 in recognition of 60 years of the Jessup, and is an exclusive giving society for the most distinguished members of the Jessup Competition Community. We would like to extend our gratitude to the members of the All Rise Society for their generous support of the Jessup Competition. Their support will ensure our continued ability to provide law students around the globe with the chance to connect with some of the world’s greatest legal minds, prepare them to enter the most competitive ranks of the legal profession, and nurture their commitment to the peaceful resolution of conflict through the rule of law. Information on joining the All Rise Society is available through ILSA.org or by email at [email protected].

Fatemah Albader Nan (Roy) Ling Teddy Baldwin Scott Magee Bonnie Bird Roxanna Nazari Joseph Brand Dwight Newman William W. Burke-White Kirsten Odynski Dagmar Butte Jessica Peake Michael Collins Michael Peil Nilo Divina Lucy Reed Morad Eghbal Natalie Reid Peter Griffin Vasco de Jesus Rodrigues Monika Hlavkova Steven M. Schneebaum Jason E. Johns Chen Siyuan Michelle Keith Quang Trinh Alexander Kamsany Lee Sir Michael Wood

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ILSA would like to thank the law firm sponsors of the International Rounds:

ILSA would also like to thank the following institutions for their sponsorship and support:

American University Washington Law School Admission Council College of Law LexisNexis Bucerius Law School Loyola University – Chicago School of Law Columbia Law School McGill University Duke University School of Law Mitchell Hamline School of Law Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Oxford University Press at Tufts University Santa Clara University Hague Academy of International Law Tulane University School of Law Harvard Law School University of Arizona James E. Rogers Heidelberg Center College of Law HeinOnline University of Connecticut School of Law Institute for Law and Finance - Goethe- University of Georgia School of Law Universität Frankfurt am Main University of Groningen Jus Mundi

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INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE YEAR 2019 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 CASE CONCERNING THE HELIAN HYACINTH (STATE OF ADAWA V. REPUBLIC OF RASASA) ORDER The International Court of Justice, Having regard to Article 48 of the Statute of the Court and to Articles 31, 44, 45(1), 48, 49, and 80 of the Rules of Court; Having regard to the Application filed in the Registry of the Court on 1 July 2019, whereby the Government of the State of Adawa (“Adawa” or “Applicant”) instituted proceedings 2020 against the Republic of Rasasa (“Rasasa” or “Respondent”) with regard to a dispute concerning alleged violations of international law by Respondent; Jessup Whereas the Application was communicated to Rasasa on the day it was filed; Whereas, on 12 July 2019, Rasasa informed the Registrar Problem and the Agent of Adawa of its intention to file a counterclaim under Article 80 of the Rules of Court; Whereas Adawa and Rasasa have appointed their respective Agents; Whereas, at a meeting with the President of the Court on 22 July 2019, the Agents of the Parties agreed to have all claims and counterclaims heard together in a single set of proceedings, and that all issues of jurisdiction and admissibility would be determined alongside the merits; Whereas, after negotiations, the Agents of the Parties jointly communicated the annexed Statement of Agreed Facts on 9 September 2019;

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Whereas the Agents of the Parties have agreed that they shall STATEMENT OF AGREED FACTS each submit one written Memorial and make oral pleadings solely CASE CONCERNING THE HELIAN HYACINTH on the claims presented in the Statement of Agreed Facts; ADAWA V. RASASA Whereas the Agents of the Parties have agreed that a 9 SEPTEMBER 2019 “dispute” exists between the Parties with respect to each 1. The State of Adawa and the to the GDPs of all six Crosinian of the aforementioned claims and counterclaim and that the Republic of Rasasa are neighboring States. Adawa has a population counterclaim is “directly connected with the subject matter” of countries in the Region of Crosinia of approximately 5.4 million and at least one of the claims within the meaning of Article 80 of the (“the Region”), a subtropical and a nominal GDP per capita of Rules of Court; and semi-arid inland expanse formed approximately €17,500. Rasasa has Whereas the Parties have agreed that the designation of by hills and valleys where citrus a population of approximately 9.9 Adawa as Applicant and Rasasa as Respondent shall be without fruits, olives, grapes, dates, and million and a nominal GDP per capita prejudice to the allocation of the burden of proof; spices are grown. The Region is also of approximately €21,000. Adawa the only place on Earth where the and Rasasa share a border that is Taking into account the agreement of the Parties, Helian hyacinth (Hyacinthus solaris) 201 kilometers long. is cultivated. The Helian hyacinth Fixes the dates for the filing of the written Memorials and for 3. Until 1928, all six Crosinian States is a flowering plant best known for the oral pleadings as the dates set forth in the Official Schedule were provinces of the Kingdom of producing the flavoring spice Helian, of the 2020 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Crosinia. When the last king, Narang which is derived from its pollen Competition; and III, died in 1924 without a direct male and which has a weight-to-value descendant as required by royal Adopts the Official Rules of the 2020 Philip C. Jessup ratio comparable to that of saffron. tradition, the provinces divided over International Law Moot Court Competition. According to well-established competing claimants to the throne. botanical scholarship, it takes no Done in English and in French, the English text being Four of the provinces, including less than 20 years for newly planted authoritative, at the Peace Palace, The Hague, this twentieth day Rasasa, backed the late monarch’s Helian bulbs to produce export- of September two thousand nineteen, in three copies, one of brother, Taplup, while the other quality spice. which will be placed in the archives of the Court and the others two, Zeitounia and Adawa, sought transmitted to the Governments of Adawa and Rasasa. 2. There are four other States in the to have Narang’s eldest daughter, Region. All six States are dominated Goleta, named Queen. (Signed) by the same ethnic group, speak 4. Scattered violence and skirmishing President the same language and share over the next three years became many cultural traditions. Exports of (Signed) a full-fledged civil war in 1927, with Helian spice contribute significantly Registrar

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Rasasa as the main belligerent 7. During the 1930s, the AZU engaged in the highly profitable by 8% per year. In 1979, to mark on the side favoring Taplup. Over encountered significant economic activities of growing, harvesting, and the tenth anniversary of the the next year, each of the three and social stresses. Adawa became processing Helian hyacinth pollen Community, heads of government provinces allied with Rasasa more urbanized and industrialized and exporting Helian spice. of the CHC Member States were declared independence and while Zeitounia did not, and the invited to participate in the semi- 10. In light of the very specific withdrew from the hostilities. central government, under heavy annual meeting. They issued a equipment and exacting procedures Zeitounian influence, opposed joint communiqué at its conclusion, 5. On 29 October 1929, representatives needed for successful cultivation what it considered to be demands proclaiming what they called “the of the remaining belligerents – of the Helian hyacinth, and the that it invest disproportionately in remarkable achievements of the Adawa, Zeitounia, and Rasasa – met need for ongoing research and infrastructure in Adawa. Effective Crosinian Helian Community in in the Rasasan capital of Botega development, the Agriculture 1 January 1939, the two provinces improving revenue, employment, and concluded negotiations ending Ministries of the six Crosinian amicably agreed to dissolve their and the quality of life for all of the the bloodshed. Rasasa declared States in 1964 formed an unofficial Union, and each declared its people of our Region.” itself an independent republic, roundtable, meeting twice per year independence as of that date. and the provinces of Adawa to discuss technical and economic 12. In 1982 and 1985, respectively, Adawa adopted a republican form and Zeitounia united to form the issues specific to the Helian industry. Rasasa and Adawa acceded to of government, while Zeitounia Adawa-Zeitounia Union (AZU), an Five years later, that arrangement the General Agreement on Tariffs retained Queen Goleta as monarch. independent monarchy, as of that was formalized in a treaty, signed on and Trade (GATT). Both States date. The newly installed President 8. Both Adawa and Rasasa joined the 20 June 1969 and promptly ratified became original members of the of Rasasa and Queen Goleta of the United Nations in 1947 and acceded by all six Member States, declaring World Trade Organization (WTO) in AZU signed the Treaty of Botega to the Statute of the International the formation of the Crosinian Helian 1995 and remain members. When on Armistice and Pacification (“the Court of Justice. Neither State has Community (CHC). The parties they joined the GATT, both States Treaty of Botega”) several days filed a declaration accepting the to the CHC agreed to impose no submitted their then-applicable tariff later. The relevant portions of the Court’s compulsory jurisdiction customs duties within the CHC on schedules, and agreed that these Treaty of Botega are attached to under Article 36(2) of the Statute. Helian spice or the equipment and would be “bound rates” applicable this Statement of Agreed Facts as materials used to harvest or process on a most favored nation (MFN) 9. In the decades following the Annex A. the Helian hyacinth. Relevant basis. With respect to Helian plants, Second World War, Rasasa became portions of the CHC Treaty are bulbs, pollen, spice, and other 6. The five independent Crosinian a substantial participant in the attached as Annex B. material, the bound rates were zero. States promptly applied for and international technology sector, were granted membership in eventually developing a robust 11. Between 1969 and 1979, the net 13. In 1998, Adawa became an the League of Nations, and all robotics industry. Adawa’s economy value of Helian spice exports original party to the Rome Statute became parties to the Statute was and remains primarily focused across the six CHC Member States establishing the International of the Permanent Court of on the exploitation of natural increased by an average of 12.3% Criminal Court, and remains a party International Justice. resources. All of the Crosinian States per year, and employment in to that treaty. Rasasa is not a party Helian-related activities increased to the Rome Statute.

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14. Ms. Darian Grey was (and against humanity that were alleged Unemployment began to increase to address the increasingly serious remains) one of the wealthiest to have occurred during the 2007- across the Region as farms, their crime wave that the police had citizens of Rasasa. From 1979 2009 civil war in that State. The suppliers, and the businesses that been unable to staunch. Notes to 2016, she served as founder referral noted that “several private depended on them became no of the meeting later released to and chief executive officer of the foreign enterprises sold weapons longer viable. the media reported that Ms. Grey Rasasan Robotics Corporation systems and provided training offered “to devote RRC’s expertise 17. In the weeks and months (RRC), a privately-held company to government militias, and such and resources to spearhead the following the storm, crime rates headquartered in Botega. systems and training materially development of a ground-breaking skyrocketed throughout the RRC advises governments on aided the [regime then in power] in autonomous security system to Region. Armed gangs roamed the computerized and autonomous its unlawful conduct.” The referral suppress criminal activities in Rasasa countryside, stealing salvageable defense and security systems; specifically mentioned RRC as one and throughout the Region.” Ms. Helian plants and harvesting and designs, develops and implements of the accused foreign contractors, Grey referred to the system she processing equipment from the these systems in conflict zones and cited Ms. Grey as having had in mind as the “Weaponized devastated farms. According to around the world; and provides been personally responsible for Autonomous Limitation Line” (or the overwhelmed police forces of training in their use. Ms. Grey its activities. In accordance with “the WALL”). Its principal feature, the six States, many of the gang and her company have been the ICC procedures, the Office of the she contended, was that it would members were former Helian subjects of mixed publicity. In 1998, Prosecutor opened an investigation deploy advanced technology to farmers whose way of life had Forbes Magazine named her one of in August 2009. deter and apprehend criminals, while been disrupted by the cyclone. “The 20 Women Who Will Make a using force only when absolutely 16. On 14 July 2012, an unprecedented Official reports described them as Mark in the 21st Century.” In 2000, necessary and when the chance of and catastrophic tropical cyclone, “simple hooligans,” drawn to the Human Rights Watch accused Ms. targeting innocents was reduced to Hurricane Makan, struck the entire opportunity to make easy money Grey and RRC of “active complicity virtually zero. Region. The death toll from the with little risk, and noted the broad in keeping some of the worst cyclone exceeded 8,000 and, in range of their criminal activities: acts 19. President Tihmar expressed great despotic regimes in the world each of the six States, entire towns of violence, arsons, vandalism of interest in the concept and asked securely in power.” were inundated, roads and power public and private property, as well Ms. Grey to prepare a formal 15. In February 2009, the remote island lines were destroyed, and major as thefts of cash, equipment, and proposal. Although the details of the Republic of Garantia (not a party urban centers suffered historic trade goods. ensuing negotiations between RRC to this case or otherwise involved flooding. More than 60% of the and the Rasasan government remain 18. In October 2012, the President of in this dispute) formally referred Helian hyacinths in Rasasa, 20% classified, in January 2013 the Rasasa, Beta Tihmar, convened a a situation to the Prosecutor of of those in Adawa, and between President notified the other five CHC meeting of major Rasasan corporate the International Criminal Court 15% and 20% of those in the Member States that Rasasa had executives to elicit ideas on how concerning war crimes and crimes other four States were destroyed. contracted with RRC to undertake

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research and development of the prior instances of armed conflict, gradually withdrew from the WALL motion-sensing, high-definition, WALL. President Tihmar invited civil unrest, and criminal activities project and, by August 2013, only and infrared cameras, each them to collaborate in “this state- during peacetime. According Rasasa and Adawa continued to surveillance unit can closely ofthe- art system that will reduce to RRC, the WALL featured an participate in the development of monitor all ground and aerial the pressure on our respective advanced form of “supervised the venture. The withdrawing States activity within a 130,000 square police forces, facilitate the efficient learning,” in which the training data assigned any rights they might have meter area around the base of its apprehension of dangerous had been meticulously “tagged” by acquired during the development of tower, enabling the towers to be criminals, eliminate the potential for teams of software engineers from the project back to RRC. placed as far as 200 meters from tragic interactions between police RRC working in cooperation with one another without sacrificing 23. Research and development of the and civilians, and help our societies Rasasan police officers and military coverage. To respond to threats, WALL proceeded steadily over the recover from Hurricane Makan.” officials. The tagging highlighted each unit is equipped with an next two years, including a review President Tihmar added that the aspects of the training data that array of lethal and non-lethal by advisers from the Rasasan WALL would be especially valuable indicated armed threats, as well options, ranging from speakers government for compliance with in promoting “the revival of our as indicators of retreat, surrender, broadcasting audible warnings, international law. The system was Region’s Helian industry and those incapacity, and other factors all the way to fully automatic .50 subjected to hundreds of thousands who depend on it.” that would render an individual caliber machine guns mounted on of computer simulations and field effectively hors de combat. 360-degree turntables. 20. On 2 February 2013, RRC tests under the close supervision distributed further technical details 21. All six CHC Member States devoted of representatives of police, military, But the true genius of the WALL in a report signed by 15 police and funds and provided leading and engineering experts from the lies in what you cannot see. The military technology experts from 12 government and private sector Rasasan and Adawan governments. system is fully autonomous and States, including all six CHC Member scientists and engineers, as well independent of human control, 24. On 6 July 2015, Ms. Grey States. The report disclosed that as materials, to the research and in a way the world has never announced the completion of the the WALL employed machine development phase of the project, seen before. Once deployed and project. At a meeting of ministerial- learning algorithms, developed which was conducted at RRC’s activated, each unit is in constant level representatives of Rasasa and from a large quantity of “training laboratories in Botega and its communication with every other Adawa, she described the WALL data” acquired from the Rasasan testing ranges in rural Rasasa. unit, sharing data and responses as follows: police and the police and military over secured, encrypted wireless 22. By April 2013, police in the other forces of 10 other States, in order The physical infrastructure of the channels. Using advanced four Crosinian States had gained to identify threats. The training WALL consists of 10-meter-tall artificial swarm intelligence, the the upper hand, and crime levels data included millions of images, metal towers, each topped with WALL can instantaneously and were restored to pre-Hurricane video footage, computer models, an advanced surveillance and appropriately decide whether Makan levels. Each of these States and other information derived from response unit. With 360-degree and how to respond to any given

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threat, without any intervention or soldiers. During months of 27. Throughout this period, violent and 29. At the request of President Tihmar, by human actors. In fact, decisions testing, it demonstrated a ‘false property crime rates continued to in September 2016 the Rasasan and are made so rapidly that second- positives’ rate of less than dwindle in both Adawa and Rasasa. Adawan governments established guessing by humans is practically 0.0001% – meaning that the However, in August 2016, relying a high-level task force to “consider impossible. Finally, this distributed system, or any unit of the system, upon arrest records and eyewitness joint responses to the increase in approach to decision-making will make a mistake no more than accounts, the Rasasan Border cross-border crimes.” The joint means that the destruction or one time in one million encounters. Police reported what they termed task force met several times over incapacitation of a single unit And with embedded rules “an alarming new trend” along the next year, but was unable to will not impair the efficacy of the instructing the software to favor the border: “The small Adawan formulate a comprehensive plan entire system.1 non-lethal deterrence, our testing gangs that arose in the wake of to suppress the gangs. indicates that the WALL would Hurricane Makan have apparently 25. Teams of Adawan and Rasasan 30. According to a report published mistakenly use excessive force no organized themselves into larger scientists then presented their by the Rasasan Helian Growers more than once in two hundred armed groups, and have turned the conclusions based upon the Association (RHGA), a prominent million encounters. resources, personnel, and weapons simulated and field tests. They industry group based in Botega, they previously used for localized explained that each element of 26. Although the attendees declared beginning in October 2016 Rasasa’s crimes towards cross-border crime the system, as well as the system themselves suitably impressed share of the global Helian market into Rasasa.” as a whole, had been extensively with the WALL and the testing had declined sharply relative to peer-reviewed and tested by data, neither government elected 28. Adawan criminal gangs regularly that of other States in the Region. government and private experts in to purchase it. Both Adawa entered Rasasa under cover of The RHGA expressed alarm that more than 30 countries. The head and Rasasa announced their night and attacked small villages, Rasasan Helian processors had of the Adawan team spoke next: satisfaction with having been assaulting and even killing villagers, increasingly begun to purchase involved in the development of returning to Adawa with Helian their raw material from Adawan Naturally, the testing team the WALL, but stated that it was bulbs, growing and processing Helian farmers in lieu of Rasasan paid particular attention to the neither economically feasible nor equipment, and virtually anything suppliers, who had been unable question of whether the WALL politically desirable to go further else of value. The Rasasan Border to meet their Helian pollen might deploy deadly force when with the project. RRC reportedly Police observed that there had requirements. The RHGA’s report the situation does not warrant marketed the WALL in the ensuing been a marginal but constant concluded, “if current trends such a response. Although it years, but there has been no public increase in the frequency of continue, many Rasasan Helian carries lethal potential as a last confirmation of its deployment by such raids every month since farms will collapse in five to ten resort, the WALL is unimaginably other governments. January 2016. years, with catastrophic effects for more reliable than human police the Rasasan economy and Rasasan society in general.”

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31. Rasasa held its regular presidential human rights groups protested 34. In its annual report delivered to the both Adawa and Rasasa declared election in December 2016. Mr. Ms. Grey’s appointment as Foreign Rasasan Parliament in February that their domestic police Venevar Pindro, a former military Minister, and the opposition party 2017, the Rasasan Border Police efforts had been ineffective in officer, ran on a platform calling in parliament was unanimous in reported that, “The border issue counteracting the militia, in part for, among many other things: voting against it. As of the time has fundamentally changed in because criminal operatives were tightening border controls to of her nomination to the cabinet, its character. What were once able to freely cross the Adawa- eliminate armed incursions; and neither RRC nor Ms. Grey had disorganized gangs have become Rasasa border. enhancing and protecting Rasasa’s been charged with crimes in any organized militias, and their 36. On 1 June 2017, the militia Helian industry, the failure of which domestic or international tribunal. crimes are no longer limited to simultaneously attacked nine he repeatedly claimed “would Her appointment was confirmed by opportunistic thievery.” The report Rasasan Border Police stations, pose a fundamental threat to our parliament on 15 January 2017. indicated that Adawan nationals killing 21 officers. Eyewitnesses economy and national security.” had established permanent and 33. During the campaign and following stated that the raiders were well-defended encampments within 32. Mr. Pindro was elected president his election, President Pindro “heavily armed with military-grade Rasasan territory, which they were of Rasasa with 58% of the vote, criticized the joint task force weapons and equipment,” and that using as bases for international and he took office in January as ineffective. He called upon the attacks indicated “a high level trafficking in illegal drugs. The 2017. He quickly named officers of Adawa, “in the spirit of our long of prior planning and training.” report concluded, “These new the new government, appointing friendship,” to take prompt and militants are well armed and well- 37. On 25 Jun e 2017, President Pindro Darian Grey as Minister of Foreign effective measures to quash the organized, and the police are authorized the deployment of the Affairs. Upon her nomination, criminal gangs based within its simply unable to remove them.” Rasasan Army against the militia Ms. Grey resigned her post at RRC territory. Shortly after taking office, camps within Rasasa, as well as and divested herself of any direct President Pindro submitted two 35. In March 2017, the United Nations the purchase of the WALL from financial stake in the company. bills for legislative approval. The Office on Drugs and Crime RRC and its installation along Shortly after her appointment, first invoked “essential security (UNODC) reported that, “There the Rasasa-Adawa border. He investigative reporters for the interests” and provided for the is a new and major player in simultaneously sent a message to Budapest-based daily newspaper introduction of tariffs of 25% ad international trafficking of illegal Adawan President Omar Moraga Népszabadság obtained and valorem on Helian bulbs, live plants, drugs. The previously unorganized which read, in relevant part: published what it claimed were and pollen imported into Rasasa, Adawan bandits have used their previously-undisclosed memoranda in an effort to encourage Rasasa’s profits to create a structured and I have today given my authorization from Ms. Grey to her staff at RRC domestic processors to return to well-armed militia, which uses its to the Rasasan Army Engineers approving the clandestine supply local farms for their feedstock. The permanent camps within Rasasan Battalion to begin installation of of arms and the training of military second called for expedited review territory as a headquarters for its the WALL along the entire length personnel in numerous conflict of options for the hardening of the global enterprise.” In response, of our shared border. This is a step zones, including Garantia. Rasasan Adawa-Rasasa border.

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necessitated by critical national the possibility exists that this 40. On 1 February 2018, President reports from both States’ national security concerns. As you are well autonomous system might be Moraga issued a statement saying, police forces, which indicated that, aware – since your government unleashed against our people or in relevant part: in the four months following the was involved in the development on our soil, its deployment will be deployment of the WALL, reports The fact that lethal weapons have of this weapons system – it is incompatible with international law. of trans-border incidents decreased been amassed along our border, infinitely more reliable than any in We are firmly of the view that your more than 80 percent. The Rasasan and that the WALL will monitor the history of mankind. The WALL proposed installation of the WALL Minister reported that the Rasasan the activities of our citizens, fills all will be erected and deployed would be a flagrant violation of Army was making “substantial Adawans with dread and anger. entirely on Rasasan soil, and international law, including but not inroads” into dispersing the armed That these weapons are fully under each tower will surveil up to 200 limited to the Treaty of Botega of camps within her country. the control of an advanced artificial meters on each side of our shared 1929 between your government intelligence, with no possibility for 42. In May 2018, in response to frontier. The system is designed and the predecessor of mine. the exercise of mercy or judgment recommendations from the task to detect threats, and to prevent We urge you to reconsider this by human actors, only exacerbates force, Adawa stationed unarmed them from becoming reality. It will aggressive and ill-advised measure. our fears and violates the letter human monitors on its side of the deploy, on the basis of graduated 39. President Pindro announced the and spirit of Rasasa’s international border, and the Rasasan Border sequencing, demonstrative completed installation of the WALL obligations. Even if lethal force were Police launched a telephone measures (alarms, verbal warnings on 10 January 2018. He declared, in unleashed no more than once in and Internet “hotline” to permit of increasing volume and urgency) a televised address: a millennium, that would be small members of the public in both to preset levels of force (dispersal comfort. The placement of these countries to communicate any of disabling chemicals, non- With vanishingly close to 100% weapons on our frontier is far out concerns to the authorities. To this targeted explosions, and finally accuracy, the WALL will prevent of proportion to whatever was date, there have been no reports gunfire), based upon its training illegal border crossings, while claimed to have motivated it. But of any incidents of lethal force data, against anyone attempting virtually guaranteeing that no that is only one indication of the deployed by the WALL. In its May to cross the border illegally, in mistakes will be made and no illegality of this belligerent exercise. 2018 official publication, the joint either direction. innocents will be harmed. Law- task force observed: “Although abiding Rasasans and our Adawan 41. The Defense Ministers of the 38. President Moraga responded, Adawa continues to maintain its neighbors need have no concern; two States agreed to meet to saying: opposition to the program on legal they may go about their lives just discuss the issue of the WALL, and grounds, the WALL has without Mr. President, while your words as they did before, and so long the joint task force resumed its question had a positive impact apparently intended to provide as they do not act out of intent to regular meetings, which had been in reducing and deterring cross- comfort, the WALL will still involve injure our country, they will do so in suspended after President Pindro’s border crime.” the deployment of lethal weaponry safety and tranquility. election. The task force reviewed along our border. So long as

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43. A few months earlier, in January and Procedures Governing the tariffs on Helian products were 49. On 18 June 2019, the CHC 2018, Rasasa’s Parliament had, with Settlement of Disputes (DSU) of an unjustifiable breach of its welcomed representatives of its little debate, adopted President the WTO. Government officials commitment to maintain the bound Member States to Novazora, the Pindro’s proposal to impose from both Adawa and Rasasa met, rate of zero on such items. capital city of Adawa, for its regular tariffs on unprocessed Helian but were unable to resolve the annual meeting, which coincided 48. On 13 April 2019, the Prosecutor materials imported into Rasasa. dispute amicably. with the 50th anniversary of the of the International Criminal Court Adawa protested the decision founding of the Community. Minister 46. In January 2019, the International announced that, pursuant to and, in addition, the CHC Director- Grey, representing Rasasa, arrived League for the Support of Article 58 of the Rome Statute, General issued the following late in the morning of 18 June 2019 Agriculture (ILSA) – a non-profit she was requesting the issuance statement: “I remind Rasasa of for the four-day session. and non-partisan organization of a warrant for the arrest of its obligation, under Article 3 of headquartered in Ottawa devoted Minister Grey, assigning to her 50. On 20 June 2019, a Pre-Trial the CHC Agreement, to abstain to “supporting farmers and agri- criminal responsibility for certain Chamber of the ICC granted the from creating impediments to business worldwide” – published alleged activities of RRC in Garantia Prosecutor’s 13 April 2019 request trade in Helian and Helian-related a study entitled “Another Rise between 2007 and 2009. The and issued a warrant of arrest for goods. Its unilateral actions do and Fall: The Market for Helian charged acts included war crimes, Minister Grey. not further, and in fact may well Spice Around the World, 1975- and “other serious violations of hinder, the CHC’s goals of ensuring 51. Two days later, on 22 June 2019, 2018.” The monograph presented the laws and customs applicable the everlasting and sustainable officers of the Novazora police comprehensive and detailed to armed conflicts not of an cultivation of the Helian hyacinth approached Minister Grey as evidence that, as a direct result international character,” within across Crosinia.” she was leaving her hotel. After of the tariffs imposed by Rasasa Articles 8.2(a) and 8.2(e) of the ascertaining her identity, they took 44. The Rasasan Foreign Ministry in January 2018, Adawan farmers Rome Statute. The indictment her into custody. She did not resist responded: “Rasasa must take were estimated to have lost specifically cited the training and but informed the arresting officers steps to protect and promote more than €10 million in revenue supervision of paramilitary forces that she “enjoyed diplomatic the wellbeing of our own Helian through the end of the studied that perpetrated such crimes, the immunity.” The Foreign Ministry growers. Ensuring their survival, period in October 2018 as a result sale and use of prohibited weapons of Adawa promptly notified the and that of our citizens who of declining sales to processors in systems, and the conduct of Rasasan Ambassador to Adawa of depend on them, is a vital matter Rasasa. It projected that the losses unauthorized surveillance of civilians Minister Grey’s arrest, and Rasasan of national security.” would increase in coming years. that allegedly led to their becoming consular agents were provided the targets of violent repression. 45. In October 2018, Adawa formally 47. In February 2019, Adawa access to her. She was then brought requested consultations with requested the establishment of before a magistrate, who confirmed Rasasa pursuant to Articles 1 and a panel pursuant to Article 6.2 of that she was the person named 4 of the Understanding on Rules the DSU, alleging that Rasasa’s

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in the indictment. Minister Grey’s is prohibited by international law. fortunate that, in accordance with reserving all of our legal options counsel (whom she selected freely One of our Ministers has been international law, the doors of the in this matter, both international and without interference) argued kidnapped while she was visiting International Court of Justice are and domestic.” that she was entitled to immunity Adawan territory. She is entitled to open to us, and we will seek the 57. On 1 July 2019, after negotiations while on Adawan soil in her official absolute immunity under binding Court’s help in resolving this and between the parties, the Adawan capacity, but the magistrate rejected treaties and customary international our other pending controversies Ambassador to the Kingdom of that argument, noting that, “the law. We have no reason to believe with our neighbor. I have instructed the Netherlands submitted an Rome Statute of the ICC makes no that the Minister committed a crime my legal office to prepare an Application instituting proceedings exception for sitting government recognized in our legal system, Application to the Court.” on behalf of Adawa against Rasasa, ministers.” A judicial appeal was and we have no intention of trying, 55. On 23 June 2019, the Permanent invoking the compromissory clause denied, as was a request for the rendering, or extraditing her. Representative of Rasasa to of the 1929 Treaty of Botega. Minister’s provisional release. Meanwhile, it is the responsibility the United Nations delivered a Adawa contested the legality of the of the Adawan authorities to 52. The Adawan Ministry of Justice communication to the Secretary installation of the WALL, and also return her immediately. There will informed the ICC Office of the General, noting that “Rasasa alleged that Rasasa’s Helian tariffs be serious consequences if this Prosecutor that it had apprehended objects to the purported violated the CHC, seeking monetary responsibility is not carried out. the indictee and would arrange succession of Adawa to the Treaty reparation for the resulting for her transfer to The Hague. 54. Several hours after the note was of Botega and, accordingly, does financial harm, a remedy that it However, at the time of the delivered, the Adawan Ambassador not consider itself in treaty relations characterized as “not typically signature of both parties to this was declared persona non grata with Adawa pursuant to the awarded by WTO Panels.” Statement of Agreed Facts, it was by President Pindro, and the aforementioned treaty.” 58. Rasasa responded by contesting agreed that Minister Grey would Ambassador promptly left the 56. On 24 June 2019, at a press the Court’s jurisdiction under the remain under house arrest at a country. Adawa protested the conference in Botega, the Rasasan Treaty of Botega, stating that monitored diplomatic guesthouse expulsion, insisting that it had Minister of Justice answered a “the State of Adawa is not a party in Adawa, pending this Court’s acted legally in its treatment of question from a reporter about to the Treaty, nor can it claim to disposition of the case. Minister Grey. The Adawan Foreign the charges against Minister Grey. have become one through the law Minister declared the next day 53. Rasasa’s Deputy Foreign Minister, She replied, “We continue to of State succession. This sudden that, “it is time for us to bring in upon learning of the arrest, be offended by the violation of attempt to invoke the Treaty – for the assistance of a third party, delivered a note verbale to the international law and protocols the sole purpose of bringing a before the situation with Rasasa Adawan Embassy to Rasasa: regarding the treatment of our dispute before the ICJ – is improper gets completely out of hand and Minister, which we consider an and abusive.” Rasasa further The apprehension and detention our long and peaceful relationship insult to our sovereignty. We are contested the Court’s jurisdiction of diplomatically protected persons is forever jeopardized. We are very

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over, and the admissibility of, and Political Rights, the International damages reflecting the financial c. Adawa’s claim that Rasasa’s Adawa’s claim based on the CHC Covenant on Economic Social harm it has suffered to date, Helian tariffs violate the CHC treaty, arguing that the WTO has and Cultural Rights, the Vienna such amount to be determined in Treaty falls outside the Court’s exclusive jurisdiction over trade Convention on Diplomatic Relations, subsequent proceedings; and jurisdiction or is inadmissible; in disputes between the Parties, and and the Vienna Convention on the the alternative, the imposition of d. Declare that the arrest and that proceedings were already Law of Treaties. the tariffs did not violate the CHC detention of Darian Grey underway before the Dispute Treaty; and 61. Pursuant to the Order of the Court, were consistent with Adawa’s Settlement Body. Rasasa asserted and the agreement of the parties, obligations under international d. Adawa’s arrest and detention that the tariffs were, in any event, Adawa, as Applicant, respectfully law, and that Adawa may of Darian Grey constitute lawful protections of its essential requests that the Court: proceed to render her to the internationally wrongful acts, and security interests. Finally, Rasasa International Criminal Court. that she must be immediately asserted a counterclaim concerning a. Declare that it has jurisdiction repatriated to Rasasa. the illegality of the apprehension of over Adawa’s claims because 62. Rasasa, as Respondent, asks the Minister Grey. Adawa is a party to the 1929 Court to adjudge and declare that: Treaty of Botega; 59. On 22 July 2019, the Court entered a. The Court lacks jurisdiction over an Order recommending that the b. Adjudge that Rasasa’s Adawa’s claims because Adawa parties draft a Statement of Agreed development and deployment is not a party to the 1929 Treaty Facts (the present document), of the WALL along the border of Botega; without prejudice to any arguments between Adawa and Rasasa b. Rasasa’s development and they might seek to present during is in violation of international deployment of the WALL along the proceedings. law, and order that the the border between Adawa WALL be dismantled and 60. In addition to the treaties and and Rasasa is consistent with removed forthwith; other international agreements international law; referenced elsewhere in this c. Declare that it may adjudicate Statement, at all relevant times Adawa’s claim that Rasasa’s both Adawa and Rasasa have imposition of tariffs on Helian been parties to the four Geneva products from Adawa violates Conventions of 1949, the the CHC Treaty, and that Adawa International Covenant on Civil is entitled to compensatory

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ANNEX A 3. The Armistice Demarcation Lines ARTICLE VI shall be as delineated on the map TREATY OF BOTEGA ON ARMISTICE AND PACIFICATION In conformity with Article 36 of the attached to this Agreement as Statute of the Permanent Court 1 NOVEMBER 1929 Annex I. [EXCERPTS] of International Justice, the High The Adawa-Zeitounia Union and the cessation of armed conflict and the [ . . . ] Contracting Parties declare that they recognize the jurisdiction of the Court Republic of Rasasa: restoration of peace and security to ARTICLE III the peoples of Crosinia; and as compulsory ipso facto, without the Desiring to save succeeding 1. The High Contracting Parties necessity of any special agreement so generations of Crosinians from the Resolving to ensure the pacific agree to establish on the border long as the present Treaty is in force, scourge of war; settlement of future disputes which between the Zeitounian region of in all disputes of a juridical nature that may arise between them, Conscious that all Crosinian peoples the Adawa-Zeitounia Union and arise among them concerning: Rasasa an International Zone of are united by common bonds, their Have agreed as follows: a. The interpretation of a treaty; cultures having developed together in Peace, which shall be accessible to ARTICLE I a shared heritage, and concerned that all citizens of both High Contracting b. Any question of international law; Parties without the need for border peace in the region may be shattered 1. In pursuance of regional peace and c. The existence of any fact which, formalities. It is their intention that at any time, stability, a general armistice among if established, would constitute and between the armed forces of this Zone shall stand as a reminder Recognizing that Crosinia’s endemic the breach of an international the High Contracting Parties – land, to the peoples of both nations of Helian fields suffered grave damage obligation; and sea and air – is hereby declared the scourge of war, and the need to during the recent war and that, by and established. resolve disputes peacefully. d. The nature or extent of the reason of the developments in the reparation to be made for the 2. The High Contracting Parties agree techniques of warfare, they are in 2. The Armistice Demarcation Lines breach of an international obligation. increasing danger of destruction; have been defined with a view in principle to explore, over the toward separating the armed coming years, the possibility of [ . . .] Manifesting their desire to renounce forces of the High Contracting expanding the International Zone of all recourse to armed force as In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries Parties in such manner as to Peace to other areas on or in close an instrument of policy among have signed the present Treaty. minimize the possibility of friction proximity to the border between Crosinian nations; and incident, while providing for Zeitounia and Rasasa. DONE at Botega, Rasasa, this first Accepting the establishment of an the gradual restoration of normal [. . . ] day of November, One thousand nine armistice between the armed forces civilian life, without prejudice to the hundred twenty-nine, in one copy, of the two High Contracting Parties ultimate settlement. which will be deposited in the archives as an indispensable step toward the of the League of Nations.

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ANNEX B b. Precluding the application of ARTICLE 41 measures necessary to protect TREATY ESTABLISHING THE CROSINIAN Nothing in this Treaty shall be read a Member State’s essential HELIAN COMMUNITY as undermining or compromising security interests. 20 JUNE 1969 the sovereignty, independence, or [EXCERPTS] [. . . ] international legal personality of any Member State of the Community. ARTICLE 1 to discuss matters of common ARTICLE 31 interest regarding the production, DONE at Pivo, Adawa, this twentieth The High Contracting Parties to this The Community shall enjoy in the processing, and exportation of day of June, one thousand nine Treaty – the six independent and territory of each of its Member Helian products, and to take hundred sixty-nine, in one copy, which sovereign States of the Crosinian States such legal capacity as may decisions as provided in this Treaty. shall be deposited in the archives of Region – hereby establish the Crosinian be necessary for the exercise of the United Nations. Helian Community. The Member ARTICLE 3 its functions and the fulfillment of States of this Community solemnly To facilitate the development and its purposes. pledge their everlasting commitment health of the Helian industry, the to the sustainable cultivation of the ARTICLE 32 Member States agree to impose no Helian hyacinth. customs duties on Helian products, Representatives of Member States at ARTICLE 2 as well as goods that are primarily meetings convened by the Community or exclusively used in the harvesting shall, while exercising their functions The Member States of the or processing of the Helian hyacinth, and during their journeys to and from Community agree: which originate from the territory of a the place of meeting, enjoy immunity a. To share their agronomic, scientific, Member State. from personal arrest or detention and and economic data regarding the from seizure of their personal baggage, [. . . ] growing, harvesting, processing, and in respect of words spoken or and commercializing of the Helian ARTICLE 22 written and all acts done by them in hyacinth and especially the spice their official capacity, immunity from Nothing in this Treaty shall be derived from it, which is prized legal process of every kind. construed as: around the world; and [. . . ] a. Requiring any Member State to b. To meet periodically at technical furnish information, the disclosure levels, and no less than twice of which it considers contrary to its annually at the Ministerial level, essential security interests, or

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2020 PHILIP C. JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW violations of the laws and customs instances non-lethal “warning MOOT COURT COMPETITION applicable in armed conflicts not of shots.” No injuries are known CORRECTION AND CLARIFICATIONS an international character,’ within to have occurred as a result of TO THE STATEMENT OF AGREED FACTS Articles 8.2(c) and 8.2(e) of the these measures. Rome Statute.” The following correction and participants are to assume that 5. The parties to the CHC Treaty, all clarifications to the Statement of the Statement of Agreed Facts CLARIFICATIONS of whom subsequently became Agreed Facts have been stipulated to is accurate and complete in all members of the GATT, each duly 1. The Treaty of Botega was ratified by the parties, and the Statement of respects. In particular, both parties notified the Treaty to the GATT as by the Republic of Rasasa and Agreed Facts jointly communicated stipulate as to the authenticity of all a Regional Trade Agreement. These the Adawa-Zeitounia Union in to the Court on 9 September 2019 documents and of the signatures notifications were carried over when December 1929, and entered into should be considered amended on all documents referenced in the WTO was established in 1995. accordingly. The Registrar of the Court the Statement. force on 1 January 1930. 6. To the present date, Rasasa has reminds all parties and participants of 2. The Republic of Garantia has been d. With respect to the pronunciation not notified its imposition of tariffs the following: a party to the Rome Statute since of the various proper names used in on unprocessed Helian materials to 2005, and its referral mentioned a. The wording of the Statement of the Statement of Agreed Facts, all the WTO. Agreed Facts has been carefully parties and the Court have agreed in paragraph 15 was pursuant to chosen, and is the result of extensive that they will not take formal or Article 14 of the Rome Statute. 7. On 1 August 2016, both Adawa and Rasasa assigned their rights to the negotiation. The parties decline informal offense at any reasonable 3. The final physical elements of WALL project to RRC. to “clarify” matters about which effort to pronounce proper the WALL were installed on they are unlikely to agree. The names correctly. 10 January 2018, and the system 8. The Pre-Trial Chamber’s order of parties will not stipulate as to which e. Adawa and Rasasa are not parties to was activated on 12 January 2018. 20 June 2019 consisted of a warrant legal principles are relevant, or any relevant bilateral or multilateral Since the time of deployment, each of arrest and a request for arrest which arguments are acceptable treaties, conventions, or accords tower that makes up the WALL and surrender under Article 89 of or unacceptable. other than those referenced within has been situated within Rasasan the Rome Statute. territory, between six and 35 meters b. Any request for clarification the Statement of Agreed Facts 9. Minister Grey’s appeal was filed from the Rasasa-Adawa border, not addressed in the following or herein. on 25 June 2019, and was duly depending upon local terrain. paragraphs has been considered notified to the ICC, consistent with CORRECTION There are no permanent human by the parties to be redundant, Article 59(5) of the Rome Statute. settlements within 200 meters of inappropriate, or immaterial, or 1. The second sentence of Paragraph The denial of the appeal was the Adawa-Rasasa border. the parties were unable to reach 48 is corrected to read: “The likewise notified to the ICC, with a a mutually acceptable answer. acts alleged included ‘serious 4. Since January 2018, the WALL has statement that “under Adawan law, violations of article 3 common to c. Except to the extent that corrections never deployed lethal force. It has no further appeal is available to the four Geneva Conventions of and clarifications are set out below, on approximately 100 occasions the defendant.” 12 August 1949,’ and ‘other serious issued verbal warnings and in five

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Universidad de Buenos Aires of Jessup Brazil McCarthy Tétrault LLP Evgeny Minchev Universidad Torcuato Di Tella McMillan LLP Henrique Napoleão Alves Ministerio de Relaciones Paliare Roland Rosenberg Exteriores, Comercio João Pedro Paganella Rothstein LLP Internacional y Culto Maria Raquel Chaves Stikeman Elliott LLP Guaspari Papaleo 2020 National Round AFGHANISTAN The Honourable Justice Afghan-U.S. Law Alumni Melina Bellaguarda Kotzias Elizabeth Heneghan QC Association (ALAA) Priscilla Machado White & Case Friends of the Public-Private Stéphanie Darold Sponsors & Partnership for Justice Thaysa Prado CHILE Reform in Afghanistan Grasty Quintana Majlis (FPJRA) Vasco de Jesus Rodrigues Abogados Yi Shin Tang Chilean North American AZERBAIJAN Chamber of Commerce – Supporters BP Azerbaijan BULGARIA AmCham Chile Azerbaijani Bar Association America for Bulgaria Foundation Chilean Ministry MGB Law Offices of Foreign Affairs United States Embassy in Bulgaria Chilean Society BANGLADESH of International Law Department of Law, University of Asia Pacific CANADA Gowling WLG CHINA OPDAT, Department of Fangda Law Firm Lax O’Sullivan Lisus Gottlieb Justice, U.S. Embassy Dhaka Davis Polk & Wardwell Ontario Bar Association Law Firm BRAZIL Torys LLP UniSociesc Mr. Stephen Peng, Fasken J|T|&|N, China White & Case Osler Mr Chung Ting Fei, Toca do Quati Affleck Green McMurtry Singapore Law Sociedade Mr. Ricky Tan, FCIArb. de Advogados The Toronto Lawyers Association Malaysia

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COLOMBIA Asantehene Part 1 Lands JAMAICA NIGERIA Lomonosov Moscow State UNITED KINGDOM Refinería de Cartagena S.A.S. Secretariat Smith Law, Attorneys-at-Law Humanserve Organization University, Law Faculty White & Case Gómez Pinzon Abogados. Kimathi & Partners, (Educational Development Moscow State University JAPAN Corporate Attorneys Unit) of International Relations UNITED STATES – CHICAGO Posse Herrera Ruiz. Nishimura & Asahi Loyola University Chicago DennisLaw Ghana (an online The Rehab Foundation, Pericles Center for White & Case LLP School of Law EGYPT legal material portal) Nigeria International & Legal Shalakany Mr. Christopher Arthur KENYA Nigerian Law School, Abuja Education in Moscow UNITED STATES – DENVER Matouk Bassiouny (Director of Administration, Kenya School of Law ACE-The Movie Premiere GARANT The Ved Nanda Center for International & Comparative White & Case Youth Employment Agency) Project Consultant Plus Dominic Njuguna Ndung’u, Law at the University The Law Students’ Union, Humanserve Legal LLP Senior Associate Advocate Russian Law Journal of Denver Sturm College EUROPEAN FRIENDLY KNUST Charles University Faculty Archer & Wilcock Advocates The Platform/SPEAK of Law Initiative SOUTH AFRICA of Law GREECE KYRGYZSTAN White & Case UNITED STATES – White & Case Nomiki Bibliothiki African Law Students Tashkent State University Association HQ / Conference NEW ORLEANS Phyllis Nazari The National Administrator of Law TURKEY U.S. District Court for the Justice Club-SF/99-4-1 Bahçeşehir University Eastern District of Louisiana David Matern GUATEMALA University of World Economy Outreach Partnership Faculty of Law and Diplomacy C&C Consulting Group Cejmart Island Designs Paksoy Law Firm UNITED STATES – NYC FRANCE American Bar Association Dentons Paris Asociación Guatemalteca Olu Akpata of Templars LLP Shearman & Sterling LLP por el Desarrollo (ADG) Rule of Law Initiative UGANDA White & Case UNITED STATES – Telefonía Satelital de Westminster International PHILIPPINES Global Rights Alert University in Tashkent GEORGIA Guatemala S.A. (TELSAT) Dean Nilo Divina Cavendish University Uganda PORTLAND Lewis & Clark Law School Bank of Georgia Fragola Foods MALAYSIA DivinaLaw Strategic Response Public Defender of Georgia Creaciones y Conceptos International Islamic University of Santo Tomas International (SRI) UNITED STATES – DC White & Case University Malaysia Integrated Bar of the American University HONG KONG CHINA UKRAINE Shearn Delamore & Co Philippines Avellum White & Case GERMANY Temple Chambers Philippine Association Moore Law PLLC Jones Day MEXICO Baker McKenzie IRELAND of Law Schools Herber Smith Freehills White & Case México CMS Cameron McKenna DLA Piper UZBEKISTAN ROMANIA Nabarro Olswang Tashkent State University Graf von Westphalen MYANMAR Lucian Blaga University EQUITY of Law Noerr ITALY US Embassy Myanmar Cleary Gottlieb Steen of Sibiu, Romania, Faculty The European Union Anti- University of World Economy Gleiss Lutz of Law; & Hamilton NEPAL Corruption Initiative (EUACI) and Diplomacy Manner Spangenberg Freshfields Bruckhaus Idealaya Lab Cabinet de Avocat Kinstellar American Bar Association Weissleder Ewer ”Crăciunean Laura-Maria” Deringer Lex Chamber Marchenko Partners Rule of Law Initiative Freshfields Bruckhaus Hogan Lovells Millennium Legal Service RUSSIA Vasil Kisil & Partners Westminster International Deringer R&P Legal Pvt. Ltd White & Case University in Tashkent GHANA Università degli studi Threefold Legal Advisors Faculty of Law, KNUST di Bari - Dipartimento ABA ROLI Prof. Mrs. Lydia Apori di Giurisprudenza Nkansah (Dean, Faculty of Law - KNUST) 51 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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AFGHANISTAN AUSTRALIA Academy of State Customs Albiruni University Australian National University Committee of Azerbaijan American University Bond University Baku State University of Afghanistan Griffith University BANGLADESH Badakhstan University Macquarie University American International Balkh University Monash University University-Bangladesh Faryab University Murdoch University Bangladesh University Herat University University of Newcastle of Business and Technology (BUBT) Jami University University of New South Jozjan University Wales Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Kabul University University of Adelaide BGC Trust University Kardan University University of Melbourne Bangladesh Khost University University of Notre Dame, BRAC University Australia Kunar University Britannia University University of Queensland Kunduz University Comilla University Paktia University University of Southern Queensland Cox’s Bazar International Takhar University University University of Sydney East West University ALBANIA University of Tasmania Eastern University Kolegji Universitar “Bedër” University of Technology Sydney Green University ARGENTINA of Bangladesh Universidad de Buenos Aires University of Western Australia International Islamic Universidad Torcuato di Tella University Chittagong ARMENIA AUSTRIA Islamic University, Kushtia French University in Universität Wien Jagannath University Armenia Foundation AZERBAIJAN Jahangirnagar University Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) Academy of Public Khulna University University Administration* North South University

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Northern University BELARUS BELGIUM Faculdade CESUSC University of Alberta China University of Political Bangladesh Belarus State Economic Katholieke Universiteit Pontifícia Universidade University of British Columbia Science & Law University Leuven Premier University, Católica de São Paulo University of Calgary Chongqing University Chittagong Belarusian State University- Université Catholique Pontifícia Universidade University of New Brunswick Communication University Primeasia University Faculty of International de Louvain* Católica do Rio de Janeiro of China Relations University of Ottawa Faculty Southeast University Universiteit Gent (PUC Rio) Dalian Maritime University Belorussian Institute of Law* of Law – Civil Law Section State University Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universidade de Passo Donghua University International University Fundo University of Ottawa Faculty of Bangladesh of Law – Common Law East China Normal University “MITSO” BRAZIL Universidade Federal Sylhet International Centro Universitário Antônio Section Law Faculty of Belorussian de Juiz de Fora East China University University Eufrásio de Toledo de State University University of Saskatchewan of Political Science and Law University of Asia Pacific Presidente Prudente Universidade Federal de Polotsk State University Minas Gerais University of Toronto Fudan University University of Chittagong Escola Superior Dom Helder University of Civil Protection Universidade Federal University of Western Guangdong University University of Dhaka Câmara Ontario of Foreign Studies Yanka Kupala State de Santa Catarina Uttara University Faculdade Baiana de Direito University of Windsor Hainan University University of Grodno e Gestão Universidade Federal de Uberlândia York University Osgoode Hall Henan University University Center of Brasília* Hopkins-Nanjing Center CHILE Pontificia Universidad Huazhong University of BULGARIA Science and Technology Sofia University St. Kliment Católica de Chile Ohridski Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez* Hunan Normal University The American University Universidad de Chile Jilin University in Bulgaria* Universidad de los Andes Jinan University University of Plovdiv Liaoning University CHINA Minzu University of China CAMBODIA Beihang University Nanjing Normal University National University Beijing Foreign of Management Studies University Nankai University Royal University of Law Beijing Normal University Peking University and Economics Capital University of Peking University School of Transnational Law CANADA Economics and Business Dalhousie University Central South University Qingdao University McGill University Central University of Finance Renmin University of China Queen’s University and Economics Shandong University Thompson Rivers University China Foreign Affairs Shandong University University at Weihai

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Shanghai International Yunnan University EGYPT GEORGIA Universität Leipzig ICELAND Studies University Zhejiang University Ain Shams University Caucasus School of Law* Universität Passau University of Iceland Shanghai Jiao Tong Zhongnan University Al-Azhar University Free University of Tbilisi GHANA INDIA University of Economics and Law Alexandria University Georgian Institute Ghana Institute of Amity Law School, Delhi Shanghai Maritime University of Public Affairs American University Management and Public Army Institute of Law Shanghai University CHINESE TAIPEI Cairo (Law) Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi Chinese Culture University Administration (GIMPA) Bangalore University of Finance and Economics Beni Suef University State University Fu Jen Catholic University Ghana School of Law Bennett University Shanghai University British University in Egypt GERMANY Kings University College of International Business National Chengchi University Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed Cairo University Albert-Ludwigs-Universität and Economics National Taipei University Kwame Nkrumah University University, New Law College, (English Section) Freiburg of Science and Technology Pune Shantou University National Taiwan Ocean German University in Cairo Bucerius Law School (KNUST) Chanakya National Shanxi University of Finance University Institut de Droit des Affaires Christian-Albrechts University of Cape Coast, Law University and Economics National Taiwan University Internationales (IDAI) Universität zu Kiel Faculty of Law CHRIST (Deemed to be Shenzhen University National Tsing Hua University Tanta University Freie Universität Berlin University of Ghana University), Lavasa Sichuan Normal University Soochow University Friedrich-Alexander Christ University South China Agricultural ESTONIA GREECE Tunghai University Universität Erlangen- Co-operative School of Law University Tallinn University Nürnberg Aristotle University COLOMBIA Law School of Thessaloniki Damodaram Sanjivayya South China University Georg-August Universität Universidad de La Sabana National and Kapodistrian National Law University of Technology ETHIOPIA Göttingen Universidad de los Andes University of Athens Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Southeast University Wollega University Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Panteion University Law University, Sonepat Southwestern University Universidad del Norte* Universität Hannover Government Law College, of Finance and Economics Universidad del Rosario FINLAND University of Helsinki Hertie School of Governance GUATEMALA Mumbai Tsinghua University Universidad Externado Universidad Rafael Landívar Humboldt-Universität Gujarat National de Colombia University of International FRANCE zu Berlin Universidad del Istmo Law University Business and Economics Sciences Po – Paris Ludwig-Maximilians CYPRUS HONG KONG, CHINA Guru Gobind Singh University of International University of Cyprus Sciences Po, Campus Europe Universität München Indraprastha University Relations – Asie au Havre Chinese University Ruhr Universität Bochum of Hong Kong Himachal Pradesh University Wuhan University CZECH REPUBLIC Université de Strasbourg Universität Augsburg IFIM Law College Law School Charles University City University of Hong Kong Université Panthéon – Assas Universität Bonn Paris 2 University of Hong Kong ILS Law College Xi’an Jiaotong University DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Universität Hamburg Institute of Law Nirma Xiamen University Universidad Iberoamericana Université Toulouse 1 Universität Heidelberg HUNGARY University Yantai University (UNIBE), Facultad Eötvös Loránd University de Derecho

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Jamia Millia Islamia The WB National University IRAN Università degli Studi della KENYA Islamic Science University Jindal Global Law School of Juridical Sciences Allameh Tabatabaei Campania ’Luigi Vanvitelli’ Africa Nazarene University of Malaysia University Law School Kerala Law Academy Vivekananda Institute Università degli Studi Universiti Kabangsaan of Professional Studies Farabi Campus, di Milano-Bicocca Kenya School of Law Malaysia Law College Dehradun, University of Tehran Faculty of Uttaranchal Università degli Studi Moi University Universiti Sultan Zainal INDONESIA Ferdowsi University di Napoli ’Federico II’ Abidin University Airlangga University University of Nairobi of Mashhad Università degli Studi Universiti Teknologi MARA Lloyd Law College Andalas University Islamic Azad University, Roma Tre KOSOVO University of Malaya Maharashtra National Law Atma Jaya Catholic Central Tehran Branch University of Pristina University, Aurangabad University of Verona University MALTA Islamic Azad University, KUWAIT Maharashtra National Law Bhayangkara University JAMAICA University of Malta Faculty South Tehran Branch Kuwait International University, Mumbai Norman Manley Law School of Law Brawijaya University Tarbiat Modares Law School National Academy for Legal University of the West Gadjah Mada University University of Qom MEXICO Studies and Research, Indies, Mona KYRGYZSTAN Hyderabad (NALSAR) Hasanuddin University Escuela Libre de Derecho* IRAQ Ala-Too International JAPAN Facultad de Jurisprudencia National Law Institute Islamic University of Riau American University University Doshisha University de la Universidad Autónoma University, Bhopal Trisakti University of Iraq, Sulaimani American University de Coahuila National Law School of India Udayana University Hokkaido University in Central Asia IRELAND Instituto Tecnologico y University International Christian International University Universitas Bengkulu Griffith College Dublin de Estudios Superiores National Law University University in Central Asia Universitas Diponegoro The Honorable Society de Monterrey, Campus Orissa Kyoto University Kyrgyz State Law Academy Universitas Indonesia of King’s Inns Santa Fe National Law University, Nagoya University Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic Universidad Autónoma Jodhpur Universitas Islam Indonesia* Law Society of Ireland Rikkyo University University* de Yucatán National University of Universitas Katolik University College Cork Sophia University Universidad de las Advanced Legal Studies De La Salle Manado LEBANON ISRAEL Tohoku University Américas Puebla Rajiv Gandhi National Universitas Katolik La Sagesse University Tel Aviv University- Universidad Iberoamericana University of Law Parahyangan Toyo University Law Faculty LITHUANIA Universidad Nacional Saveetha School of Law Universitas Lampung University of Tokyo Hebrew University Vytautas Magnus University Autónoma de México Universitas Pelita Harapan Waseda University Symbiosis Law School, (UNAM) Hyderabad Universitas Prasetiya Mulya ITALY LUXEMBOURG LUISS ‘Guido Carli’ JORDAN Université de Luxembourg Universidad Panamericana Symbiosis Law School, Pune Universitas Sam Ratulangi University of Jordan Università degli Studi Universidad Panamericana Tamil Nadu National Law Universitas Sebelas Maret MALAYSIA Campus Aguascalientes University di Milano KAZAKHSTAN Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah University of Atma Jaya Universidad Panamericana Università di Bari* M. Narikbayev of Laws, International The Tamil Nadu Dr. Yogyakarta Campus Guadalajara KAZGUU University Islamic University Ambedkar Law University- University of Padjadjaran Università di Torino School of Excellence in Law

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MOLDOVA NORTH MACEDONIA College Lahore PANAMA PORTUGAL Novosibirsk State University Academy of Economic Facultas Iuridica Iustinianus School of Law, Universidad Católica Universidade de Lisboa Orenburg Institute (Branch) Studies of Moldova Primus, Ss. Cyril and University of Gujrat Santa María La Antigua of Kutafin Moscow State PUERTO RICO Free International University Methodius University Law University Shah Abdul Latif University PERU Universidad de Puerto Rico, of Moldova PAKISTAN Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Universidad Nacional Rio Piedras Peoples’ Friendship Moldova State University Bahria University Women University, Peshawar Mayor de San Marcos University of Russia ROMANIA Islamabad Campus Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Perm State University MYANMAR PHILIPPINES Babes-Bolyai University City School of Law Institute of Science and Pyatigorsk State University Dagon University Arellano University School Technology (SZABIST) University of Bucharest Magway University Denning Law School of Law* Russian Academy of Law The Institute of Legal under the Ministry of Justice Pathein University Frontier Law College Ateneo de Manila University RUSSIA Peshawar Studies, Lahore Astrakhan State University Russian State Social Far Eastern University – University of East Yangon The Institute of Legal University Gillani Law College Bahaudin Institute of Law Chechen State University University of Mandalay University Multan Studies, Multan Russian State University Polytechnic University Diplomatic Academy of the University of Yangon The Millennium Universal of Justice Indus College of Law of the Philippines Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yadanabon University College, Islamabad Campus of the Russian Federation Russian State University Institute of Law and San Beda College Alabang Criminology The Millennium Universal of Justice – Kazan Branch NEPAL School of Law Kazan Federal University College, Karachi Campus Russian State Kathmandu School of Law Institute of Law, University Silliman University Kutafin Moscow State of Sindh Jamshoro The Millennium Universal Law University University of Justice – National Law College (NaLC) College, Lahore Campus University of Cebu-Banilad Privolzhsky Branch International Islamic Mari State University University of San Carlos NETHERLANDS University, Islamabad The Superior College Russian State University University of San Jose – MGIMO University of Justice – North Maastricht University Islamia University Themis School of Law Recoletos Moscow State Linguistic Caucasian Branch* Universiteit Leiden of Bahawalpur University College, Lahore University University of Santo Tomas Saint- Petersburg Institute Universiteit Utrecht Kinnaird College for University Law College, Moscow State University of the Philippines (Branch) of the All-Russian Universiteit van Amsterdam Women University Quetta University named after State University of Justice Lahore University University of Karachi School POLAND M.V. Lomonosov NEW ZEALAND Saint-Petersburg State of Management Sciences of Law Jagiellonian University Moscow State University Auckland University University L’ecole School for University of Malakand Cracow for Industry and Finance Siberian Federal University Advanced Studies “Synergy” NIGERIA University of Management John Paul II University South Ural State University Obafemi Awolowo University Pakistan College of Law and Technology, School of Lublin National Research of Law & Policy, Lahore University Higher School State University University of Lagos Punjab University, University of Łódź of Management Law College University of Swat of Economics University of Warsaw The Russian Presidential NORWAY QAU National Research University University of Stavanger PALESTINE University of Wroclaw Higher School of Economics – Academy of National Quaid E Azam Law Hebron University (Uniwersytet Wroclawski) Saint-Petersburg Economy and Public Administration

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Tomsk State University SLOVAKIA University of Pretoria SPAIN Uganda Christian University University of Cambridge Tyumen State University Comenius University University of the Free State ESADE – Universidad University of Derby Ramon Llull UKRAINE Udmurt State University University of the Ivan Franko National University of Hertfordshire SLOVENIA IE University University of Maribor Witwatersrand University in Lviv, School University of Liverpool SIERRA LEONE Universidad Autonoma University of Zululand of Law University of Nottingham Fourah Bay College SOUTH AFRICA de Madrid University Western Cape Kyiv National Taras School of Law UNISA Universidad Carlos III SINGAPORE Shevchenko University University of Oxford National University University of Cape Town SOUTH KOREA de Madrid (International Relations) University of Warwick of Singapore University of Fort Hare Korea University Universidad de Deusto National Aviation University Singapore Management University of Johannesburg Yonsei University Universidad de Murcia National University Odessa UNITED NATIONS CHARTER University School of Law Universitat Pompeu Fabra Law Academy* SCHOOL National University of University for Peace SRI LANKA Kyiv‑Mohyla Academy Sri Lanka Law College UNITED STATES Yaroslav Mudryi National Albany Law School University of Colombo Law University American University TANZANIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Washington College of Law University of Dar es Salaam Middlesex University Dubai Arizona State University THAILAND NYU Abu Dhabi Boston College Chulalongkorn University* Boston University UNITED KINGDOM Thammasat University Inner Temple Brigham Young University Brooklyn Law School TURKEY King’s College, London Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi London School of Economics California Western School of Law Galatasaray University Queen Mary University Case Western Reserve Kadir Has University of London University Koc University Queen’s University Belfast Charleston School of Law Turkish German University The College of Law- Bloomsbury Chicago-Kent College of Law UGANDA The University of Sheffield Cleveland Marshall College Cavendish University* of Law University College London Islamic University in Uganda Columbia Law School University of Aberdeen Kampala Campus Cornell University University of Bristol Makerere University Creighton University

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Drexel University New York University, University of Chicago University of Washington VIETNAM Emory University School of Law University of Colorado University of Wisconsin Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam The Fletcher School of Law Northern Illinois University University of Connecticut University of Wyoming and Diplomacy Nova Southeastern University of Denver Vanderbilt University ZAMBIA University Florida International University of Georgia Washburn University Cavendish University University Ohio Northern University Zambia* University of Hawaii Washington and Florida State University Oklahoma City University The University of Zambia University of Iowa Lee University Fordham University Pace University University of Kansas Washington University, George Mason School Pennsylvania State St. Louis University of Maryland of Law University Wayne State University George Washington Rutgers University – Camden University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth West Virginia University University Rutgers University – Newark University of Memphis Western Michigan University Georgetown University Seton Hall University School Cooley Law School University of Michigan Golden Gate University of Law Western New England Gonzaga University St. John’s University University of Minnesota University Harvard University St. Louis University University of Missouri, Willamette University Kansas City Howard University St. Mary’s University Yale University University of North Carolina Indiana University- Stetson University Yeshiva University, Cardozo University of Notre Dame Bloomington Suffolk University Law School Johns Hopkins University of Oklahoma Syracuse University UZBEKISTAN School of Advanced University of Oregon Temple University Tashkent State Institute International Studies University of Pennsylvania University at Buffalo of Oriental Studies Lewis & Clark Law School University of Richmond University of Alabama Tashkent State University Louisiana State University University of San Diego of Law* University of Baltimore Loyola University – Chicago University of St. Thomas University of World University of California – Loyola University – University of Texas Economy and Diplomacy, New Orleans Berkeley International Law Faculty University of California – University of the Pacific, Mitchell Hamline School McGeorge School of Law Westminster International of Law Irvine University in Tashkent University of Utah New York Law School University of California – Davis University of Virginia

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AFGHANISTAN

#527 American University of Afghanistan

First of all, the 2020 AUAF Jessup Team would like to thank the International Law Students Association Team for all their hard work and dedication for the 2020 Jessup Competition. The 2020 Jessup Competition was the American University of Afghanistan’s first time participating in the process stories and it was an immensely fulfilling experience. Participating in Jessup by country not only expanded the entire team’s knowledge of international law but also gave us practical legal experience and opened our eyes to career opportunities in international law. Jessup was one of the most dynamic moot court experiences for us. Although the Jessup 2020 Competition has ended, we will always treasure the experience and hold it dear to our hearts. Team roster Somaya Salem Nargis Yaqubi Beheshta Rasekh Aysha Marjan Nayer Ali Mohammad Yaqobi

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ALBANIA

#505 #566 Herat Kolegji Universitar “Bedër” University As we all know, Jessup is the a fun challenge and knowing Team roster world’s largest moot court that whatever and however Thoma Kristo (Advisor) competition and since the we do in front of the judges Gentjan Skara (Advisor) Daniel Klingenberg (Coach) very first moment of even will potentially help in our Elvis Likrama being accepted by your future is always a motivating Razije Hela university to have a chance in factor and this is probably the Haxhere Qazimi Inisa Sota competing in this competition, same for all the participants, Elvis Lika your heart kinda skips a beat because it’s probably the from all the excitement. Well, reason so many people Team roster that’s what happened with are competing. Mohammad Mabroor (Coach) us as we realized we were Obaidullah Tariq up for a tough, but also fun We are very appreciative Mohammad Edris Shafeizadah of the amazing amount of Saboor Ahmad Faizi challenge at the same time Wahida Alizada and we were gonna have to support we had from our Shamayel Zaki be committed to handling coaches Thoma Kristo and everything that the Jessup Daniel Klingenberg and also would hit us with. Just from Gentjan Skara that were It is not an exaggeration unique opportunity to grow wanting to willingly do all the always encouraging, and if we say Jessup is more and educate. It has made us reading, researching, all the inspired us to keep working than a mere educational able to create great memories learning, staying up all night hard no matter what. program. It will not be wrong and share our smiles. In this long or just staying all day at if we say it has changed our journey, we understood Thank you organizers for the the university library made vision toward life in many no difficulty remains that amazing competition and to every moment feel like we aspects. Jessup has taught tough while sharing and no those competing next year, were doing something worth us better meaning of hard happiness remains small if hopefully we will see you all doing and we were definitively Jessup has taught work, unity, cooperation, we have others to engage in DC. on the right track. us better meaning love and sympathy. Jessup with. We have learnt how has motivated us not to give to adjust ourselves working We participated in the friendly of hard work, up during difficulties and individually and in teams, rounds in Prague and we unity, cooperation, not to stop from stepping and working in normal and wanna say that we enjoyed toward our goals. Herat abnormal situations. For us, every moment there as we love and sympathy Jessup students are not Jessup is not only a course of really tried to have fun and only in love with Jessup, but international law, it is a course just make the most of it. It was also consider this program a of life studies.

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#275 #334 Universidad de Buenos Aires University of Sydney

Team 275 was born on complete our last round... Team roster Team roster August 30, 2019. The minute and headed right to a bar to Carolina Carla Catanzano Conti Rowan O’Donnell (Coach) the Problem was released we drown our sorrows. (Advisor) Alison Pert (Adviser) started working, being just María Laura Pessarini (Advisor) Giacomo Rotolo-Ross Despite this sad and abrupt Josefina del Rosario Lago Alexandra Touw strangers to each other. We Pedro Grijalba Marsans Lachlan Bellach met every week to wrap our ending, for us the Jessup Julián Gabriel Rivainera Kaitlyn Crowe heads around the arguments. experience was beyond Fernando Riva de Quesada words. We worked incredibly Catalina Aguirre Jones Then, January came, and it The Jessup experience for was time for our longstanding hard on the case, but also created strong bonds life… and regular people the University of Sydney tradition at the University of will continue to have no team has been a tale of Buenos Aires: “the camp.” between us. The seven strangers who met back clue about them. We were hyperbole and contrast. Two weeks before the really excited to get to Sandwiched between the memorials submission, we in August can now call themselves friends. share this experience with incredible challenge, thrill locked down in our university all the other teams in DC. and joy of competing in and with the sole companion The case concerning the Hopefully, sometime in the winning the National Rounds deeper passion for the law global cooperation, unity of the security staff—an Helian Hyacinth was our life near future, we will meet was, first, the immense and invaluable lessons in and compassion, and we involuntary preparation for for months. We know for a Jessup 2020 competitors as heartache of some of the advocacy locked away in our are optimistic that these quarantine, perhaps? With a fact we will continue to use judges, lawyers, arbitrators most devastating bushfires minds. As is said of Crosinia qualities will come to the diet based on pizza, gummies references from the case and scholars. in Australia’s history, and, in the Treaty of Botega, our fore as the world battles its and mate, we worked our to express ourselves in real subsequently, the tragic team is united by common own Hurricane Makan in the way out of the claims (or so but inevitable news of bonds which cannot be form of COVID-19. Despite we think we did...). the cancellation of the broken, and we are confident consuming our lives for Argentina was one of the International Rounds and our that we will eventually look several months, the Jessup last countries to host its witnessing of the frightening back on our shared fortitude, Moot, at its core, teaches qualifying rounds, which we effects of COVID-19 in memories, and achievements competitors that there is won on March 6th. A couple Australia and around with tremendous pride. so much more beyond The of days later, we resumed the world. Case of the Helian Hyacinth Perhaps above all, however, our practice. First agent for that keeps our international Ultimately, though, we have the Jessup journey, and the the Respondent had just community functioning and emerged from the last few story of Adawa and Rasasa, begun his pleadings when we thriving, and in the context of months as stronger and more have enlightened us as to got the cancellation email. Jessup 2020, this has been resilient individuals, with a the superlative value of We decided to continue and emphasized more than ever.

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AUSTRIA

#298 #682 University of University of Vienna

Queensland Servus from Vienna! We We are really sad that we (Nina Öllinger (A1), Martin did not get to meet the Baumgartner (A2), Leonard teams competing in the Team roster Soldo (R1) and Maria Förster International Rounds. Anthony Cassimatis (Advisor) (R2)) are this year’s Jessup Keilin Anderson (Coach) team of the University of We hope to meet some of Adam Lukacs Vienna, Austria. you in the future! Feel free to Jonathan Hohl contact us! Isabelle Peart Rosie Cavdarski As everyone is aware, the International Rounds were unfortunately cancelled due In spite of the misfortune Australian rounds was an hardly be further from to the COVID-19 pandemic. faced this year, the Jessup accomplishment of which the truth. The value of the However, we had an amazing Moot was no less authentic an UQ could be entirely proud. Jessup Moot has never time drafting the memorials, experience for the University We could never have hoped been measured solely by preparing the pleadings for of Queensland team. From to achieve this without the success in Washington, DC. this year’s competition and the very outset, we found assistance of our coaches, Real achievement lies in the competing in the European ourselves navigating a who worked tirelessly intellectual development that Friendly in Prague (shout out Statement of Agreed Facts to guide us through the the competition encourages, to our new Jessup friends). that presented questions Jessup process. in the building of a steadfast Competing in this Jessup of great scope and variety. camaraderie to overcome the Ultimately, to the outside season meant a great deal to Mapping the features of seemingly insurmountable us. We acquired a profound the Case Concerning the observer, the 2020 Jessup challenge of it all, and in Moot might have seemed knowledge of international Helian Hyacinth really did just seizing the opportunity law, learned how to draft and demand nothing less than like something of a cruel to become immersed in disappointment—after so plead legal arguments and the most robust work ethic something of such great scale made lifelong friends. and unwavering cooperation. many months of preparation, and consequence. In these teams scarcely had the After months of researching, most important respects, the Team roster chance to dip their toes into weeks of collective memorial 2020 Jessup could not be Tensin Studer (Coach) writing, and countless practice active competition before found lacking whatsoever. Johannes Tropper (Coach) moots in preparation, to break circumstance intervened We’re sure that all teams in Martin Baumgartner to deprive them of the ‘full Maria Förster through to Washington, DC this year’s competition share Nina Öllinger after a fierce contest in the experience’. However, for the same sentiment. Leonard Soldo the UQ team, this could

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#194 #122 Team roster Baku State University Raghavi Viswanath (Advisor) Academy of Public Administration Elnara Yusibova Sonakhanim Gaybaliyeva Sleepless nights, challenging During these daunting Kanan Khalilov We are the team 122 Our Jessup journey was a Team roster times, mind-blowing months, we also struggled Elvin Karimli representing the Academy marvelous roller coaster of Fidan Alakbarova (Coach) discussions, tiring brain- with a bunch of difficulties. Saida Kazimova of Public Administration breathtaking moments. It Fatima Eyyub Amil Jafarguliyev storming — they are just a We remember that after under the President of started with the courage Samira Safarova minor percent of invisible reading this year’s Problem Azerbaijan Republic. of stepping forward and Chinara Mammadzadah parts of the iceberg. Yes, it for the first time, our reaction learned significant lessons becoming a team. And I could Rafiqa Malikova comes to mind that is there was just “Wow.” Yes, “Helian from Jessup — to trust in It’s been more than 15 years have never wished for a “anything” that is worth all of Hyacinth” could obtain yourself, never give up, and, since Azerbaijan has better team. them in the world? There can applauses; however, some most importantly, to be a real participated in the Jessup be several answers to this questions stuck to our team. Therefore, Jessup is competition, so it was a question; however, the Jessup mind that “will we be able more than one competition. double challenge for us. Competition is an alter-ego to become successful (as No matter how late, we were Over the months, we have of “anything” prescribed in the WALL) this year or to provided with the coach — ventured into the unknown. the above question for all get immunity (not like Ms. Raghavi Viswanath — on the We have spent days and Jessupers. Therefore, to get Grey’s one) from all negative very first day of 2020 by ILSA nights exploring the world of the chance to participate in implications?” However, the as per our request. In this Adawa and Rasasa, finding this competition and make it real challenge we faced was regard, we explain Raghavi’s arguments and creating new to the International Rounds, to deal with all these issues support as: “the distances pathways for our case. we consider ourselves without a coach until the are not an obstacle if there lucky persons. last days of the deadline is enthusiasm.” We all are of the memorials. We have grateful to Raghavi for her valuable time, enthusiasm and efforts to support us. We were also devastated by the announcement of the cancellation of the International Rounds for this year. However, it was a great pleasure for us to live in a world of “Adawa” and “Rasasa” as self-isolated from real life for several months. Many thanks to ILSA for this fantastic year!

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BANGLADESH

#669 #753 University of Asia Pacific University of Chittagong

We started this journey The Jessup experience was like we were in an illusion till as first-year law students undeniably one of the best we reached the Final Round. with zero knowledge about of our lifetime. As we are It was hugely a great deal for International law. We had to enrolled into the LL.M. class our law school, as we were go through sleepless nights, of University of Chittagong, the very first team from our tears, breakdowns, anger Jessup Moot was the last university to reach the Final and all sorts of emotions. event of our law student Round of Jessup National Although it took so much life. We were both excited and ultimately would be hard work and effort, at the and tense. The anticipation going for the International end of the day it was all for the largest moot court Rounds in April. Considering worth it. The pain was eased competition of Bangladesh the room for improvement, throughout via the help of our as well as the world made us we fixed our next target to coaches and mentors. The adamantly focused to deliver be the International Rounds, team had been together since our best. The preparation where we could give our day one till the very last and phase was hectic and at best to omit the mistakes we Team roster that’s what made us what we the same time intellectually made in the National Rounds. Syed Tanvir Azam Taif were. The cancellation had enriching. We hopped on a Unfortunately, that is not Syed Fazlul Mahdi Emraan Hossain Imon broken our hearts but this train to catch the National happening and we believe Badhan Ghosh experience has now given us Rounds in Dhaka from that it is for the greater Arafat Ibnul Bashar the determination to do it all Chittagong, walked on the interest of humanity. over again and win. Until next streets for hours to find a time, Team 669 rests. suitable place to stay near We hope that all the the venue and finally got Jessupians will invest this Team roster into one that is the cheapest huge energy and passion Muhammad Rezaur Rahman considering our budget. they have shown in the past (Advisor) None of us were concerned couple of months in the Alida Binte Saqi Advisor upcoming days and uphold Shushil Kabir with the quality of the hotel Fatema Alam Oishy as we rushed to get a good the spirit of Jessup. Ananya Mahbub Sanchita Parisha Afrin sleep before the day of the Forhad Hossain Preliminary Rounds. The rounds were swift. We felt

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BELARUS

#687 #316 Team roster University of Dhaka Belarusian State Katsiaryna Shkarbuta (Advisor) Olga Opimakh University Faculty of Stanislau Lashkevich The University of Dhaka was pox for the dream that we’d Team roster - Liliya Halauko Iryna Halubich a small team of three seniors get to represent our alma Nazmuzzaman Bhuian (Coach) International Relations finishing their LL.B. We were mater one last time at DC this Rifat Khan Tahseen Lubaba all simultaneously doing our year. Behind the small team Jalal Ahmed introduction to PIL course was the time and effort of Just as all the other teams a National Champion. Our eager to get acquainted with and venturing into the new our entire moot court society. this year, we deeply regret coach helped us gain skills, young and talented lawyers. horizons of PIL. The three of From our coach Mohammad that the Competition was knowledge, experience and Unfortunately, it would not us have been mooting since Nazmuzzaman Bhuian cancelled. But from a different we are incredibly thankful to be possible this year. Still, our sophomore year. It has listening to our innovative perspective, Jessup is not her for the time and energy we do appreciate being part always been a dream to work theories regarding IHL every only about Washington, DC. that she devoted to us. of such an amazing Jessup together and the fact that it evening to formatting the There were plenty of other community and being able to positive moments as well. We were looking forward to share with you our joys and was probably our last year memorial with us until the meeting other teams from all mooting made us work even crack of dawn, it was a sorrows, albeit online and For us Jessup is all about over the globe and we were remotely. harder. I still remember it collective dream. We still hard work and dedication, was on 20 September 2019 wallow in sadness at the fact cooperation and support. around 3 AM BST when that we will not get our last But the core part of it is the problem of this year’s shot and ponder about the represented by all the Jessup was released. It was work that we did for the last wonderful people that we like I suddenly found a new seven months. However, have met during this long purpose in life as I read it we remain optimistic and and amazing journey. First of at one go and forwarded it try to learn more about the all, it is our teammates. We to Lubaba, fangirling about legal issues that became have spent endless nights how this year’s problem the burning question of our working on our memorials, incorporated questions life for the last few months. going back and forth with related to international Exploration, awareness our oral pleadings to ace criminal law. We soldiered and development of public them and debating over through our classes, part‑time international law is at the core which arguments we are work, organizing national spirit of Jessup. going to keep. The journey moot court, finals and chicken to International Rounds was not easy but, with the help of our coach, we were able to prove ourselves during the National Rounds and become

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BELGIUM

#599 #302 Belorussian Institute of Law University of Leuven

We are the team 599 from we enjoy working (on even Team roster Belarus. Our team consists of the most difficult issues), to Alexandra Shkirman (Coach) two team advisors and only grow with each meeting and Katsiaryna Yerakhavets (Coach) Hanna Bokhan two participants. discussion of the case, and to Aliaksandr Karpuk achieve our goal. This period was full of hard work and sleepless nights. But Thank you all for your as a team, we set a goal and support! See you next year at tried to achieve it. the International Rounds! Team roster For us, Jessup was the first Nina Pineau (Advisor) competition in which we Rita Guerreiro Teixeira (Advisor) would to protect the whole Silvie Kerremans country; in our practice, we Sophia Antoniou Marie Houbrechts protect both—Adawa and Hannes Verheyden Rasasa. In addition, for our Pierre Druart Institute, which we represent, it was a big opportunity to participate in international Greetings from tiny, chocolate Worst time of our lives; we competition, concerning and beer-loving Belgium! would not recommend it. international law, and have a chance to demonstrate our Our Jessup experience in No, it was actually the position in the International We had the time short: a waste of time; did complete opposite of that. Rounds. not learn anything new; slept We had the time of our lives of our lives and a lot and kept a healthy and and are very thankful to Jessup helped us to work balanced diet; very lonely, everybody that made this as a team, to present our are very thankful boring research; never fantastic experience possible. arguments, be confident to everybody that cried in public and made It was heartbreaking to hear in our position, find new no nerdy law jokes; very that the International Rounds friends, and consult with made this fantastic pleasant benches who gave would not take place and we professionals and find their experience possible. nice comments; had a very would not get the chance to support. However, what is good social life; and saw our meet all our fellow mooters. most important is that Jessup friends and family regularly. Luckily, we will forever helped us to find our great be a part of this amazing team advisors, with whom community with all of you.

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BRAZIL

#368 #417 Université Catholique de Louvain University Center of Brasilia

The Jessup has been an in our future legal career. Team roster To comment about what incredible experience, Even though, unfortunately, Pierre d’Argent (Advisor) Jessup means to us is individually and collectively, our international experience Aurélie Debuisson (Advisor) something that we do often, Maxime Gillet for each and every one of ended earlier than planned, Cassandre Dhoore not only because we are us. We were the first team we are thankful and honored Emmeline Pireaux grateful for the opportunity, representing our university in to have been selected as Nicolas Avci but also because it made a this internationally renowned an exhibition team and great impact in so many fields moot court competition. It to have taken part in this of our lives, becoming a part was also our first experience 2020 Jessup season. of who we are. The 2020 of its kind, offering us a Jessup was definitely one practical approach to the law. to remember, as it was the The Jessup has embodied third time that our university a unique and intensive has ever participated in opportunity to deepen our the competition. We, as a general knowledge in public relatively new team, but also international law. Throughout with some experience, knew days of competition, we the entire competition, our what the competition was, but understood again why we adaptability skills, as well as couldn’t help to feel nervous do all this. This year, we had our teamwork ability, have and also so excited. The the First Place Oralist of the been challenged by the National Rounds are always Brazilian National Rounds, variety and the complexity the time to remember all the we were selected to go to of the problems. This has effort we put into Jessup Washington as an exhibition not only consolidated our and all the time we dedicate team and, more importantly, Team roster dedication to the Jessup to it because when we get we understood that we are Nitish Monebhurrun (Advisor) competition, but it has there, we are enlightened indeed doing something Gilda Nogueira Paes Cambraia strengthened it. The oral again of why everything right. We understood that (Advisor) National Round will remain is worth it. The people we Jessup is, after all, our way Jefferson Hable (Advisor) Ana Vitória Muniz Bokos for us an unforgettable meet, the experience we to show our university and Igor Medeiros Maia memory, having to plead share and the things we colleges in law school the real Breno Napoli Fernandes against high-skilled and learn really build up our importance of research, legal Gabriel de Oliveira Borb Nayara Lima Rocha da Cruz well-prepared students. All academic, professional and argumentation, teamwork and those skills learned from our personal lives in such a short dedication. For this, we will participation in the Jessup period of time. After three always be grateful for Jessup. will constitute a solid history

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#822 #185 Faculdade CESUSC Faculdade Baiana de Direito e Gestão Team roster Our team began its journey And with much strength, Lucas Campos We believe one thing all have to teach new people all Lara do Valle Team roster in 2018, when following determination, hard work Caroline Von Borstel of us can agree on is that the works and technicalities Manuela Cardoso (Advisor) in the footsteps of our and mainly teamwork, always Luísa Ghizzo new beginnings are hard. In of a competition from scratch, Fernanda Azevedo Julia Nolla Thais Leonel predecessors, Lara and supporting one another Jessup, the same applies. and not only that, but rely Amanda Lemos Lucas competed for the first in difficulties, we reached Every cycle that comes to on these new people and Fabiana Castro time, entering the Jessup first place in the qualifying a unique and life-changing an end is followed by the trust that they understand Serena Bezelga World. One year later, in rounds, achieving our experience. The opportunity same question of who will we all have a part to play as 2019, Caroline and Luísa dream to represent Brazil in to learn and share knowledge continue on the competition a team. If there is one thing entered the team and after Washington and have the with other students, teachers in the next year, given that for this cycle of the Jessup is something that needs to much effort and teamwork, chance to leave our mark. and experts in International many, graduation is calling. Competition has taught us be felt. This year taught us we achieved good results. And even with the following Law is unforgettable. And After two consecutive years is that we do not have to be the real meaning of trust, a In 2020, we had an already cancellation of the event, the bonds that months with the same team, this year afraid of the new, because feeling very much needed established dynamic and we are still all so enormously and years of collaboration we had a drastic change in the new can be a very good to face the challenges that teamwork, consequently proud and filled with immense formed between teammates its composition, since more thing. This year brought us awaited us. This year brought the goals and expectations happiness with our conquest! is remarkable. than half of the members new friends, with whom we us revelation and maturity for the Jessup increased, were new. It can be scary and bonded and connected on to deal with any adversity, while we all formed a bond For us it is a general feeling Best regards, somewhat discouraging the a level we would not know because we understood of friendship. that the Jessup provides for CESUSC team. thought that you are going to how to explain, because it that we are more than a team. And what are we, you The goal was to win a spot may ask? We are a family, in the International Rounds in and family sticks together Washington, DC. Considering no matter what, because we had been attending the together we are stronger. competition for years, being We would like to thank the volunteers, that is what Jessup Competition for inspired us even more to go the opportunity of growing there as competitors. as human beings and for So, in 2020, we: Carol, Lara, bringing us together, because Lucas, Luísa and the new these are the moments team member, Julia, did not that last. spare efforts to make our dream come true.

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BULGARIA

#197 #518 Sofia University The American University in Bulgaria “Saint Kliment Ohridski” We’re the American put their hearts into it and Team roster University in Bulgaria team who were there day and Ralitsa Penkova (Advisor) What Jessup meant... preliminary stage, the prize Team roster and we would have been night for legal and emotional Teodora Ivanova (Advisor) Katerina Atanasova (Advisor) for best memorial, prize for Valeri Blagoev (Advisor) Bulgaria’s exhibition team at support; other participants Asen Kochanov (Advisor) The Case Concerning the Sibel Hasan (Advisor) best oralist and lastly — the the International Rounds in Ilya Levine (Advisor) Miroslav Yonov at the National Rounds who Helian Hyacinth—when we Ivanela Arabadzhieva honor to represent Bulgaria Donika Stavreva Washington this year. finally made you feel less first read those words in Bahram Asgarov at the International Rounds Iva Belcheva crazy about your arguments; September we knew that we Our university doesn’t Irakli Jojua in Washington. Ivan Ivanov judges, who may have grilled were embarking on a journey. offer law, and at first we you on the bench but who, For months our team wrote, While ultimately Washington thought this would set us at the end of the day made through day after day of researched case law, well- will remain a dream, this year back. However, through our you realize how much you’ve pleading practice, sometimes known and sometimes very taught us two things: first, many months of preparation grown as a person. It sounds at the crack of dawn, to those obscure authors, all with one the true meaning of Jessup — (we started in July) we sappy, but Jessup really was blissfully stressful few days goal in mind: to be the best. family, and second — the learned that hard work and a life-changing experience for of the National Rounds, the journey isn’t over yet. persistence are quite capable There were difficulties along us. From online meetings in Jessup experience turned us of closing the law gap. Overall, the way. As our university multiple time zones, through into better professionals, and the Jessup experience was doesn’t have a suitable base hectic memorial writing, hopefully, better people. one of the best things that’s for writing memorials, we ever happened to us. You do had to compose our written learn a lot about international submissions in various law while preparing—in fact, places—at our student in a matter of weeks, you can dorms, restaurants, and even learn so much about state in a 24‑hour supermarket, succession it’s impossible to which at one point was the even imagine you didn’t know only place with an internet anything about it before. You connection. Ultimately, we also meet amazing people— worked hard and we worked your teammates, who you together—when one was maybe didn’t know at all, or struggling, the others helped who you thought you knew, bear the load. All this led to an but who you’ll ultimately undisputed run at our National bond with, especially your Rounds—we won four co-agent; your coaches, who out of four matches in the

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CAMBODIA CANADA

#535 #322 Royal University of Law and Economics University of Western Ontario In 2013, the Cambodian We tried again. And again, Team roster Jessup Team made history we failed. In fact, no matter Yuvaktep Vann (Coach) in the Jessup Competition how hard we tried, we were Sithisak Vuthin (Assistant Coach) Intense. Demanding. makes you realize how big Team roster Atithep Meas (Assistant Coach) Worthwhile. Those are just the world is, and what small Hardeep Dhaliwal (Coach) by making it to the top in knocked down more times Phearnique Ly (Assistant Coach) Emma Williams (Coach) both the written submission than we could remember. Sovanmony Ung some of the words we would role you can play to make Valerie Oosterveld (Advisor) Tiko Ly and oral pleading categories. But we persisted. Every use to describe our Jessup the world a better place. Zohaib Ahmed Chharvitvitou Lim season. Jessup asked more Benjamin Fuhrmann Succeeding Jessup teams fall we took, we learned to Oukha Lee Congratulations to all those Matthew Patterson from RULE were looking to better pick ourselves up. And Panharith Long from us than anything else in who competed in this year’s Claire Sweeny break these records ever eventually, we will overcome law school. At first, Jessup Jessup competition. We Kate (So Eun) No since. Our 2020 Cambodian them. We do not fancy seemed comfortable and hope our paths cross in the Jessup Team from RULE ranking or awards—they are easy. We thought we knew not-so-distant future. was not different. We just the consequence of our how to advocate. But we worked hard. We pushed work. Because it is not about quickly realized just how ourselves beyond our limit. winning; it is how we win and wrong we were. Whether it We encountered many great how we perceive winning was finding the one decision challenges. We tried to that matter. that supported our position overcome them. We failed. or working 100 hours in seven days to write, edit and rewrite our memorials, Jessup demanded more from us. But in the end, that’s what we loved about Jessup. It pushes people to work harder, care more and become more vigilant legal thinkers. Jessup brings people together; we will forever cherish the close friendships we made throughout this process. And, above all, Jessup

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CHILE

#418 #383 University Universidad de Chile of Toronto We are Team 383 from rounds very special for us. Team roster Team roster Universidad de Chile, Although the cancellation Ralph Loren-Eisendecher (Advisor) Claudio Troncoso (Advisor) Spence Colburn (Coach) Santiago, Chile, and this is the of the International Rounds Isabel Cholaky (Advisor) Will Eberlee (Coach) second year in the Jessup for was heartbreaking, it was Natacha Fuenzalida Cárdenas Jutta Brunnée (Advisor) four of our members. During imperative and we stand in (Advisor) Maureen Whelton (Advisor) Rodrigo Bastías (Team Advisor) Emily Tsui last year’s Jessup, we got solidarity with all those who Ignacio Etchepareborda Alexander Smith second place in our National have suffered from this virus María Consuelo Gálvez Spencer Nestico-Semianiw Rounds, but we attended the and those making every effort Antonia Urrutia Hana Awwad Eidda International Rounds as an to contain it. Marcelo Molina Exhibition Team. We learned Mathias Lehmann and Jutta, thank you. You a lot during that experience These two years of learning are, simply put, incredible— and with additional hard work have been a life-changing advisors and leaders of this year, we won our National experience, one that shapes unparalleled calibre. We Rounds and qualified for the us as future lawyers and Emily, our first applicant, was reprinting drafts, we now would never misstate the law 2020 Jessup International citizens. We extend our warm in the midst of her practice study apart, at home. But or facts in front of you, and Rounds. Additionally, our thanks to all the Jessup round when we read that the bonds have not gone. especially not in two ways. university would have been community and hope to the International Rounds had In fact, they’ve remained And to the International competing this year in see you all in future editions been cancelled. In shock, we steadfast with each passing Law Students Association, Washington for the first time as competitors, judges waited until her submissions day, an anchor to keep us thank you. You gave us the in six years, which made these or administrators. had ended to share the news. grounded through disruptions experience of a lifetime, and Our coaches, guest judges, unimaginable when we first the chance to commemorate faculty advisor—everyone began this journey. it meaningfully. was there that day. It is difficult to express the mix of To our coaches, Spence and With that, we cede the floor emotions that filled the room, Will, thank you. There is no to the new generation of the one we had shared to way for us to express what Jessup. The expanse of practice more run-throughs your guidance, mentorship international law is oftentimes than we could count. and friendship has meant to wild and tangled, but for all us this year. We hope your it is, it is not an exercise in Since that evening, the world hyacinths are doing well futility. It can, and will, face the has changed very much. (and don’t worry, they WILL complex challenges before Where we once bonded over grow back next year). To our Adawa and Rasasa. We know reframing arguments and faculty advisors, Maureen it can for our world, too.

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CHINA

#162 #192 Peking University Wuhan University Law School Team roster CHEN Haiwen WANG Xinyu Liang Leiting: The Jessup a WHU Jessup team member Leiting Liang (Coach) Team roster Zheng Wang (Coach) The greatest joy in I was introduced to Jessup as Xiaolu Fan (Coach) Competition has been and get into the International Zhenyi Zhou participating in the Jessup a freshman in law school and Haiwen Chen one of the most mind- Round with my teammates Lu Wei is that you are able to meet now I am about to graduate. Wanghao Jiang blowing experiences for was literally a dream come Hanguang Liu Xinyu Wang Meng Liu so many brilliant people. I With the Jessup, I learnt how Zhanghang Xu me. Indeed, I would not true. Although the cancellation Ruiyang Huang enjoy every moment with interesting international law choose international law as of the Oral Competition was my teammates, when we could be, experienced the my research topic without quite a disappointment, this are bickering on small details pleasure to represent my this fascinating journey. As a journey has already rewarded Liu Meng: The 2020 like commas and footnotes, school on an international coach, I always find out some my work with things beyond Jessup makes me feel inventing wild arguments stage, and most importantly, new theories on international expectations. The exploration “unexpected”: unexpected with the imagination to met some very interesting law when I dig into the Jessup into new fields of international involvement into the team, write a science fiction novel people. They were my Problem with the team law, the improvement of unexpected recognition and criticizing the taste of teammates, competitors, members. All in all, the Jessup academic research and from others, an unexpected the take-away food while seniors and now they are my has become a significant part thinking ability, and the joyful loss of opportunity...what wracking our brains to do friends. It’s wonderful. of my life and hopefully I can moments that I shared with is unsurprising is that the legal research. Thank you, offer my assistance to more my lovely teammates, have all experience is always more dear teammates. Your XU Zhanghang students participating in this made this experience more important than the result. presence makes my year. The case about autonomous challenging competition. than worthwhile. At last, I’d Sincere gratefulness for my weapons and Helian trade like to thank the people who conscientious teammates, JIANG Wanghao was so interesting, and Wei Lu: This has been a great have offered help to our gentle coaches and excellent I was worried and intimidated I’m really delighted that I and challenging experience. team. And hopefully, I will predecessors. Thank you when I first saw the Problem, had the chance to explore The long preparation for carry on my Jessup journey in all for making this process as it involves really challenging some challenging topics in Jessup was a focused and some ways in the future. itself memorable. international law issues. international law. Although rewarding time. I won’t forget However, after reading the court debates were Working with them is both all the digging and research tons of cases, books and cancelled due to the situation intellectually challenging into the interesting problems essays, I finally came up with of the virus, the 2020 Jessup and exciting. They also have of public international law. The some good ideas and had a Competition was really an shown much more resilience emails I’m still receiving from basic grasp of those issues. unforgettable experience and bravery than I expected Academia and ResearchGate I learned so much about for me. after two cancellations will also constantly remind me. international law and also of competitions this year. gained valuable friendships FAN Xiaolu (Coach) Though my role shifted from Zhou Zhenyi: As a law with other team members. My heartfelt gratitude goes to team member to coach, it is student who has been looking Participating in Jessup is truly everyone in the team. They always enjoyable to be part forward to participating in an unforgettable journey. are so smart and diligent. of the Jessup family. Jessup for years, to become

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#567 #601 University of International Renmin University of China Business and Economics

This special Jessup season this process is that we got starts the moot court life of to cherish friendship with some of our teammates, but it many like-minded people. Our is also the last moot court for favorite memories of Jessup some of us. are trying to seek a way out of the maze constructed by We had a tough time setting complex legal issues, running up our team, having oral back to the dormitory with training online, anxiously the wild wind blowing beside waiting for the result, and the ears after the tiring and Team roster feeling uncertain about exciting brainstorm, and whether we could go to Liren Luo (Advisor) staying up late to research Jiabao Xue (Advisor) Washington. But luckily, we in our “home.” Everything Zeyu Zhang had our knowledgeable and Jessup has brought to us Chuyue Qiao lovely coaches, who always Zeling Chen is unforgettable and will be Yinsheng Qu supported us and provided tattooed on our heart. Xuejiao Li valuable advice for us. It is a great pity that we Also, we have gained a cannot go to DC to meet with Team roster lot. Thanks to the Jessup other teams. But Jessup is My Jessup journey how much I have learned Ziwen Wang (Advisor) bringing us to the forefront more than just a competition. unexpectedly started as a throughout the winter months. Zongnan Wu (Advisor) of international law, we had It is also an opportunity for Jessup volunteer in 2018. I’ve met the most amazing Dongcai Chen (Advisor) this great opportunity to Xiaoyu Zhou (Advisor) all members to get close to I’ve met the Being a Jessup competitor teammates, the best-ever Lulu Zheng develop our skills and refresh the palace of international has been on my bucket mentor and lifelong friends Linxuan Li most amazing our perspectives about law. We hope our passion for list since then. It is the one from the Jessup community Ruidian Xian international law. Also, through thing capable of keeping me and I’m so convinced that Jiahui Zhang international law will never teammates, Jiarui Hao this six-month struggle with end, and the Helian Hyacinth sleepless but happy, sleepless there’s more to expect on Adawa and Rasasa, our team will bloom in the heart of the best-ever for the always unfinished this journey. has formed a unique bond. every 2020 Jessuper forever. mentor and research but happy for The most fascinating part of lifelong friends

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#651 Team roster #773 Team roster Shiping Liao (Advisor) Rong Du (Advisor) Chen Yang Ningbo Wu Advisor Beijing Normal University Zhoujie Li Shanghai University of Yuhong Zeng Mingxin Liu Zili Liu Zihe Guo International Business Xieting Liu In our opinion, this year’s valuable enough for us to Jianing Liu Ziqi Shen Jessup experience has been recall the time of striving and Economics Da Li truly precious to us. Not only together to pursue the same have we attained a variety shining dream. as well as the proficiency of knowledge regarding this of analyzing an issue with year’s combined and broad- For all of us, taking part in the IRAC. Moreover, it is also ranged questions—state Jessup Competition means a after having taken part in all succession, WALL, WTO crucial step towards majority. these years’ competitions and immunity—but we have It is both challenging and that we witness the rapid also harvested the pleasure rewarding for a person to get and continuous growth of and joy after finishing up our out of the comfort zone and our school’s Jessup team. Memo and finally seeing the try to solve the most complex With all the experience sunny dawn. Although the questions of international law accumulated and passed on Oral Competition cannot determinedly. What we can from former members we can manage to be held given also reap is the capacity of eventually come up with our When signing up for the of reading materials. It is the first time that the the current serious situation, thinking about and getting to own method and arrangement competition, we deemed But all team members did Jessup team from our what we have gained is solve a problem on our own, to solve those issues together it a valuable experience in not give up and stayed university has made it into as a cohesive team. testing our legal research focused. Yuhong and Zili the top six teams in the and writing abilities, skills provided a perfect “recipe” Chinese National Round With a little regret yet much of advocacy, and other of comfort: the big dream and advanced to the more harvest, we have drawn essential qualities of a of heading for Washington, International Rounds. Yes, we a full stop for this year’s lawyer. We indulged DC. To be honest, we did created history! Jessup took competition. We are truly ourselves in the story not know exactly how far us to an incredible place grateful for all of the people of Adawa and Rasasa we were away from getting that we had never been. who have helped us on the for several months and there, but we do believe that Despite the cancellation of path of pursuing our conjoint tried to work out every hard work always pays off. the Chinese National Oral goal shared with all the other argument as best we Rounds and the International Jessupers. And we are also could. We truly felt the March 8th of 2020 was Rounds, it is a fulfilling and passionately looking forward sense of accomplishment the best day in our lives. cherishing experience for to the next year’s challenging when coming up with a We still remember the all of us. Here we would like but brilliant questions. Finally, satisfactory solution to a overwhelming joyfulness and to share a motto with all we genuinely hope to tough issue, and also the excitement when receiving Jessupers: Dream big and meet all of our outstanding frustration when getting the notification of advancing work hard! competitors in 2021’s Jessup lost in hundreds of pages to the International Rounds. International Round!

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CHINESE TAIPEI

#280 Soochow University

Team roster Lyu-Yun Chen (Advisor) Hsuan-Ming Hsu Chih-Lin Yang Yo-Peng Kuo Meng-Tsai Tsai Ting-Lin Shih

We started our journey as It was Alan, our team leader, Ling, serving as Applicant 2, individuals, and ended up a model of discipline, always high EQ and supportive, her as one of the best teams in thinking before the team and hard-working and excellent Jessup 2020. New to the keeping us on track. Serving language skills made her gorgeous field of international as Respondent 1, definitely serve out the best endings law, we were prepared a tough one to confront in of rebuttals. for hard work but not fully Oral Rounds, leading us to prepared to be amazed by our finals. Ester, serving as researcher, the brand-new vision of the enjoyed the VIP seat to watch world and ourselves. It was It was Meggie, serving her wonderful teammates days and nights of research, as Respondent 2, with execute the strategies they discussions, and necessary outstanding calmness and developed. clear expressions, the best at small fights. Occasionally, it It felt like we have been in the was overwhelming. establishing the whole picture for the disastrous hurricane. Jessup family for decades, But it was Irene, our while it had only been months. coach, who guided us and Ryan, serving as Applicant 1, We have been through so encouraged us to keep has his unique way of many things together that moving on. Tough in coaching, handling things, so incredibly we do not realize all of these sharp in discussions, and wise reliable that he gets things wouldn’t happen if we were in mentoring. done before we were not a team. We became our ever worried. better selves. Together, we go further.

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COLOMBIA

#374 #407 Universidad de La Sabana Universidad del Norte

The 2020 Jessup meant for The Universidad del Norte us the personal and academic Jessup Team began with challenge that showed us an email, inviting us to be the true meaning of a team. part of an amazing learning When we started this journey, experience, accompanied we were not close with by no details at all. After one another, however, we an extended phase shared our passion and love demonstrating our abilities for international law. As we and commitment to our solved the case and wrote coach, we were a team of our memorials, we learned 12 people full of purpose. what a team was, got to know However, that number started each one of us, identified to decrease due to the each of our strengths and sacrifices required to bear learned how to support each We thank Jessup for teaching they announced that we fruit in the Jessup experience. But the most extraordinary Team roster other in whatever we needed. us what passion and sacrifice passed to the International Unfortunately, the enthusiasm thing we were taught by German Sandoval (Advisor) We found not only what team is. We trained every night Rounds. We will forever have that filled our team gradually the Jessup was about Amalin Ricaurte 374 was capable of achieving, from 7pm to midnight in order each other and all these Carolina Lozano disappeared; in October the constant attitude of but we found an everlasting to prepare ourselves for the amazing moments that have Susana Pachon we were down to three support and kindness from friendship that shaped us in Oral Rounds. Within us and shaped us as lawyers and as students. At that time, if our Jessupers all over the world. every possible way. our amazing coaches, we human beings. coach hadn’t believed in We all agreed on the fact minds the beautiful memories found a family, who taught our skills in such a decisive that despite our fearless from the Helian Hyacinth year. us that with discipline and If we could sum up our Jessup way, that would have been disposition to keep in the passion we could achieve experience in three words, Nowadays, we can say that the end for our brand-new track, it wouldn’t had been Team roster anything we set our minds to. they would be: passion, in no possible way an email participation. Thereafter, the enough without the enormous Ana María Grandas Rojas (Advisor) sacrifice and friendship. So, or letter can describe the Nicolás Lozada Pimiento (Advisor) Jessup 2020 has marked thank you ILSA for giving biggest challenge started. backup that many people invaluable knowledge that we Nicolas Mayorga Alturo (Advisor) our lives forever. We will us this once-in-a-lifetime We learned how to research gave to us. We will never find acquired in an experience as Carlos Enrique Arévalo Narváez moot problems, how to write enough words to describe (Advisor) never forget our local jokes, opportunity; we will cherish it challenging as Jessup. We Oscar Felipe Merchán García our tears, our frustrations, forever, and if we may be of them as simply as possible, the emotions we felt when look forward to meet you all Catherine Peña Linares our fears, all those countless no further assistance, may it how to explain them in a our work was recognized in the future; Maria Alejandra Franco Bautista nutshell, and how to support at Bogotá (Or as our coach Natalia Cortes Cruz hours of constant learning please the Court. and the specific moment each other even when all the called it “Botega”), and we will Greetings, Amalin, Carolina, previous situations ended up have always blooming in our Susana and Germán. in unsatisfactory ways.

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COSTA RICA

#421 #697 Universidad University for Peace de los Andes When we were selected to never been without hard Team roster join a team for the University work and sleepless nights. Mariateresa Garrido (Advisor) Team roster for Peace to participate in the Our team dreamt of facing Weiming Ou Lilia Rosa Mendoza (Coach) Sigrid Jan Lobaton Sibug Sara Lucía Dangón (Coach) International Round of the judges from the International Yuto Niimura Liliana Obregón (Advisor) Philip C. Jessup International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Alvin Kurnia Sandy Camilo Torres Casanova Law Moot Court Competition, a presence on the highest Ni Ni Aung Esteban Bernal David Amorocho we were extremely excited. stage of international Mariana Rozo We clearly knew that mooting. Although the event Mariana Reyes Jessup would allow us to was cancelled, preparation evaluate our knowledge of for the International Rounds Jessup was an experience was more to be done. So have encountered. We are international law for practical itself has rewarded us with of a lifetime; it definitely we kept going, we kept grateful because although applicability in the near a life-changing experience. went beyond an academic pulling all-nighters, we kept living together through the future. Preparation for the We learned to love and keep experience. We learned laughing, mooting, crying and holidays was tough, we are International Rounds had good faith in international law. more than we could ever stress-eating. We kept going now a family. Overall, we are have in any class, not only because, as other Jessup grateful because thanks to about international law, but competitors may confirm, it the Jessup, we are all better also about ourselves, our was never enough. There was people and professionals. The strengths and weaknesses. always something to be done entire global community is We discovered our abilities and we always needed more currently facing the COVID-19 Although the event and ventured into the real time to research, to moot and challenge, an unfortunate meaning of teamwork. Above review a new argument. And event that has taught us was cancelled, all, we learned about the value even now, we feel that it was that as Jessup competitors preparation for of authentic sacrifice. not enough, there were not we have the responsibility enough laughs, not enough to promote international the International Throughout the preparation tears, nor celebrations, nor coordinated responses to Rounds itself has for the competition, we rounds. It was just not enough. these challenges and to use had many ups and downs; our knowledge and abilities rewarded us with some of us even considered Nonetheless and in spite to build an increasingly a life-changing quitting. However, we all of the sadness that we are supportive international stayed and conquered the experiencing right now, we community. We are honored experience. sometimes overwhelming are grateful. We cannot and determined to follow feelings that we experienced, thank enough the amazing that legacy. because we yearned for people we met, who we more and always felt there might have otherwise never

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CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC

#495 #508 University of Cyprus Charles University Jessup was a fantastic over international problems Team roster experience for us for as and of solidarity among Aristoteles Constantinides (Advisor) long as it lasted. We were people, which is exactly the Athena Herodotou (Advisor) Charis Christopoulou Team roster really hoping to live in reason why Jessup 2020 Constantinos Christoforou Milan Lipovský (Coach) the world of Adawa and was cancelled. We are really Carmen Maria Karypidou Petra Rešlová Rasasa a little bit longer. looking forward to seeing Ivi Mavridou Miroslav Crha Georgios Sotiri Adriana Chochelová We spent most of our time you next year! Tomáš Krejčiřík researching and writing our Nela Brynychová memorials while at the same time becoming acquainted with the most crucial and highly controversial issues of international law, we will cherish forever. The Jessup Friendly Rounds were a We believe everyone who before the International have so much fun bonding as great opportunity for us to took part in Jessup would Court of Justice looks is a team, and getting the taste practice our oral skills and agree it is so much more than something extraordinary. of the vibrant atmosphere meet people from all over just a moot court competition. of Jessup competitions. We We have been very lucky to the world. Even though It is an incredible community simply don’t want to give take part in the European the International Rounds of people from all around up on all of this, so, fingers Friendly Rounds. It gave were cancelled, we are the world, connected by crossed, we will be back us a chance to experience grateful for our participation their passion for international next year! a small version of what because we widened our law, sharing their ideas and Washington would feel like, Overall, Jessup represents educational horizons, not visions. The opportunity to and has motivated us to work half a year of our lives, fun only in regards to specific participate in Jessup 2020 harder, to improve our skills moments with our new questions of international law, was a challenge all of us have even further and to strive friends, challenges and but also because we had the welcomed. While it took a lot for perfection. Although the obstacles conquered and opportunity to enhance our of time and effort, it provided cancellation of International many useful skills acquired. practical legal skills. Jessup us with the chance to get a Rounds was a severe blow to It was an exceptional is not only an international whole new perspective on all of us, we are grateful for experience we will moot competition, but most the practice of international having had the opportunity never forget. importantly represents the law. The first-hand experience to meet many new friends, development of awareness with how the procedure

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EGYPT

#619 #462 Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), Institut de Droit des Affaires Facultad de Derecho Internationales

Although regretful, the we’d spent “occupying” our cancellation of this year’s advisor’s house, two weeks International Rounds did prior to the National Rounds, not dim the wonderfulness to practice our pleadings. of the Jessup experience. Finally, but most importantly, A long time will pass, and the moment it was announced we will still be reaping the that we qualified for the benefits of preparing for International Rounds. it, and we will live the rest of our careers with such a Participating in this year’s boon. As importantly, we competition was mesmerizing Becoming a part of Jessup our school work and our and we’ve all—both will treasure the memories has always been a dream of commitment to Jessup, alongside teammates and individually and collectively— ours, ever since we were in as we’re enrolled in a learned so much. We will coaches, people who we now our first year of law school. double‑major program, can call friends. The end was always be grateful and studying both French and treasure such a wonderful bittersweet, but the Jessup Our journey began last Egyptian law. remains in our memory as September, when Chaden, experience, as it has also an uplifting experience and Hana and Abdelrahman (third- Despite all the difficulties, created this special bond that a right decision. year students) stumbled we pursued our dream and we will share forever as team across the path of Nada and through hard work, dedication members and friends, relying Team roster Malak (second-year students) and countless sleepless on one another, even after Alain Eduardo Perdomo Peña (Coach) and formed a team. nights, it became a reality. the competition has ended; Ángel Antonio González a bond that we now call García (Coach) The end was Isabella Maria Dipp Anico At the beginning, we felt We’ve also shared together a family. Odille Alexandra Pujols Fernandez clueless and faced many countless wonderful bittersweet, but the Diana Camila de los Santos Torres difficulties while working on moments. For instance, the Adriana Santoni Vicens Jessup remains in María Virginia Irizarry Quiñones the case, as we had no prior little moment of reward and experience in mooting, let pure joy once we’d found Team roster our memory as an alone any background in the piece of information we’d Abdelrahman Shata public international law. been researching for days, Malak Yasser uplifting experience Nada Gad reading piles of paper until Further, we were challenged Chaden Mohamed Soliman and a right decision. our eyes hurt! The days Hana Youssef to find a balance between

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ETHIOPIA

#520 #587 Cairo University Faculty Wollega University of Law-English Section We are team Jessup 2020 from Wollega University For us, the 2020 Jessup handle anything. However, Team roster Ethiopia. In the past six experience was a whirlwind this isn’t just what Jessup is Toqa Alaaeldin Abdelrahman months, we had a great time rollercoaster of highs and about. This competition is the Abdallah (Coach) with our teammates writing Noura Amr Ibrahim Allam lows. Eventually both these perfectly furnished arena for Sara Hatem Mostafa Zaki Taha memorials and preparing for high and lows converged aspiring law students to be Omar Hassan Borhamy Alfadaly Oral Rounds. and epitomized the sublime able to study and simulate Fatma El-Zahraa Ahmed Bahaa El Din Mohamed El Deweny It was a great pleasure that moment of finding ourselves the delicate mechanics of Farida Amr Mohamed Shoukry victorious at the National international law. The way Mohamed Helmy our team qualified for the Rounds. Even though it was a Jessup has taught us the International Rounds. truly metamorphic experience, intricate ways to navigate law For us, international law is one could confidently say that and ourselves far exceeds part of our life because in our it wasn’t without its challenges what any lecture hall could day-to-day life we are facing and sacrifices. If it was clean- have taught us. This is Jessup has it and we are researching to cut easy, then everyone something that we will carry improve our knowledge about would do it; and if everyone with us for the rest of our taught us the international law. could easily go through it, lives. These transcendental then it wouldn’t be Jessup. qualities are what make intricate ways This competition taught us Jessup so integral on multiple to navigate law. Team roster how to persevere even when levels, even though, this year, Afework Tesfaye (Advisor) Ayinadis Getie we were on the verge of the competitors could not Abdi Begna collapsing. Albeit grueling, carry on beyond the National Robera Hailu that tipping point was a truly rounds. But the unfortunate Tedi Mulata Godana Sinkaro For us, international law is transformative experience for events happening right now us. It was at that point that did not and will not break part of≈our life because in our we knew how much every down the Jessup spirit. No day‑to‑day life we are facing it and person was willing to push pandemic can take away the through his/her meltdowns to immense feelings of gratitude we are researching to improve our make it to the finish line. After and pride that we are sure knowledge about international law. going through this arduous every team shares for going experience, Jessup made us through this experience. feel like we are equipped to

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FINLAND FRANCE

#313 #531 University of Helsinki Université de Strasbourg

The picture was taken after we competed in the finals at the Jessup European Friendlies for Team roster the first time ever. It was a Ali Sharifi Rayeni (Coach) Marie Toghtogh (Advisor) major milestone for Team Ryma Zouhour Iles (Advisor) Finland! Since we believed Eirini Pappa (Advisor) we would be traveling to Carolina Barros De Castro E Souza Estelle Beauvillain DC just a month later, we Arina Kolcova were not too concerned with Florian Weisbecker taking pictures in Prague Sandra Greber and this ended up being the only picture with the whole team in it. However, the picture represents the Jessup experience perfectly; Latvia, Mongolia, Greece, everyone is looking into a Iran, France and Algeria, but different camera (perfect as a team we were going teamwork, right?), being very 17 September 2019. I believe to represent France on happy but also very tired. that we can all agree that our the international level. Even though we did not adventure in the Jessup 2020 These past months were get the chance to travel Moot Court Competition starts unexpected in all aspects to DC and meet all the here. This is the day when from the very beginning: Back teams, we are grateful all of us met Ali Sharifi, our in September, we had no idea for this experience and coach who has supported us of what we signed up to. We for all the things we have Team roster during months and dedicated didn’t know the amount of learnt as agents for Adawa Aapo Heinäsmäki (Advisor) endless hours to our work. work that was waiting for us. and Rasasa. Ukri Soirila (Advisor) Atreyi Bhattacharjee (Advisor) Our Strasbourg team is But at the end, no one regrets Saara Sorvaniemi (Advisor) composed of members that this experience since we have Sophie Suvanto Josetta Peltoniemi have very different roots. We all of a sudden become a part Carola Miller come from Brazil, Poland, of something huge. Pernilla Rönnberg

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GEORGIA

#416 #537 Free University of Tbilisi Caucasus School of Law

This picture depicts our us a lot of sleepless nights, International Rounds of the Can there be anything in and being super-defensive and then getting the invitation team—the students and practice, research, endurance, Moot Court Competitions and life that would change my towards every argument she to International Rounds. Some coaches (students: Salome nerves. Our way to the finals many more fascinating days. future? We have all asked had and Elene—becoming of us found what they wanted Gomarteli, Nino Sakvarelidze, of Nationals was interesting Last but not least, we are still ourselves this question, almost scholar in state to do in the future; others Lasha Machavariani, Giorgi and tough. It is devastating thankful for the opportunity to which Jessup has now succession and having an became more dedicated Chagelishvili; coaches: for the whole team that this of participating in the National become the answer. After encyclopedia gathered in towards their goals. Tamar Tomashvili and Davit road had to end here and not Rounds. After all, we are the nearly a decade, Caucasus her laptop. As a team, who Kapanadze)—after winning in Washington, DC. We are national champions! We wish School of Law participated in did not know each other What is the impact of our the National Rounds. As left with a bittersweet feeling, the international community Jessup and advanced to the before these good times, we Jessup journey? We set a you can clearly see, we although we do maintain health, hope and resilience in White & Case International faced a series of challenges precedent that successful were overwhelmed with joy! hope that this health crisis this crisis. We will come back Rounds as an exhibition during Jessup months. We performance in Jessup is However, achieving this result will end and we will have stronger than ever! team. Tinatin, as one of the established our Jessup possible, even if the university was not easy at all—it cost a possibility to experience youngest coaches in Jessup “headquarters,” where we participates in the Jessup history, has become our role lived together for months once in a decade and has model. Elizavet—whimpering and kept working on Jessup never been advanced to the Team roster on everything and being problem 24/7. We never International Rounds. We have Tamar Tomashvili (Coach) the nicest orator in the stepped back and never said shown that there are dozens David Kapanadze (Coach) of positive aspects to look for, Salome Gomarteli courtroom, Lazare—supplying no to our dreams; instead, all Nino Sakvarelidze the food and finding real-life of us experienced an amazing even after losing and once Lasha Machavariani you start feeling bad that it is Giorgi Chagelishvili parallels of the case all the journey together, with a time, Rusudan—amazing host feeling of longing at first, over, get an invitation to the International Rounds. Long story short: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

Team roster Tinatin Oboladze (Advisor) Elizavet Dzotsenidze Rusudan Shashikadze Elene Kakhniashvili Lazare Napetvaridze

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GERMANY

#155 #156 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Bucerius

For us the Jessup has been Law School like riding a rollercoaster with many ups and downs along Hamburg the ride. One of the highs was definitely our ability to What the Jessup meant to work and laugh together as us was bringing together a team and the incredible characters that hardly dedication and support from could have been more our coaches. The Jessup contrary in order to pursue who spent most of the was going to judge in the required us to push hard to a common goal and develop memorial phase on exchange German National Rounds. overcome our own doubts a common fascination in Québec. Probably due to and insecurities and to for international law. the francophone influence, Together, we have lived combine extensive research through sleepless nights and Our coaches Julia, Christoph Jonas found five different and creativity into convincing countless fights over the and Julia are PhD students ways to pronounce “Botega.” arguments which we had to better argument. Thankfully, who had coached and learn to deliver concisely. It Adrian (A2, 3rd-year) wanted our coaches mostly managed participated in the Jessup in was sometimes crushing and to plead for the respondent to reconnect our puzzles previous years and decided sometimes thrilling to find so badly at first that he even (although sometimes they phase. We were so lucky to put their dissertations one piece of information that Team roster tried to convince his coaches created even new ones)! to experience the high of aside for a while to give changed the direction of an Elisabeth Andersen (Coach) that he liked Ms. Grey. Being Seeing how a 25-page fictional qualifying for the International Siyabend Duman (Advisor) it one final shot to make entire argument. The fear of a great team player, Adrian problem could unite us as a Rounds in Washington and Alena Hünermund (Advisor) it to Washington, DC. having overlooked such a Friederike Utsch sadly our ride ended abruptly nevertheless quickly adapted team makes us believe that crucial piece of information Johanna Heibrock with the cancellation of Sophia Gasenzer With the same goal in mind, to his role as applicant and the passion for international has led us all to work even the International Rounds. Alexander Goeden Thomas (A1, 4th-year student) became our rebuttal expert. law will unite Jessup harder, sacrificing many hours Rory Dickson This has left us feeling very sacrificed much of what Finally, Lukas (R2, 2nd-year) participants for years to come. of sleep. On the other hand, it disappointed and speechless others might consider the probably loves international has been incredibly rewarding Team roster with regard to the current most crucial phase of the law more than all of us and to be able to confidently Anna Seifert (Coach) crisis which we all were German bar exam preparation sounds like an old professor form our own critical opinion Christoph Saake (Advisor) not quite able to grasp for the Jessup. Thomas when speaking about it. Julia Spiesberger (Advisor) and keep our stance whilst being so caught up in our even adapted his sleeping You should have seen how Julia Bartos (Advisor) being bombarded with critical Thomas Dörtgöz own little Jessup world. pattern to another time happy he was when he questions during the pleading Jonas Kurz zone to better communicate found out that Dire Tladi Adrian Fraus with Jonas (R1, 3rd-year), Lukas Reichl

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GHANA GREECE

#190 #285 Ghana National and Kapodistrian School of Law University of Athens

However, amidst countless Our team’s participation in in a way that would definitely we had to get to know each narrations of nostalgic the Jessup 2020 allowed not be the same outside the other, all the team members, memories from past us to embrace knowledge, Jessup Competition. All the and to work together with our competitions, jokes, skills and connections team-gathering, the studying coaches, who always stood digressions and debates, within the academic field and our common hard by our sides and helped us our late nights of rehearsals of public international law. work compose our Jessup the most to develop ourselves proved fruitful. We From the beginning of our experience; that was totally during our effort. Team roster Having a group filled with moot veterans, and past made it through, coming common work, we came up worth it! Kalvin Addo McQuaye (Coach) out victorious, with an with academic writings and It goes without saying that for Gideon Bisilki (Coach) winners of the National unprecedented clean developed ideas on several We are more than grateful us, Jessup 2020 was a blast! Jonathan Abotiwine Alua (Advisor) Rounds, was a double-edged for the deep insight we Noah Ephraem Tetteh Adamtey sword. The high stakes sweep of all awards at questions of international Maame Yaa Boatemaa Ohene-Bonsu the National Rounds. law, whereas we acquainted have gained in the field Selasi Dede Bedzrah increased the pressure ourselves with the task of of the public international Benedict Nii-Kraku and we could leave no This competition was well law—including all interesting Vitalis Suglo room for failure. When an memorial-writing and the worth the effort. Through the standing in the Moot Court points touched by this year’s unexpected late dropout successful appeals we lodged, problem—and the chance We are more than We had the best of times; caused a restructuring of we learnt how to be bold and grateful for the we had the most challenging the group, a few cracks tenacious. Through the fires of times. After a 10-year developed in our confidence. of little support, challenges, deep insight we hiatus, the Ghana School The introduction of a newbie snickers and intense research, have gained in of Law participated in could either result in a lasting friendships were the Philip C. Jessup Moot fortuitous blessing or lower formed. Adversity became a the field of public Competition. Our participation the strength of the team. It stepping stone to success. in this year’s competition was a gamble we had to take international law. was not without formidable because of our commitment In the words of our team hurdles. In spite of the internal to representation and leader, this year was our and external forces that gender balance. Thankfully, final chance to participate Team roster threatened our continued the gamble paid off. in the competition; and now Dimitrios Koutsoukos participation, we made it we can lay down our tools, Panagiota Mitrakou Our time spent together Dimitrios Panousos through to the end of the knowing that we gave it our in preparation was both Maria Kokkoni National Rounds and that all and thoroughly enjoyed Nikolaos Santas enjoyable and tense. in itself is an achievement the experience. It is time. worth celebrating.

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GUATEMALA

#559 #571 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Universidad del ISTMO

The Jessup has been a the National Rounds; he is journey of utmost significance determined and courageous. for all of us. From legal Pablo, the oldest of the research to argumentation group, he brought joy into the and pleading, we acquired group and knew how to make a plethora of new skills; but us laugh; he never gives up. most importantly we created a forever family. Jessup Both Diego and Pablo did has been a complex, yet an excellent job as second very enlightening journey respondents. Diana, our first that brought three random applicant, is a ray of sunshine law students together and on those many cloudy days of allowed them to share their Jessup; she thought us how passion for international law. to remain calm and cheered There were ups and downs, Team roster Gabriela, our coach, was up. Analu, second applicant, but we are very proud of our Mario Reyna (Advisor) always full of energy, and is a kind, loving person. She Fabiola Michelle Lima Espinoza (Advisor) achievements. We worked pushed us to our best, not might be short but with a Julio Pinto Barillas (Advisor) only because she guided big heart, she took care of hard, we worked as a team Daniel Gomez (Advisor) and we made it as national Ana Gabriela Platero Midence (Coach) us in the competition but everyone in the team, studied Ana Lucía Chavez González champions. Jessup was an she opened her home to us. hard and gave motivational Diana Dardon Fabiola, our team advisor speeches when everyone odyssey and thus we cherish Diego Rodrigo Lima Franco the journey regardless of the Alejandra González who acted as our bailiff, the felt nervous. Pablo Herrera youngest of all, her wise destination. We will forever Team roster For each of us, the Jessup commemorate our coaches Jessup was an words guided us in every Ioannis Naziris (Advisor) practice round. Moot Court Competition that patiently guided us Vassilis Pergantis (Advisor) odyssey and became part of our lives, not throughout and made sure Christos Zois Angeliki Tosounoglou Ale, our first respondent, only changing the dynamics we got the most out of this Eleni Bitzika thus we cherish she is the one that left us as law students, but making experience. May our love the journey speechless in every Oral us change our life. Even for international law bring Round. She is very analytical though we didn’t have the us together again. regardless of and came up with the best opportunity to compete in the destination. arguments. Diego, he is a the International Rounds, we fighter, he went through a know we won not only the surgery three days before National Rounds, but a family.

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HONG KONG HUNGARY

#449 #403 Chinese University of Hong Kong Eötvös Loránd University

The ELTE Jessup Team Team roster (Kálmán Varga, Luca Farkas, Barbara Bazanth (Coach) Marcell Koncsik, Patrik Boa Gabor Kajtar (Coach) Marcell Koncsik and coaches dr. Gabor Kajtar, Luca Farkas Don’t give up and dr. Barbara Bazanth) after Patrik Boa winning the European Friendly Kalman Varga keep calm: The Rounds in Prague was International devastated to learn about the cancellation of the 2020 Jessup International Rounds. We community have been working very hard This year, the Chinese the efforts of the team and Competition in the first place, to keep the Jessup Cup for and the 2021 University of Hong Kong team all the other amazing people who managed to make one more year in Budapest— International consisted of Vincent Cheung, who supported the team innovative moves under harsh of course by winning the Michael Leung, Kerry Poon throughout the process up circumstances to allow the International Rounds and not Rounds will be and Kevin Yeung as the until the very end. spirit of Jessup to continue by not being able to return more flourishing Oralists, Liam Lee as the through an online platform. the Cup to DC in due time. Researcher; Sherman It is most unfortunate that than ever! Ho and Kelvin Tse as the the International Rounds We, as a team, believe that The Jessup Cup is safely Student Coaches, and of the competition in our journey with Jessup and quarantined at ELTE Law Professor Stephen Hall as Washington, DC have public international law has School by wearing a medical the Faculty Advisor. been cancelled because of not ended here, and we mask and practicing social the COVID-19 pandemic. greatly anticipate the return distancing. Although the Cup We are very pleased to share However, we are pleased to of the Jessup Competition is heartbroken not to be in DC that, on 15 March 2020, the see that teams from all over next year. with the Jessup community, team won the Hong Kong the world are still able to bond you can see that the Helian Regional Rounds of the with each other through the Team roster Hyacinth is blooming again. competition and secured the Jessup Facebook Group, Ka Chai Tse (Advisor) So fellow Jessupers and Best Oralist prize, which was sharing their experience and Ho Chi Ho (Advisor) friends, don’t give up and awarded to Michael Leung. discussing the intricacies Stephen Hall (Advisor) keep calm: The International of the moot problem. We Hoi Ming Leung Jessup community and the The team’s victory did not Kerry Hiu Liam Poon would like to thank the ILSA Ka Kit Lee 2021 International Rounds will come easily and would not and everyone who helped Wai Kin Yeung be more flourishing than ever! have been possible without and made the Jessup Hoi Yin Cheung

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ICELAND INDIA

#243 #703 University of Iceland National Academy for Legal Studies

Team roster and Research, Hyderabad Kristín Benediktsdóttir (Advisor) Bjorn Davidsson (Advisor) Hello, we are the team Submissions. We nevertheless at times difficult, but ultimately Aslaug Larusdóttir (Advisor) Marlena Piekarska representing NALSAR managed to not only qualify wonderful and enriching Kamilla Kjerulf University of Law, India. for International Rounds experience. While we deeply Tamar Lipka Þormarsdóttir We have all been eager but also win the Indian wish to have been able to Thelma Kristjansdóttir enthusiasts of public National Rounds, which had meet and participate in the international law since our more than 36 teams from rounds in Washington, we are first year at college, and saw different Universities—while glad to be an enduring part The experience gained Jessup to be the perfect also gaining invaluable of the spirit of Jessup. throughout this competition opportunity to further our experiences and connections is priceless. We learned knowledge and interest. in the process. so much by taking part in jessup, as this was the first There were many obstacles We are grateful to have international competition to our journey to winning worked on such an interesting Team roster for all of us, which was the Indian National Rounds, Problem, encompassing such Ranjeev Khatana (Advisor) certainly a large step out and qualifying to participate diverse areas of law. Vishesh Priyamvadha Shivaji of our comfort zone. The in the International Rounds. and Priyamvadha spent Vishaka Ramesh Vishesh Bhatia project is demanding and Due to our college’s delay days debating the validity of Pranay Maladi requires a heavy workload, in organizing the internal automatic state succession yet the whole process is rounds to select the team and covering a huge breadth fun and humbling. We were representing our university, of international humanitarian very lucky to have the we could only begin law, human rights law, and opportunity to compete preparations for the Moot public international law with in the Jessup Friendly in in November 2019, over a respect to the WALL and Prague and we got a taste month after the release of autonomous systems, while of how the main competition the Moot Problem. However, Vishaka and Pranay wrangled would run. We are grateful throughout our winter break over lis pendens and the for Jessup and the doors we persevered and worked validity of Rasasan tariffs as that the competition has together on the Problem, well as wondering why Adawa opened for us. despite being in different had ever made Ms. Darian cities and meeting only about Grey Minister for Foreign a week prior to the Memorial Affairs. It has been a long,

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#124 #365 West Bengal Jindal Global National Law School

University Team roster Aman Bhattacharya (Coach) of Juridical Abhijeet Shrivastava Rahul Desarda Sciences brought us closer together an experience we will cherish Faizan Ahmad as a team. We submitted for a lifetime. Qualifying for Rudraksh Lakra Sankalp Sharma our memorials with blood, the International Rounds Jessup 2020 seems like it was sweat and tears, with some was exhilarating, being an entire lifetime in itself. In the well-deserved chiding by unable to go was immensely We are a young team of inequities of law. Exploring fraternity who guided us, time that Jessup happened, Zubin (the best coach anyone disappointing. Maybe Indian law students with four further made clear that the have strengthened our hopes we worked insane amounts could ask for), threats of next time? sophomores and one fourth- world needs lawyers who of being able to be of service during holidays and festive being coach-less if we failed year student (all pursuing a are not only competent, but to humanity. seasons; juggled internships We were informed that it was five-year integrated course). also committed to the service to do so, and with exactly We were devastated that and academics studying for 30 seconds to spare. We were all right to be heartbroken Dauntingly, both mooting and of humanity. exams and mooting; we nearly after we spent nine months international law were foreign we could not meet and be then thrown into the deep end Our coach, Prof. Aman, who further inspired by teams got debarred; we argued unprepared for the gruesome of our lives in the Crosinian to us! In the early days, it was over innumerable things; had universe. When’s the last impossible to imagine we has been a participant and an internationally. Yet, we concur hell that speaking practice advisor/coach many a time that this is what the spirit of mental breakdowns; cried, was. A month of no sleep, time you spent nine months would reach a point where we laughed, developed inside of every day on something would be writing a brief such in the Jessup, appreciates the Jessup demanded this between 5 am practices and that he has continued to year, and we hope that all jokes and friendships for a 11 pm discussions, marathon and didn’t fall a little bit in as this. With perseverance, lifetime. Among so many love with it? So, thank you luck, and the guidance learn more, explore nuances, participants are safe and well. weekends where when and challenge his pre-fixed In the twilight of our journey, other things, Varunavi’s pushed ourselves to practice Jessup 2020 for what was, of many from the Jessup tendency of deleting every in an understatement, an community, this long journey understandings. We would we believe our sleepless four times a day, and some describe our journey similarly. nights, our preparations with second message that she deserved and undeserved extremely eventful and taught us in equal measure sent, Tasneem’s intelligence memorable journey. about law and life. He also tells us that he has the support of Broseph (our criticism and praise. The felt inspired watching us, as dog—official “Jessupup” as agency-level stalking skills, National Rounds were one Anoushka’s black holes of IL Team roster In the case concerning novices, tackle the taxing per another team!) and the of a kind too. Three stressful the Helian Hyacinth, we demands of the Jessup. It many sacrifices have all been questions, Rohit’s unwavering days of hostel video calls, Zubin Dash (Coach) faith in our research, Tasneem Zakir understood much about goes without saying that his worthwhile—we are grateful complicated pizza deliveries, Anoushka Soni endlessly fascinating themes tutelage and patience have to become a part of the Agastya’s jokes, and our Varunavi Bangia making some exciting that enticed our imagination humbled us. His pursuits in Jessup community. favorite observer Varun’s new friends, both among Rohit Gupta enthusiasm are things that Agastya Sen for the future and incidentally international law and those participants and judges; it was helped us realize the of others from the Jessup

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#389 was two months alone on a We are also grateful to our residential campus, as our coach, Vishakha Choudhary— Gujarat college peers went home who tirelessly entertained for the winter break. And our calls and complaints, National Law just like that, Jessup became and all the other Jessupers, an adventure. from the boy who left us a University box of goodies to get us A lucky pup on campus through memo submission, almost acquired the to the seniors who ran down CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL Each of us espoused different Botega namesake, pizza motivations when we first the hallways celebrating our and “21 jump street” was a success like their own. 2020 JESSUP COMPETITORS negotiated the formation of a rewarding departure from team. Akanksha was besotted the dystopian WALL, Helian It was awe-inspiring to by the thrill of advocacy, tariffs merited mention at see the dedication of the Samaksh was enamored every mundane meal, and Jessup alumni community. We missed you in D.C. by the prospects of team Ms. Grey found redemption But as we enter the portals and travel, Samira sought on a midnight ice-cream raid. of Jessup alumni ourselves, Let us welcome you to UConn Law. academic fascination and Our journey spanned three we recognize from where frustration, and Varun was cities, hundreds of enigmatic such devotion stems. From LLM Programs available: Classes and clubs you bent on staking claim to the conversations, thousands the sense of fraternity that Energy & Environmental Law won’t want to miss: Jessup legacy. of scholarly pages, and Jessup inspires. Barriers of Human Rights & Social Justice • 16 Clinics • Courses in Trial and Appellate Advocacy countless cups of coffee from time, distance, language and As time passed and we Insurance Law • Connecticut Moot Court Board an over-exploited, newly nationality dissolve in the assumed the wholesome U.S. Legal Studies • Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Society quality of a team, these installed coffee machine. collective experience, in the • International Law Society ideations were consumed by shared sense that Jessup is • Connecticut Alliance of International Lawyers For these experiences, and more than just a moot. It is a the singular goal of “cracking more, we are indebted to the problem.” What followed life-goal, it is a life-lesson, and each other, and to Jessup. for that brief, interminable period—it is a lifestyle.

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#227 #378 Universitas Katolik Parahyangan Universitas Airlangga When we first started everything we sought out to Team roster mooting, neither of us knew do. Then, against all odds, we Gregorius Sachio Wibisono (Coach) just what we were getting did. Words cannot describe Teddy Trianto Antono (Coach) To our university, the John Lumbantobing (Advisor) Jessup is more than just a into. We didn’t think Jessup the feeling of hearing our Theodora Saputri (Advisor) would mean so much to team number followed by Theo Prawiradirdja competition. It is a chance us. It wasn’t just another “Congratulations! You’re Clemens Danang for us to learn, grow and Aurelia Livya Poluan work with some of the competition anymore and going to DC!” Vincent Jiadi qualifying to Washington, DC Sabella Jane Tjasa best legal institutions in became our ultimate dream. The cancellation of the Indonesia. Coming from After failing last year, we International Rounds was a small university, we had promised to return again devastating. We have worked always felt disadvantaged stronger, more experienced, so hard only for fate to deal by the lack of resources and and most importantly as a us a bad hand. Nevertheless, coaches. This inspired us to team. It’s been 11 years since not a single one of us work harder and smarter to our campus last qualified to regretted competing this year. craft arguments that were the International Rounds. This To be a part of Jessup’s long air-tight. It was our seniors year was going to be the year and proud history has been who had created a Jessup we would make it there again. a life-changing experience ecosystem that pushed us to for us. We have learned be a better, stronger team. As We understood that this so much, come so far, and a result, we became a team was not going to be an easy have become all the better that was dedicated to Adawa task. There were so many for it. It has definitely been and Rasasa. The Jessup also obstacles along the road and a roller-coaster of emotions, presented numerous working for most of us in the team this but we wouldn’t have it any opportunities, as law firms is the last year we’ll be able other way. We will always were lining up to provide to compete. To say that we hold Jessup in a special place sponsorships and internship were under a lot of pressure in our hearts. Rest assured, opportunities for the team. is an understatement. we will return, victorious, Team roster For that, we are forever However, we are nothing next year. Intan Inayatun Soeparna (Advisor) Thesalonica Shinta Pramita Natalia grateful for this community if not dedicated, stubborn Sincerely, Kurniawan Frans and competition. even. Nothing was going Yosua Putra Iskandar to stop us from achieving Katherine Abidea Salim Team 227 Zalfa Attiyah Faradiba Jatmiko

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#463 #721 Team roster Universitas Padjadjaran Diajeng Wulan Christianti (Advisor) Universitas Islam Indonesia Yogi Bratajaya Agung Kurniawan Sihombing I am at a loss for words to for the International Rounds in Indira Priandani even begin to describe what Washington, DC. The moment Fara Aliftisha Maharani Jessup is a the Jessup meant to me and when judges announced Syifa Adila combination of the my teammates. I think I speak we had won our semi-final not only for my team but rounds, and the atmosphere prospect of self- for all delegates around the of pleading in the grand finals world that we are eternally will forever be etched in my improvement and grateful to have participated memory. That this was all we collective passion in the Jessup. Through the had worked towards. That the Jessup, my teammates and late nights of practice, heated striving to be the I have been able to develop debates, and literal blood, best of the best. exponentially as law students. sweat and tears was worth it. The Jessup has undeniably increased our skills in legal Thank you to my teammates, the smiles of our three research, writing and oral our coaches, the advisors, Team roster Second, even without oralists, Ardya Syafhana, advocacy. Outside of that, everyone who has helped in Fasya Addina (Coach) physically attending the Rafi Nasrulloh Muhammad the connections we have the process, the Indonesian Nur Gemilang Mahardhika (Coach) International Rounds, in the Christoper Cason (Advisor) Romdoni and Alfi Nurjannah; gained through the Jessup, National Rounds Committee past eight months, the Agents Ardya Syafhana our coaches, Christopher whether it be growing with and ILSA for making the Rafi Nasrulloh Muhammad Romdoni have witnessed the value of Cason, J.D., and Nur Gemilang each other throughout Jessup possible. Annisa Aulya Putri hard work that recognizes Rukma Hermawan Mahardhika, S.H., LL.M.; this process as a team or no limit, sincerity, patience, Alfi Nurjannah our researchers, Rukma networking with prominent tolerance, and the knowledge Hermawan and Annisa Aulya lawyers and other competitors that family does not always The Agents of 721 would like Putri; our manager, Arief from different law schools, mean by blood. to present two propositions: Hasanul Husnan Nasution; were invaluable and will be Hence, we respectfully submit and our supporters from UII’s cherished for years to come. First, Jessup is a combination to the Court a promise that UII Board of Alumni. As you can of the prospect of self- will return to the 2021 Jessup see, the fires do not die from This particular Jessup season improvement and collective International Rounds. morning to evening despite meant a lot to my teammates passion striving to be the the exhausting Rounds. and me, since it was the first best of the best. You invest These photographs may time in my university’s history immeasurable attention, serve as the guardian Thank you, and may it please in competing in the Jessup time, and energy in it with of that promise. They the Court, we will be seeing that our team made it through unwavering commitment. capture and immortalize you next year. the grand finals and qualified

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IRAQ IRELAND

#688 #493 American University of Iraq-Sulaymaniyah Law Society of Ireland

Team roster Four trainee solicitors from response to this crisis. Our Team roster Hedi Hamad Amin (Advisor) the Law Society of Ireland submissions were the result Deirdre Potenz (Advisor) Davar Abdulla Louise O’Callaghan Mohammed Abbas competed in the Jessup of hours of practice, research, Shauna Scannell Dilan Sirwan International Law Moot and argument amongst Sam Elliott Noor Omer Court Competition this year. ourselves and our coach. Darren McConnon Evan Jaaf Two of us had mooted It was a deeply rewarding before, and two of us were experience to compete in complete beginners. None the Jessup this year and we It does not take a genius to of us had ever competed in were delighted to win the Irish recognize the importance the Jessup before. We had National Rounds. of the Jessup Moot Court little experience—practical Competition for law students or academic—in dealing with We would like to express who are willing to expand most of the issues the Jessup our sincere gratitude to our their knowledge concerning explored this year. coach, Deirdre Potenz, who international law. I can say that had a transformative effect on the competition enlightened Throughout our time our ability as advocates. As a our way as a team towards competing we faced several former Jessup competitor, her a better understanding of hurdles and we competed able coaching and knowledge international law issues and against a high standard of the competition were challenges. I believe that of competition at the Irish indispensable to us. We would the Jessup Competition National Rounds. The Law also like to express our thanks is the heart of the Cultural Society of Ireland ultimately to the Law Society of Ireland Revolution as it embodies won the Irish National Rounds for supporting us throughout all the accomplishments in the Four Courts in Dublin, the competition. of law students in a single leaving us excited for the yet glamorous competition. knowledge this competition in cultivating the knowledge International Rounds in My team and I worked on provides is perfectly designed associated with international Washington, DC. the legal issues effortlessly to build a haven of study law, and I am so lucky I have despite the challenges. from which we could discuss participated in something We are deeply concerned However difficult, however the many perspectives on that makes saying goodbye by the spread of COVID-19 competitive, the amount of the legal issues. In addition, so hard. globally, and believe that work we put in was worth I think participating in the the measures taken by ILSA it because the particular Jessup Competition is crucial are the sole appropriate

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ISRAEL ITALY

#165 #642 Hebrew Università degli studi di Bari

University We are Gianmaria Iliade, It was challenging, but so Mariapia Piacenza, Paola Rizzi, much more than that. It was Team roster Rossana Sasso and Roberta desperation every time we Tamar Megiddo (Coach) Strippoli, members of the couldn’t find the perfect Jiries Elias (Assistant Coach) “Università degli Studi di Bari document, but also bonding Tal Mimran (Advisor) Lina Tabari Aldo Moro” team! in front of a beer at 6 p.m. Daniel Feld because “we think better this Oren Rachmiel The Jessup Competition way.” I was hiding under the Lianna Bernstein has been an unforgettable Noya Doron covers the night before the experience for us, five guys oral pleadings, overwhelmed who jumped into something and convinced of being that they were sure was hopeless, but also knowing bigger than them, five that, in that very room, at near strangers trying to do 2 am in the morning, there something that, in their city, were four other people ready had never been done before. to lift you up. Jessup has been so many It was the anxiety of standing things for us, undoubtedly up to speak for the first Hi everyone! We’re in the university every how to do a #fire rebuttal a source of struggle and time, but also the screams the Hebrew University Sunday morning at 9 am to (and surrebuttal for the inspiration, a reason for of joy of discovering that of Jerusalem team— start practice (WOOHOO), Respondents), getting to the sleepless nights spent we were the first Italian Oren Rachmiel, Daniel Feld, staying up all night in the 24- point where we could answer rummaging through team to have ever qualified, Lina Tabari, Noya Doron, and hour library of the computer any questions that the judges documents, wondering at its first participation, for Lianna Bernstein. We started science students to finish our threw at us with confidence, how to better understand the Semi-Finals. our research wayyy back memorials, and competing and THE TEAM THE TEAM a concept that we never in April and were lucky to in the national competition THE TEAM! Even though we seemed able to fully grasp. It was a room that, on the first be assisted by our amazing during our finals period. Even were excited to meet all of day, had five strangers but in Team roster coaches—Dr. Tamar Megiddo, though it got pretty hectic at you in Washington, we feel It has been a competition, the end only saw friends. Federico Ceci (Advisor) Francesco Emanuele Celentano and student coach, Jiries Elias. times, it was always fun to lucky to have finished the the most difficult we ever sustained, but it was also a (Advisor) be together. :) year with a great new group Roberta Strippoli Some of our favorite of friends! unique opportunity to meet Paola Francesca Rizzi memories of Jessup were The best parts about the people from all over Italy, to Gianmaria Iliade Mariapia Piacenza getting to be the first students Jessup for us were learning connect with someone who Rossanna Sasso has the same passion as us.

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JAMAICA

#759 #622 Università degli Studi di Milano Norman Manley Law School

The Jessup is an amazing for discovering days later that Team roster Greetings fellow Jessupers, challenge that changes you such a solution was actually Luigi Crema (Coach) not only as a law student, but unsustainable. In time, we Riccardo Danelli (Advisor) Much like all the other mainly as a person. Jessup for soon turned out as great Giovanni Della Chà (Advisor) teams around the world, we Chiara Buffoni (Advisor) are extremely saddened us meant meeting new people friends and this nice working Evelina Marazza (Advisor) with whom you had to gain environment transformed Jacopo Natali (Advisor) at the cancellation of the confidence very soon, since tensions into mutual help Giorgia Paris (Advisor) International Rounds. Martina Danesi (Advisor) Even in the midst of this the research work was very and support, leading Fabio Gallo Perozzi (Advisor) tough and demanded a huge us to the victory at the Emil Tan (Advisor) crushing COVID-sanctioned amount of cooperation from National Rounds! Alessandro Canosa disappointment, we Rachele Magnaghi remain hopeful that the the very beginning. Jessup Candida Mistrorigo was the sense of exhaustion In fact, it is not just studying Giacomo Poletti spirit of the Jessup is left leaving the university when hard, simulations, drafting Arianna Ragione undamaged. No doubt the everyone was already gone. memorials, skipping lunches spirit of the Jessup remains It was the sense of sudden and getting crazy, but it is also ever more contagious. chiefly friendship, kindness, joy for finding a solution to We anticipate that our a complex problem and the self-esteem, determination and passion. Crosinian counterparts had mounting feeling of despair The Jessup is an the enriching experience that we did through researching amazing challenge and fierce argument. that changes Nevertheless, we are all Team roster Jessupers. Don’t forget that. Marc Ramsay (Coach) you not only as Christine Brooks Maybe one day some of Andrena Athill a law student, us will meet during an ICJ Rojae Brown dispute, a WTO dispute, James-Erle Kirkland but mainly as Zachary Phillips an ICC dispute or a matter a person. that encompasses all three tribunals. Who knows? Until then, The Norman Manley Law School Jessup Team wishes you all the best in your future endeavors.

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JAPAN

#349 #779 Sophia University Kyoto University

What is the 2020 Jessup the chance to take part in the COVID-19. The only way Cup for me? Through the International Rounds. left for me to tackle such competition, I realized serious situations is to learn “the fellowship and mutual As is known well, however, the international law, and, based support,” though it did in an Competition was cancelled. on the knowledge and the unexpected manner. It seemed to me that I lost way of thinking, in the future, the chance. Nonetheless, the I would like to contribute to Two years ago when I began cancellation, ironically, told me the realization of international university – I was determined the importance of “fellowship peace and security, even to learn international law and and mutual support” in our when facing the most acquire the skill of grasping global community. I learned severe situation. things from many angles, by it by facing the most difficult Team roster participating in the Jessup circumstances regarding Yuta Murakami International Rounds in order COVID-19 in a more effective Team roster Miki Tokunaga to serve, in the future, the way than any other way. Ryoya Miyoshi Iori Nihira global community. After Hiroshi Tanioka Kazuki Yamada Kohei Nishioka Mako Watanabe that, I spent the following Nowadays, more and more people around the world Anna Kreshchenko days practicing English and Kohdai Kimura improving oral and written are losing their lives due to proceedings, in order to This journey of almost students and create a strong participate in the International 6-months to dig into the bond between us. The Rounds. As a result of the The Jessup 2020 world of Adawa and Rasasa Jessup 2020 was definitely two-year effort, I won the has been a wonderful one, a part of our life. Lastly, we National Rounds and gained was definitely a giving us excitement and are so full of gratitude to all part of our life. enlightening experience the organizers, judges and on the fragmentation of participants of the qualifying international law and some round in Japan; we also are hot issues surrounding the obliged to our coaches who Helian Hyacinth. We must kindly supported us in the say furthermore we were entire period of this Jessup so blessed to have the season. ありがとうございまし opportunity to work closely た。(“Thank you” in Japanese) with our team of dedicated

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JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN

#783 #706 University of Jordan M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University

Team roster We are glad to go through Omar Okour (Coach) all these nine months of Mohammad Aladham (Advisor) Sara Jiries (Advisor) sleepless nights, research, Noura Alami arguments and countless Shaha Alassaf oral rounds. Looking back Layan Haj Khalil Sura Smadi we see how Jessup matured Mohammad Mufid Qurashi our personal growth. We dedicated our efforts to make every day of work count even in the situation when our participation at all was uncertain. Preparing for this year’s Jessup taught us many valuable lessons. Even after the shattered disappointment we all faced, we would never wish to reverse the We dedicated our efforts to time or trade this invaluable experience for anything else. make every day of work count Let this year be a reminder even in the situation when our The Jessup had been the Kingdom of Jordan in, what for all of us to value every most incredible journey can only be described as an moment and never give up in participation at all was uncertain. for the past five months. unprecedented experience. spite of all the hardships. It has been Since October, our team Our legal careers are still enlightening put its heart and soul into in infancy, but we hope Best regards, ensuring our best endeavors that with the knowledge KAZGUU Jessup Team to take this are fulfilled. It has become and fortitude the Jessup journey together, our daily bread and we competition has provided us dwelled into parsecs with, we shall grow ever more Team roster representing otherwise unknown to us. eager to learn and practice Anna Dolidze (Coach) It has been enlightening to international law and stand Miras Daulenov (Coach) The Hashemite Ualsher Akhanov take this journey together, right and just. Askar Tazhanov Kingdom of Jordan representing The Hashemite Alina Rakhimzhanova Anar Beisenova Binazir Moldabekova

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#842 Team roster Samson Alosa (Coach) Charity Ouma University of Nairobi Aska Amor Alima Mubassu The Kenyan Jessup Team 2020, Number 842 is made up of three seasoned mooters, Charity Ouma, Amor Aska and Alima Mubassu. Having participated in several national and international Moot Court competitions such as the Nuremberg to leave the mark that we We thus embarked on have sympathized at moot 2019 and the All Africa intended to in Washington, the journey that is well- the cancellation of Competitions 2019, the 2020 we would need to prove known to any member of the competition. With similar Philip C. Jessup moot court ourselves among the best the “Jessupers” club that understanding, we are in competition as the “mother of and thus capable of facing is drafting and redrafting support of the decision to all moots” was to be a crown the best of the best, which arguments to the point of uphold public health above of our participation in Moot is the crop that the Jessup perfection. The efforts can all else and deeply grateful to Court Competitions. competition admits. hopefully be seen in our well- the Philip C. Jessup organizers argued written submissions, for the development In our interaction with which were a product of an that participation in this former participants of the uncounted number of drafts competition has offered competition and material culminating in ingenious us thus far. We consider related to the competition, arguments worthy of the ourselves Jessupers for the we realized even before Words cannot pertinent questions in the experience. Special thanks participation that this Case Concerning the Helian to the University of Nairobi competition demands capture the Hyacinth. They gratefully School of Law for allowing us absolute dedication and investment and earned us a prospective slot participation in this and other simply the best of the best. as Team Kenya following our competitions, Mr. Dominic for It is for this reason that we passion that win at the National Rounds. making the National Rounds started preparations even we put into our possible, our Patron Mr. Alosa before the release of the Words cannot capture for wholesome guidance, question with research into participation in the investment and Leone, Nkarichia, Deborah and the general anticipated passion that we put into numerous friends for training themes and analysis of past the competition. our participation in the with us and encouraging us, memorials. We knew that competition. We, therefore, and the Almighty God for his fully own the disappointment love and guidance. with which the organizers

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KOSOVO KUWAIT #228 #457 Kuwait University of Pristina International Law School This journey of almost eight We participated in the Team roster months has been a wonderful Friendly Rounds in Prague and Dren Doli (Advisor) Team roster one. Our team quarantined we were soooo ready for the Bonita Saliu Zgjim Mikullovci Fatemah Albader (Coach) for eight months away from final stage: Washington, DC Dren Qerimi Julie Yassine (Advisor) our social life. We put in and the International Rounds. Levik Rashiti Haya Alrujaib enormous investments of Rina Mehana Zain Alansari Nour Alnaqeeb time, energy and passion. We We are very sad that we will not have the chance to meet Fatemah Alzahraa Hamad spent the last eight months Maha Abdullah breathing life into the world of with all of you in DC. Adawa and Rasasa, starting We really appreciate every from the trepidation after moment we spent together After months of late- Participating in the Jessup Already, we feel that the going through the problem in this! night practice and endless has also provided us with a Jessup helped improve our for the first time, to pouring amounts of coffee, our rich educational experience. skills, including commitment, countless hours into legal Jessup, you have our hearts! team was ready to head to More personally, it taught us patience, and learning to research and writing. the International Rounds. the strength of teamwork. acknowledge weaknesses. To hear that this year the Our coaches also given Jessup was cancelled was, us an immense amount of The Jessup changes you. to say the least, devastating. knowledge, including how It gets to you. It keeps you Nonetheless, these past few to research more effectively. going. Notwithstanding months have been amazing, After doing Jessup, we feel current events, we still hold and it has shown us the that our skills have drastically ourselves to be part of the meaning of teamwork and elevated, such that it will Jessup community. We are dedication. We, the Kuwait help us in our future careers. now a part of the Jessup International Law School In addition, we learned that family. We hope to be able Team, persevered. If we self-satisfaction is far greater to come back next year, could do it all over again than obtaining a win, because and the years after that—as knowing that we would not the real competition is our competitors, and eventually be able to compete, we still own minds and the limitations as judges. The Jessup will not would. Jessup is now a part we set for ourselves. In this be forgotten this year. of who we are. The meaning regard, we are thankful that of Jessup, and the honor to the Jessup has helped us have come this far, will carry exceed our own expectations. with us for life, transcending our days in law school.

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KYRGYZSTAN

#220 #300 Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University American University in Central Asia

We are the team from Kyrgyz- rounds, one of our speakers was an element of the overall We will never say that During National Rounds, She was the one who prayed Russian Slavic University got so ill that he had to get mechanism that worked to everything that we we supported each other. We for us and helped us a lot. #220. The participation at the an IV. One of our researchers achieve the result. We got an went through during helped with research, helped Thank you!!! Philip C. Jessup International had to square off before a invitation to the International the preparation for the with getting rid of nervous Law Moot Court Competition panel of judges. It was really Rounds of the Jessup in competition went in vain, situations, and the reason Team roster is our first experience, so a kind of emotional stress Washington. All this time we because we became a family. why we didn’t have stressful Arina Efremova (Coach) everything that happened for our participant! But the have been living in the world situations is because of each Suzanna Boozari Moghaddam within this competition preparation and work until with the State of Adawa and This year, Kyrgyzstan for the other; the aura of the working (Coach) happened to us for the 5 am allowed us to perform the Republic of Rasasa in the first time went to the National atmosphere was inspiring and Elina Aibek Kyzy Rounds. These rounds were Guzal Alimova first time! well and lead our team to the Region of Crosinia, the only joyful. We always laughed at Bakai Abdykul Uulu finals of the competition. place on Earth where the conducted by Uzbek National different things during our Takhmina Alikbaeva It took us three hours by car, Helian Hyacinth is cultivated. Administrators in Tashkent in preparation, and therefore we one hour by plane and four We learned to conduct a parallel with Uzbek National got used to each other very Team roster hours at the airport to get dialogue with the judges, Rounds, concluding it with quickly. Teamwork is very to the National Qualifying as well as listen to our Aliya Maralbaeva (Advisor) Uzbek-Kyrgyz Friendly Nazira Tursunbaeva (Advisor) important in every work. Rounds of Kyrgyzstan and opponents and prepare Elina Salyzhanova Rounds. Four teams Uzbekistan in Tashkent. counterarguments. The most Temirlan Tagaibaev participated in the Kyrgyz The Team 300 would like Despite this we were full of important thing is that we Danil Tsoi National Rounds, so we did to say thanks to everyone Zhibek Kydyrova enthusiasm and passionate have learned to work as a Ramilia Almazbekova our best to advance. Many who was preparing for about getting into the team. Each team member sleepless nights and days we rounds, everyone who White & Case International walked together, many books volunteered and everyone Rounds and competing and cases we read while who organized rounds. These against other teams researching and writing a are incredible people. Another from 100 other countries memorandum. Every day we big thank you we would and jurisdictions. arranged pleadings in front like to say to our coach Ms. of each other to improve our Arina Efremova—she is the Due to the fact that we took oral and presentation skills. one who led us to success. part in this competition for We were all thrilled. the first time, the National Qualifying Rounds were full of useful experience for each of us. But also there were some incidents. So in one of the

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LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG

#570 #679 Vytautas Magnus University Université de Luxembourg

For us this year’s Jessup Especially during the process Team roster started quite early. We started of drafting memorials we Deividas Uzkurys (Coach) working in summer, went noticed that the experience Gustas Armalis Remigijus Čapas to various summer schools, we had was really helpful. Aurimas Kavaliauskas learned and practiced the However, it was really hard Andrius Martovičius necessary skills to become a to decide which arguments better oralist and to achieve to leave and which to cross better results in DC. Our team out, as there was not enough consisted of four members space for everything. Even and one coach. Two members before the memorials We also had some hard participated for the first time. submission deadline we times, especially during were working on certain preparations and due to This year we invested a lot issues and technical aspects. constant stress. But at the of time and effort, because Still, we managed to submit same time it was the moment we believed in ourselves. everything on time and that when we finally became a We were also determined was a huge relief, which lasted team. It was a very interesting that we could achieve better for that night only. The next period which lasted until Team roster Participating in the commitment and hard work. results considering that we morning we started practicing March, when we participated Owiso Owiso (Advisor) Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Furthermore, we are also very already had experience in the European Friendly. Kelly Blount (Advisor) Competition was an enriching grateful to our coaches for our Oral Rounds. Catia Monteiro from the previous year. After the Friendly rounds, Andreia Sofia Rodrigues Cavaleiro experience on a personal, their guidance and team spirit. we were happy about our Shamroz Kalim Khawaja academic and professional We are deeply saddened performance and certain that Caroline Zoé Anne level. As agents of the Alexandra Debue by the cancellation of the we have strong arguments. In Republic of Rasasa and the international rounds due to particular, we felt that we are State of Adawa, our team the COVID-19 pandemic. moving forward. acquired a considerable knowledge on research Nevertheless, being able to It was very sad when we techniques and the ability to represent the University of learned that the International plead, which is essential for Luxembourg in the largest Rounds are cancelled. a future career in the legal and most prestigious Nevertheless, Jessup is mainly sector. The preparation for moot court competition about the journey and people. Washington demonstrates in the world was truly an We were glad that we had the necessity and importance unforgettable experience. such an opportunity and we of teamwork, as well as hope that 2021 will be even more interesting.

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MALAYSIA MALTA

#318 #826 University of Malaya University of Malta

Unorthodox. Complex. and our spirits remained high. has been nothing short of a Faculty of Law Exhilarating. These words We had each other’s backs wild ride, and although the flashed in our minds as through every session. place did not take us to DC, As first time Jessup more knowledgeable and Team roster we first read the tale of the souvenirs of friendship, Competitors, this experience appreciative of the subject Graziella Schembri (Advisor) Adawa and Rasasa in At last, we emerged determination and the passion has been both fulfilling and than ever before. Thank you Celine Cuschieri Debono (Advisor) Luisa Briffa September 2019. Looking victorious at the National for international advocacy enjoyable—from preparing to the organizers and all those Round with the team Sarah Anne Borg back, these same three words picked up along the way for the National Rounds to involved for providing us with Jeremy Mifsud describe our experience operating as a well-oiled are tokens we shall forever writing up our memorials and this platform. I hope we get Giovanni Francesco Jin Peralta gearing up for the world’s machine. We won not only treasure. And for that, to participating in the European to cross paths again some largest battle of advocacy— the National Championship, Adawa and Rasasa, we are Friendly in Prague. Despite time soon. Jessup 2020. but the experience of a eternally grateful! this experience having been lifetime, diving into the cut short, it was certainly an Best regards to all Unorthodox, because for depths of secluded corners Team roster experience of a lifetime! We the first time, the University of international law with Raphael Kok (Coach) have learned to appreciate of Malaya was represented the camaraderie to match. Caysseny Boonsiri Jessica Wei Zhen Lim the multi-facets that make by an all-girls team, proud We laughed, cried and Nurul Zafirah Jaya up international law, grow and ready to fly Malaysia’s shared cultures, snacks Hui Jun Hong academically and socially, and flag at the international and slangs. Jessup 2020 Makaela Fehlhaber come out of this competition stage. Complex, because albeit our similar sexes, our brains diverged in ideas, strategy and argumentation. Exhilarating, because due to this complexity, research was grueling, yet rewarding; drafting was making the incomprehensible, comprehensible; and hours of oral training left us breathless with adrenaline. With every practice session, we were bruised, but our ammunition of international law grew,

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MEXICO

#230 #464 Universidad Nacional Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Autónoma de México Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe

We are Team 230 from Mexico. Fernando Rea, Monserrat Pérez, Brayan Sánchez and Eduardo Fragoso, we all came together to face stress, tiredness, sleeplessness, tears, and even some warning shots, overcoming our differences to meet the memorial deadline in one of the most thrilling experiences of our lives. loss. A lot has changed in Team roster When we clicked “send,” the last year. We are not the Arturo Díaz Chirino (Advisor) tears streamed down and all same people that tried out Mariana Mascorro Osorio (Advisor) for the Jessup team. We José Emmanuel González Carbajal When we first joined Jessup, expected it would teach us the pressure got released. (Advisor) we set our sights simply on priceless lessons on discipline, became a team. We had our Monserrat Pérez Vázquez Our incredible coaches, enjoying our participation. empathy and compassion. Mariana Mascorro, Arturo Díaz share of happy moments, Eduardo Fragoso Jacobo sad moments, hard work Brayan Sánchez Hernández After all, this was only the Despite—or perhaps because and Emmanuel González Fernando Rea Morones second time in history our of—the countless hours spent became friends and teachers and stress, but every single moment was enjoyable. university had signed up for on writing and research, every in life, helping us turn intense the competition, and we were second dedicated to the feelings into work and We changed our mindset to believe in ourselves a lot painfully aware of our lack Jessup has been completely enjoyment. We are forever of experience. Eight months worth it. We will forever look thankful to our team and more, and we now know that whatever we want to achieve later, we sit together once back at that period in time our family that constantly more, writing these lines as not only in terms of sleepless supported us in this journey. will always reflect the love, Team roster passion and effort put into national champions. nights and hours of practice, Inna Makhniboroda (Advisor) but in terms of endless We could not foresee that it; but most importantly, no Mariana Garza Jessup was such a rewarding Andrés Ordaz laughter, personal growth, the dreams and work that matter what problems may journey. While we certainly got us together could change arise, you will always have a Mauricio Arciniega and friendships that will last Ana Gutiérrez hoped to develop our a lifetime. in a single moment. But we Jessup family to support you. advocacy skills, we never will get over the feelings of

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MOLDOVA MYANMAR

#740 #606 Moldova State University University of Mandalay

We are the team representing We look forward to the next place trying to develop a Therefore, it was such the Republic of Moldova. It’s year to carry out our plan. better understanding of legal thunderstruck news to us been more than 10 years since Cheers to everyone for issues, to carry out deep when we were informed Moldova has participated in making Jessup a unique part Our Jessup research on legal bases, and that 2020 Jessup had been the Jessup Competition, so of our lives! For sure, this to improve our English since cancelled. We were very sad it was a double challenge will remain one of the best journey was it’s our second language. We and are still sad to this very for us. Over the months, experiences ever! also had a challenging time day. To us, the Jessup Moot we have ventured into the a marvelous while researching because is a life-changing experience unknown. We have spent rollercoaster we had only limited library and we believe there will Team roster days and nights exploring For the first four months, we resources in our faculty. be no mooters who will not Valentin Roşca (Advisor) of breathtaking the world of Adawa and Vlada Pulbere did not have an official proper However, we are, of course, agree on this. Words alone Rasasa, finding arguments Nadejda Constantinova moments. coach until we reached out grateful to our faculty cannot literally express how and creating new pathways Alexandra Zavtur members for providing us great moments, experience Irina Florea to Dr. Myint Zan on our for our case. Our Jessup own in January. However, whatever they could and and friendship Jessup has journey was a marvelous we did previously receive ILSA for providing us with brought to us. rollercoaster of breathtaking some training in Yangon materials. We did encounter This year, it is unfortunate moments. It started with the that was provided by ALSA many difficulties not to that the COVID-19 pandemic courage of stepping forward Myanmar and from our visiting mention heated controversies. has swept in. We only hope and becoming a team. And professors and members When we looked back at for the day this pandemic will the moment we heard “The of our faculty. Everything is how far we had come, it quickly come to an end. We winners of the National very challenging because was quite memorable—how wish everyone good health, Rounds of Moldova are...” we this is all new to us since it is all happy, proud, sad, tiring happiness and success in the knew we had made it. We the second Myanmar Jessup and depressing moments coming years. had become the best of the National Round and first moot were compiled in the most best in our country. And the experience for most of us productive six months of our plan was to take over the lifetime. Despite all those except Ms. Ingying Khaing. Team roster International Rounds. We, as Therefore, to catch up on difficulties, we felt like all the Myint Zan (Advisor) a team, are grateful that we everything in just six months, difficulties just blew away Ni Ni Win Maung have had the opportunity we barely took a break when we won the National Khin Moh Moh Kyaw for such an incredibly since the very day we were Round and got ourselves Ingying Khaing Khant Zaw Win emotional experience. selected as a team. During a chance to represent our Phway Thawdar Lwin these months, we actually country in the International holed up together in one Rounds in Washington.

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NEPAL NETHERLANDS

#153 #311 Kathmandu School of Law Maastricht University Namaste from Nepal!! walks and hurried mornings to a makeover from Pranjali waking up, to dejections and at midnight! Kathmandu School of Law triumphs, the vicissitudes have Team roster was going to represent Nepal We were hoping to flex some been phenomenal. Craig Eggett (Advisor) in the International Rounds of intellectual muscles in the Sarah Thin (Advisor) Jessup 2020. Fortunately or During this time, we have International Rounds and Anïssa Boukabous unfortunately (only time will not only had the privilege to meet some of the best minds Nga Janda Robyn Titulski tell), that is not to be. hone our knowledge on public in international law, but rebus Maria Matias international law but have also sic stantibus kicked in. Team members Prajwol gotten to know each other Bickram Rana and Srijan Pant very well. We celebrated To end with the words argued for Adawa claiming our birthdays together, we of our awesome coach reparations for Rasasa’s argued with each other, we Yugichha Sangroula: “Dark illegal actions. Pranjali Kanel asserted our position and but, maybe the Helian fields and Sudridh Kumar Joshi we contended each others’ were meant to go extinct. persistently defended the justification! In the beginning, It fought until the end rationality behind Rasasa’s we went out for morning for survival.” Jessup meant requisite actions. walks at 3 am without In the spirit of the Helian Jessup 2020 for us was “the For us, Jessup meant and and still means sleeping because we could This journey of almost Hyacinth, we are going to hardest job we’ve ever come still means something not wrap our heads around something that eight months has been a move forward till the end. to love.” that will never end. There the issues. We reached a wonderful one. Starting was never an end to the will never end. from the trepidation after point when everyone agreed Happy trails until we Our team would have meet again! research, never a watertight going through the Problem represented The Netherlands argument, never nothing to for the first time, to banging at this year’s International criticize and forever room for All of us came in knowing heads (figuratively as well Rounds. Although, in fact, improvement. But Jessup was nothing and came out being as literally), to internal and none of us are Dutch. never about being perfect; it able to plead international law external drama, to midnight We are Portuguese, is about taking on a challenge like it’s the air we breathe. Algerian, Zimbabwean and coming out better Team roster and German and, at least than when we began. And A huge thank-you to our Sangroula Yugichha (Advisor) in that way, were able to although we didn’t get to go coaches for seeing potential Prajwol Bickram Rana have a truly international Pranjali Kanel to the International Rounds, in us and giving us the experience already in the Srijan Pant the team spirit and love for opportunity to take part Sudridh Kumar Joshi National Rounds. international law will also in something so big and never end. so rewarding.

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NEW ZEALAND

#526 “Every day of the Jessup journey involved anxiety, Auckland University stress and sometimes tears. I loved every second of it.” — Diana Team roster Katherine Eichelbaum (Coach) “Whether I will willingly submit Thomas Richards (Coach) to the masochism that is Michael Greatrex Jessup preparation again, I Josie Butcher Diana Qiu am not sure. But then, if you Don Lye see me again next year, you Louis Norton will know.” — Don “All the words I had for Jessup were said in my last speech.” — Michael “Getting to return to the The Jessup was world of Jessup, this time as an incredibly coach, was one of the most rewarding experiences of We began our Jessup top-ranked team after the demanding my legal career. Although journey following the end preliminary rounds, taking this year’s Jessup story was of our exams in November. home awards for first, second and enriching devastatingly cut short, I am We traded summer jobs and and seventh-best oralist. experience. so glad to see the institution holidays to work full days and For a bunch of kiwis flying thriving and cannot wait to pull all-nighters. Preparing to the other side of the Researching give back to this amazing the written memorials was a world, the Friendly was an the issues really community again.” — Katy cycle of heated discussions, unforgettable experience. changing structures and opened my eyes “Three hard months forged “Jessup allowed me to “yeah, that authority definitely five excellent young lawyers experience both mooting to the vast world supports that proposition.” into one indomitable team. and Europe for the first of international I couldn’t be prouder.” — Tom NZ has never been to time. It’s safe to say I have National Rounds. We relished most definitely caught both law theory and the opportunity to participate the travel and the mooting practice. — Louis in the European Friendly in bug.” — Josie Prague. We finished as the

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NIGERIA NORTH MACEDONIA

#208 #303 University of Lagos Facultas Iuridica Iustinianus Primus, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Team roster Oreoluwa Adejumo Morenike Oyeleke Your Excellencies and may it and managed to disagree on interest REALLY is whilst Fawaz Haroun please the Court. After a long just about every legal issue simultaneously seeking out Edidiong Umoh Ifeoluwa Omisope battle with sleep deprivation, in the case, which made for state officials to defend (or legal overloading, too much quite the entertaining Oral arrest, really). Elena Jaman coffee for one team to Rounds, so much so that and Atanas Avramov took consume and grilling oral state succession became the charge of issues 3 and 4 and sessions, Team 303, under most hot-button issue in a in under 20 minutes, managed the wing and guidance of case where a literal futuristic, to simplify, construct and coaches Sasho Georgievski all-powerful robot decides effectively argue: the and Ljupcho Stojkovski, have whether to autonomously workings of WTO panels, the However, with the tutelage of We’ll always be grateful for put down their law books and shoot people. They managed intricacies of a plant no one the last Nigerian Jessup team this beautiful opportunity and hung their suits up (for now). to start on a clean slate with can pronounce and immunity qualifiers, we were able to we hope to participate and The text before you today is every passing day, though, for state officials where no handle the rigors of research, qualify again next year for the one of bittersweet gratitude so we can say team spirit cases exist. And they would and international law became International Rounds. that hopefully will shed a light was high. have gotten away with an interesting field of law on our Jessup journey. more if it hadn’t been for the Next, we shall present two meddling judges, too. to study. Firstly, we shall demonstrate experts who are ready to This year’s Jessup meant a that Mia Georgievska and send a very detailed letter Thus, Your Excellencies, we lot for the team, as it made We were able to Ivana Azhievska were to the WTO and define have managed to prove that assigned on issues 1 and 2 what an essential security this team stayed passionate, The Jessup experience was us better mooters and better handle the rigors level-headed and ready for a new start for the University students of international future challenges. As a great of Lagos team in terms of law. The competition was of research, and man once said, we WILL be international law and mooting definitely a chance to international back. Thank you and may it generally. It was our first time considerably increase our please the Court. mooting on international law. knowledge of international law became an At first, we experienced some law, experience new things interesting field of challenges with respect to and create tighter bonds Team roster handling our issues in the among ourselves. law to study. Ljupcho Stojkovski (Advisor) Sasho Georgievski (Advisor) compromis and admittedly, Elena Jaman our first few practices Mia Georgievska were messy. Atanas Avramov Ivana Azhievska

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NORWAY PAKISTAN

#436 #219 University Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore of Stavanger The urge to acquire nothing short of a dream We were successfully ranked knowledge and the struggle come true. We thoroughly amongst the top four out of Being a part of the Jessup to progress in the paradigm loved being surrounded by 30 teams that made their 2020 Competition has of law motivated us to such knowledgeable and mark in the Pakistan National brought us both fun and participate in the 61st Philip intellectual individuals. Rounds. Last but not the difficult experiences! It’s C. Jessup International Law least, we cherish each and been long nights and early Moot Court Competition, We encouraged and inspired every bit of this beautiful mornings, but most of all it’s 2020. We stepped into this each other to do better and fruitful journey, and we given us an extraordinary competition as a relatively throughout this journey, and consider ourselves extremely insight into what it is like to new team, but our eager day after day worked even fortunate to have been a work as lawyers on difficult brains nevertheless desired harder. In the course of just part of a competition as big questions with disagreeing to put forth the best of four days we managed to as the Jessup. It was truly an opinions! We are very grateful ourselves and qualify as one grow as a team, learnt the unforgettable experience, one to have been part of such a of the top teams for Jessup. intricacies of international law that will always remain fresh competition, and are left with We had dabbled in quite a and ultimately qualified for in our memories! nothing but good memories. few law competitions over the prestigious White & Case the years, but honestly not International Rounds to Team roster a single activity in the law represent our country in Raza Babar (Coach) Washington, DC. Khushbakht Qaiser (Coach) school was as challenging, Aateka Shuja terrifying yet thrilling, as the Javaria Yaqub Jessup. Participating in it was Amna Adnan Shafaq Farooq Team roster Lana Bubalo (Advisor) Ola Johan Settem (Advisor) Tonje Goa Kjøll We encouraged Gjøran Løvik Orvik Martin Jørgen Thorgersen and inspired each Marthe Sandve other to do better throughout this journey, and day after day worked even harder.

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#371 #661 Indus College of Law Lahore University of The Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition for many Management years has been introducing fascinating moot problems Sciences on captivating subjects of international law. This year, one more time Jessup did not disenchant and launched a case concerning the “Helian Hyacinth.” Team roster than any professor could scolding Zoha which led to do in the same time. More our entertainment, Hassan’s Our team, which consisted Umair Ahmad (Coach) On the whole, moot court Team roster Hassnain Raza importantly, Jessup taught us “educated guess” about his of Miss Siraat Shah, Miss Zoha Adeel Allawala competitions make students Barrister Taha Rehman Jatoi (Advisor) how to work as a team—even resources and his late arrivals, Sana Soomro, Mr. Love Sana Soomro Semra Islam able to learn court ettiquette, when we grew tired of each Hassnain’s annoyingly strict Kumar, Miss Zainab Qazi, Zainab Qazi Momal Malik but when it comes to Love Kumar Hassan Kamal others’ faces after spending work ethic, Momal smiling at Mr. Mohsin Sahar and Philip C. Jessup, it is more Mohsin Ali Sahar 10 to 15 hours a day together judges, Semra abandoning Barrister Taha Rehman Jatoi Siraat Shah methodical. The Jessup before the memorial deadline. her home for days, Zoha not (Team Advisor) experienced a When our team was guide made the competition Jessup for us meant getting knowing her sources, Semra noteworthy time. announced back in more comprehensible. It getting third place in the drenched in rainy nights, trying to tackle both Jessup had a bunch of rules and October 2019, none of us After working for several Pakistan National Rounds. being sick together, bringing and her sister’s wedding (in penalties (in case we went knew what this experience months (the law of One team member (Miss on junk food constantly, the end, one got cancelled against the rules), which made would mean to us after six succession, autonomous Siraat Shah) was also sleeping in the law library for and one got postponed). competitors more attentive months. Today as we look weapon system and its awarded with the title of days, hearing each others’ and observant towards back, Jessup was more Our team experienced highs validity, trade law, immunity, “Best Oralist at First Place” 22-minute speeches so many the competition. than a mooting experience and lows, grew and learned— etc.), the rounds went in the National Rounds. times that we knew each for all of us and the entire culminating into an incredible tremendously. It was indeed a others’ pleadings better than With this unbiased The team was honored journey felt like a dream lifetime experience for all of four-day competition but has our own. competition, our team firstly to be selected for the (and we literally cannot stop us. At this point, if we were plenty of memories. Queries, made it to the Quarters Philip C. Jessup International dreaming about our National Our Jessup experience was to get an opportunity to do arguments, socializing, (top eight teams) and then Rounds. Lastly, Adawa, Rounds). While we had no colored with Hassnain’s it all over again, there would alarming knock-out rounds, to the Semi-finals (top four Rasasa and this matchless social life for months, Jessup extremely unfunny puns, not be anything better. every single hour there was teams). Ultimately, the case concerning the “Helian taught us about advocacy Hassan and Momal’s exclusive As our team motto goes: a battle between Adawa team was selected for the Hyacinth” will always remain and international law more fights, Umair (our coach) #AdawaGood #RasasaBad. and Rasasa. International Rounds by in our hearts.

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PALESTINE

#775 #308 Team roster Pakistan College of Law Amna Riaz Ali (Advisor) Hebron Rohan Sohail Fatima Khalid Gill University Muhammad Raza Aziz Shinza Kafeel Rai Muhammad Salman Kharal Team roster Osayd Awawda (Coach) Rami Hraiz our legal arguments, noting Qais Doudin Sara Zayed the submissions in our Majd Aburas competitors’ memorials to address them. Learning of our qualification to the Final Round was phenomenal. We learned that we would Sarah: Through participating in second‑year law student such to handle team pressure; During the last seven be it burdens of personal present before sitting justices this competition, I have learnt as me to be a team member how to be patient; and how months, our team at Pakistan undertakings or involvement of the Supreme Court of to be patient, to work under in a challenging, international to form strong friendships College of Law has been in other academic endeavors, Pakistan and the Lahore pressure and to effectively competition. Thanks for while also becoming more through a tremendously our team’s strength and High Court, at the Supreme manage my tasks. More giving me such pleasure, familiar with specific topics memorable experience dedication to the Jessup Court Registry in Lahore. importantly, I have improved and I am looking forward of international law. of the 2020 Jessup Moot spirit was undefeated. More Awe-inspiring was the news. my argumentation skills: to participating in the 2021 particularly, how to prove Jessup Round. Osayd: We as Palestinians Court Competition. Ever intense, yet, was the oral More phenomenal was living under occupation for since the announcement of preparation stage. It was a the experience of being a my argument and respond to counterclaims. Because Rami: I really enjoyed the many years are in great the key areas of law which conundrum of emotions of Supreme Court lawyer before experience! It improved my need for every possible would be the subject of the fury, excitement, awe and the ICJ at the same time. the issue I dealt with in this competition was related to understanding of public means to resist the injustice Jessup Moot Problem, we joy at the same time. As we international law and how that we face on a daily had begun our journey to persevered, not only did It remains a memory international trade, I now have which cannot be replaced. a growing interest in that field, its various rules interact. I basis; international law is prepare for bringing the we learn more about the am hopeful that I will have certainly one of the most Jessup Cup home. However, applicant and respondent’s The chance to work with and I am hopeful that I will an exceptional team; an obtain a Master’s degree in the chance to participate in effective avenues that we this quest was more colorful, case, we also learnt about another round in the future. can seek to do so. The intense and indelible than ourselves as a team, opportunity to compete one of its subjects. with bright competitors and Jessup Competition provides our team could have which was united to win Majd: Representing my Qais: This is my first time us with the necessary skills ever contemplated. the competition. collaborate with Jessup to participate in such a administrators; and present beloved homeland, Palestine, to be rigorous, sincere and in international competition complicated, demanding formidable defenders of our From the release of the Moot With each preliminary round before the Supreme Court competition. Nevertheless, Problem, to the submission of passing by, our team gathered and High Court judges was a dream coming rights in international arenas: true. It was not easy for a I learnt lots of valuable lessons the ICJ; the ICC; and the like. memorials, we experienced more and more stress and and being declared as the from this experience: how a variety of troubling presentational experience— winners will always remain an circumstances. However, reformulating and refining unforgettable journey for us.

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PANAMA PERU

#265 #216 Universidad Católica Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Santa María La Antigua This Jessup season was an We thank our team advisor Finally, we thank ILSA for incredible experience full and former Peruvian Jessup introducing us to the world of knowledge, discipline, teams of 2018 and 2019, as of Adawa and Rasasa, which effort and camaraderie well as our family, colleagues, we will always remember and for the Peruvian team. professors and administrative retain the vast knowledge The preparation and staff who always supported that it brought to us. organization for the Jessup us before, during and at the 2020 Competition began in end of this experience. April 2019. Since then, we had been looking forward to the Compromis with enthusiasm, as well as with a feeling of responsibility and awareness of the hard work the Jessup experience means. Our Jessup 2020 experience received the 2020 Problem, we decided to be proud of The friendship that developed is accurately described in two our ways of thinking started the people we have become between us in these months words: fulfilling pain. These to change. One’s victory and treasure these lessons is something priceless and past months have taught us started to become everyone’s for the rest of our lives. leaves us with a feeling of “it many lessons but we all agree victory; one’s hardships This experience has been a was worth everything.” If we that the most valuable was: became everyone’s. teacher. It has helped us to could go through everything No matter how smart and realize that through sacrifice, we lived through, we would When a door closes, another skillful you may be, without pain is merely weakness certainly do it. The hours of one opens. This year our Team roster discipline your talents will leaving our bodies. study together, the ideas that Pablo César Rosales Zamora (Coach) National Rounds were be tarnished. we shared and that often Carolina Ximena Labó Silva cancelled and we were able Francisco Raúl De La Cruz Cárdenas contradicted each other, Jessup has been an to participate for the first Dayanna Margot Petronila Cruz Quispe helped us to have a different Linda Gabriela García Castillo instrumentality for us to time in the European Friendly Team roster vision of international law that Claudia Isabel Reyes Mollehuanca truly realize how much Rounds. It was there where Mónica Crespo (Advisor) each one had, which in the we depend on others. As we accomplished more than Ana Santiago (Advisor) Gianfranco Smith (Advisor) end benefited us all. a cell depends on others we expected and we had Alonso Illueca (Advisor) to become an organ, we the opportunity to win the Felipe Echandi (Advisor) as individuals depend on Spirit of the Jessup Award. Gloria Correa Eliécer Lu others to continue to move Even though the door to the Juan Crespo forward. From the time we International Rounds closed,

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PHILIPPINES

#276 #434 University of Santo Tomas University of the Philippines

Team roster Loverly Barquez (Coach) Miguel Abad (Coach) Al Conrad Espaldon (Advisor) Jeremiah Bataller (Advisor) Clarice Questin (Advisor) Frances Ungria (Advisor) Jhuniel Ong Antipala (Advisor) Jeanne Dumaual (Advisor) Ronald Valdez (Advisor) Karlyn Mae Agcaoili (Advisor) Marie Sybil Tropicales (Advisor) Dyan Marie Lucero (Advisor) Rigor Pascual (Advisor) Anthony de Vera (Advisor) The odds were stacked A podium finish was unlikely, Jesselie Sunga (Advisor against us. Our school is we thought, so we learned Paula Azurin (Advisor) Ricka Abigael Dumelod relatively new to the Jessup, to celebrate small victories. Cyra Lyn Lim The University of the and no team has ever made Some days, it’s when a John Christopher Gattoc Team roster Philippines (UP) team, it to the advanced rounds researcher discovered a Haidee Amabel Uy Rommel Casis (Coach) Marc Gabriel Abella composed of Leslie, Abelardo, Marianne Crielle Vitug (Assistant Coach) of the national competition. strong legal basis for one of Lee Edson Yarcia (Assistant Coach) Anton, Tracy and Bianca, Year after year, we’d finish at our submissions. Other days, Leslie Diane Torres achieved what was thought the bottom half of the overall it’s when an oralist finished a Abelardo Hernandez We may not have made it to be impossible: winning for Anton Miguel Sison team rankings, and year after speech without turning red. Therese Ravina to Washington this year, UP its first three-peat Jessup year, we’d try again. But most days, just showing Bianca Isabella Ortiz but someday, another UST National Championship. up for training was a win. team will. May our story If history was to be made, inspire them and all beginners This feat came with an we thought, it was going to It took us weeks to really around the world to keep understanding that triumph take something special. But believe that we made it this going, because if Jessup entailed making tough calls, Champions—UP’s second But despite the pandemic we were no special team. far. For a while, we forgot that 2020 taught us one thing, it’s sacrificing time, and putting since 1995—would come that crushed every team’s Only one of our oralists had we simply reaped what was that anything can happen. the team above oneself. true. While it felt like the stars dream of competing in prior Jessup experience. Our sown for years by our school They believed that if they had aligned for the team, the world championships, two other oralists joined their administration, our coaches worked hard enough and theirs suddenly became an the team finds consolation first moot competition just and all who came before us. made wishes every time the impossible dream that no in the truth that no task four months earlier, and our They were the giants whose clock strikes 11:11, their dream sacrifice, hard work, or 11:11 is insurmountable and no researchers were freshmen shoulders we stood on, and of becoming Jessup World wish could breathe life into. dream is inconceivable. who had no moot experience we owe our success to them. at all.

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POLAND

#578 #575 Arellano University School of Law Jagiellonian University Cracow

The Jessup 2020 was The competition was an Team roster Jessup 2020 meant for us who were trying to Team roster Arellano Law’s second overwhelming source of Ever Rose Paling (Coach) both tears of joy and pain. It “massacre” us like Ms. Grey Paweł Gadocha (Coach) appearance in the knowledge, that is clear. Ralph Derek Manuel meant stepping way beyond did in Garantia. It meant Przemyslaw Roguski (Advisor) Josyl Fructuoso our comfort zones, denying advanced multitasking Roxana Krzyżowska competition. The overall It is not only brought by Jeremy Marquez Mercader Bartłomiej Sendor experience during the the research itself; it is also Jose Carlo Alfonso Abaquita our own essential security during the academic year Justyna Sikora competition was exhilarating brought by the people interests, being forced to and managing a lot more Joanna Skrzypek Anna Zymuła and fulfilling. The Moot Court you’re competing with and develop hereto unknown than just two parallelly Problem was craftily written the judges participating. The skills, master all of the Al- ongoing proceedings, while and challenging to address. It common wisdom that was Bashirs and broaden our denouncing our own rights to was also exciting to meet the shared is very appropriate knowledge to the point where (social) life. We were building judges during the Final Round in this trying time. Like in the we realized that it is solely up walls of confidence, team this opportunity to be a party and the Semi-final Round competition, preparation is to our critical thinking to come spirit and unique bonds with to this movement of “hostile” given their achievements. In the key. up with and defend solutions our coagents. Finally, Jessup growth, while at the same every match we participated which were not there yet in meant for us being over the time being devastated that in there was wisdom and the academic discourse. moon—the video picturing the the circumstances denied us knowledge gained. announcement of our victory and all other advancing teams Jessup meant adapting in the National Rounds will the chance to feel and live the The judges in every round to every opponent and always own a special place in International Jessup spirit in were eager to share their advocating before experts our hearts. We are grateful for Washington. #Rasasafirst ideas and wisdom in every phase of the competition. One went so far as to impart wisdom in life in general.

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PORTUGAL

#325 The preparation came to a Competing in the 2020 Team roster close in the Friendly, where Jessup was a life-changing Paulo Simões Ramos (Advisor) we were able to experience experience. We were able to Rui Tavares Lanceiro (Advisor) Faculdade Diogo Santana Lopes (Advisor) the true Jessup spirit. Not bond over this year’s problem, Bernardo Kahn (Advisor) de Direito da only did we engage in legal not only with each other, Diogo Conchinhas (Advisor) arguments over the most but also with others who Mafalda Cunha Coutinho (Advisor) Teresa Pinto (Advisor) Universidade relevant topics in international are equally passionate over Leonor Catela (Advisor) law with people from all international law, and for that Diogo Canário de Lisboa around the world, but also we are grateful. João Moreira da Silva Nadia Zatic were able to enjoy ourselves Tomás Avelar along with everyone else. Carolina Batista The team was devastated by the cancellation of the International Rounds. However, we are forever Competing in the 2020 Jessup thankful for the experience was a life-changing experience. we had, not only working back home in Portugal, but also in the European Friendly. The University of Lisbon team For seven months, we After the submission of the started the Jessup journey agonized over the problems memorials, the training for in September 2019. It is of the Compromis. Up the European Friendly and composed of four members: until the submission of the International Rounds ensued. Carolina Batista and Tomás memorials, many versions Daily meetings started in Avelar, who represented of the same pleadings were order to achieve the best Adawa, and João Moreira da written and re-written a possible performance. For Silva and Diogo Canário, who thousand times. Many hours days, the same pleadings argued for Rasasa. were spent on researching were repeated to exhaustion, the strongest arguments for but always interrupted and Throughout the whole each party and some nights questioned, by the team period, we were expertly of sleep were lost. members who acted as led by our coaches: judges to each other. Paulo Simões Ramos; Bernardo Kahn; Rui Lanceiro; Diogo Santana Lopes; Mafalda Cunha Coutinho; and Teresa Pinto, who are also former Jessup competitors.

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PUERTO RICO ROMANIA

#656 #432 Universidad Babes-Bolyai University de Puerto Team roster Ioana Stupariu (Advisor) Rico, Rio Gabriela Danila (Advisor) Patricia Cimpian Piedras Filip Lariu Botond Zoltan Tudor Gheorghe Ion Claudia Pascutoi Tropical, trembling and what the coming challenges of the skills that we have challenging: Puerto Rico’s will bring, as we are seeing honed are effectively working Jessup experience was and living them right now. in teams, meeting tight enriching and one of deadlines, public speaking, growth. The bonds that When we started, our shared and more importantly have grown over time from knowledge of international knowing how to answer our shared experience, law was abysmal. The reality when we are up against a hardships, and victory have being that in Puerto Rico this “hot bench.” also been unique and have field of law is rarely studied shown the importance of and less so practiced. But As we continue to research, teamwork among humans, through our group meetings, we will grow into future world There are, indeed, strong true, we faced not only fun lawyers do before the ICJ. organizations and nations. research, and, in large part, leaders in the development reasons why the Jessup is moments but also moments This insight would not have From the beginning of the our coaches’ guidance, we of international law. With or considered to be one of the of frustration, which in the end been available to us without competition, we confronted were able to understand the without a physical competition most prestigious competitions taught us how rewarding hard Jessup. Without any doubt various challenges just like any basics of international law in Washington, DC, we worldwide. The intense and work can be. A valuable thing we have improved our other country. and formulate arguments that continue to work on behalf challenging experience of that we learned to appreciate understanding of immunity, have legal substance. Indeed, of our island, our country and countless hours invested is teamwork, which proved to parallel proceedings and However, as students of the the coaching was a great part the world all Jessupers have in writing memorials and be the most important aspect tariffs, the efficiency of law, the Jessup Competition of the development of our in common. preparing for the National of our growth and success. autonomous weapons has allowed us to pursue the newfound passion. Oral Rounds has given us the and the regime of unsettled, the new and the Team roster great opportunity to take As we say goodbye to this localized treaties. The Jessup experience has challenges to overcome in Paul Cortés Ruis (Advisor) a more in-depth approach year’s edition and to the provided us with a powerful Mayra Artilles Fonseca (Advisor) the international legal arena. to research and studying. fictional world of Adawa and We would like to thank all of tool to foresee events, Yaralín Negrón Planell Rasasa, we would like to the judges, the organizers and It has also provided a way to José Andrés Irizarry Castro Few things have felt as situations, and come up with make Puerto Rico an active Betsaida Figueroa Hernández rewarding as working on the acknowledge the very real volunteers for making all of it answers to unresolved and José Luis Maymí González participant in current world memorials did, sometimes for opportunity of experiencing possible. We look forward to pressing questions. Some Daniris Sánchez Príncipe affairs. It is yet to be seen over ten hours straight. It is the work that international seeing you next year!

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RUSSIA

#140 #188 Russian State University of Justice, MGIMO University North Caucasian Branch

“I have a dream”—once stronger as professionals? said Martin Luther King Jr. Did we make new friends And we have a dream, an during this journey? Did we American dream. Taking part feel like the happiest people in the Jessup Competition alive after being announced for the first time, we could as the National Champions? not even imagine that one Yes, yes and yes. day our team will be honored No one, not even the to represent Russia and Coronavirus, can take that proceed with the International away from us. Rounds. Notwithstanding, with each sheet of written was for the first time chosen What was the 2020 Jessup? aspirations. You can win the memorials, with each passage for representation in DC I don’t think we know yet. National Championship and Team roster during Oral Rounds, the through our team’s energy We just can’t, considering, not go to the International Anastasia Sheyndlina (Coach) Jessup Competition more and passion, we considered you know. Rounds. Such are the ways Anna Sidneva (Coach) of life; you don’t always get Evgeniya Neverova (Advisor) and more turned from an this trip as a huge chance Nikolai Gryzunov (Advisor) As of now, it is probably what you deserve. ordinary student event into which was presented by a reminder to all of us. A Mikhail Abramov the likeness of the Olympic Daniil Shamelo fate and which should have reminder that some things are But it is time to move on, allay Tamara Posadkova Games, when your daily been a breakthrough in our always beyond our control, our despair and try to find a Alexandra Alekhina motto becomes “Citius, law career. Certainly, no one no matter our actions and silver lining. Did we become Alisa Gerasimenko Altius, Fortius,” and you work can live without support. Our harder and harder. For our support is our coach, who team, consisting only of two could bring out the team to players who have shared all the international level. Our the work of Jessup 2020, achievements are literally her the cancellation of the 2020 merits. All in all, we strongly Jessup International Rounds believe that all roads lead Team roster was a real blow. Being a team to Rome and one day we Tatiana Novikova (Advisor) from a secondary university, will reach the International Arina Androsova Vladimir Akopyan which has no available access Rounds once again. Stepan Kuts to legal resources and which Kristina Karapetyan

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#255 #362 Saint Petersburg State University Lomonosov Moscow

has its ways of reminding us Team roster State University that some dreams do not, in Anastasia Krus (Advisor) fact, come true in the end. Maarja Pild (Advisor) The Jessup is an Team roster Jessup is about Ksenia Shestakova (Advisor) unforgettable experience Aleksandr Nazarov (Coach) Still, every second we Dmitry Bartenev (Advisor) Aglaia Melnik (Coach) true friends, team Elizaveta Vasileva that has just turned over our devoted to the Jessup was Ignat Shevchenko Marina Shelomova life. Besides all useful skills for Zaliia Karkitbaeva work, reasoning, absolutely worth it. A thrilling Ksenia Rud lawyers it develops, Jessup Mariia Antonova Alisa Shilova intellectual contest and an is about true friends, team Anna Shcherbakova compromise with As a not-quite-first-year Nikita Gaevoy emotional rollercoaster, Anastasiia Kuzmina team, we believe the Jessup work, reasoning, compromise others and the the Jessup is, perhaps isn’t just a life-changing with others and the most most importantly, a voyage most important— experience—at some point, important—challenge yourself! of self-improvement and it becomes part of life itself. self-discovery. We always challenge yourself! Being told that you must wondered where it would abandon it and move on is take us. It taught us, as probably similar to what the lawyers, how to plead any Pevensie children felt after case without distorting Our personal journey might leaving Narnia for good. the truth and slipping into be over; yet the bonds and The International Rounds in injustice. Hopefully, it made memories we made along DC were our long-held dream; each of us a better person. the way is something we will yet, twice, our team failed It certainly gained us many treasure for a lifetime. Thank to qualify for them. Despite true friends. After all, this you for keeping the Jessup demotivation, it didn’t feel is the greatest result we legacy safe; it was an honor right to simply admit defeat. could expect. to belong. For most of us, however, this As our everyday social life was the final season in moot keeps crumbling, the core courts, so we saw it as our Jessup values—cooperation last chance. This time, we and compassion—can keep succeeded (and were a bunch us all afloat. Undoubtedly, of totally happy nerds for the moot court community several weeks, continuing our will emerge from this training sessions until the very crisis stronger than ever. cancellation day). Sadly, life

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SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE

#321 #222 Fourah Bay College National University of Singapore

Fourah Bay College was Despite the competition’s Team roster guidance when our ability Team roster very much excited to be a cancellation, we remain Karina Krayem (Coach) to form coherent sentences Victor Leong (Coach) part of this already cancelled thankful and grateful for Habib Labay Kamara (Advisor) seemed dire. Joshua, David, Joshua Hiew (Coach) Jessup Competition following the experience thus far Rugiatu Sesay (Advisor) Victor and Prof Lei Theng, David Tan (Coach) Despaul J.E. Black Lei Theng Lim (Coach) our maiden exploit last particularly in the preparation Mohamed Wurie Bah your encouragement kept our Fong Han Tan year. This year we were so of the respective memorials. Mohamed Muctarr Bah spirits high during moments of Gwendolyn Oh determined to leave a mark That feat alone is remarkable Eku Williams self-doubt. Natalee Ho Mary Elizabeth Fofanah Qianwei Huang and to that end, we have and will remain everlasting Lydia Yun Xin Lee been preparing tirelessly. in our hearts. We are also thankful for To our fellow Jessupers, having gone through this The Jessup Competition has To the Jessup organizers, we we are truly bummed that together as a team. While experience: the “memo- succeeded in rekindling the send our warmest greetings. we did not get to meet all the Helian Hyacinth didn’t writing” trip to Bali, karaoke desire and interest of many Cheers to the Jessup spirit of you at the International blossom, our friendship sessions past midnight. law students here to study for it is still alive. Rounds. Nevertheless, we certainly did. These nine electively, as it is here, public would like to thank ILSA and gestatory months have Being greenhorns at international law generally. the worldwide web for the been sweet and bitter, international law made this Prior to this time, many would platform to connect with the literally—the sheer amount year’s problem all the more opt for the other electives. Jessup community. In a time of lattes and bubble tea we fascinating and frustrating. of uncertainty, one thing is have ingested would make Many thanks (and curses) to Our team this time comprises clear—you guys are nerds and a grad student shudder. the Problem authors. They five participants who are all so are we. Solidarity! have shown why human first-timers save for Mohamed For most of us, this is our last control is needed to spice Muctarr Bah, who was to To all those who have year in school. The Jessup up a moot. compete in his second supported us: It was you that process helped remind us competition. The names of made the experience. We are why we came to law school Just being in this community the other team members are indebted to the professors at all—the rigor, the craft, has given us so much. Thank as follows : Despaul J.E.A and practitioners who were the mental gymnastics. you and we hope our paths Black; Mohamed Wurie Bah; willing to judge us for practice (Competing norms? Divergent cross in the future. Mary Elizabeth Fofanah; and rounds. We are especially fora in a fragmented legal Eku Williams. grateful for our coaches: the order?) Our collective With love, hours they spent with us, their procrastination was also The Helian Spice Girls good humor, and their patient emblematic of our law school

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SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA

#468 #699 Comenius University University of Maribor

Team roster It was an immense privilege great extent at the European Viktória Marková (Coach) for us to take part in the Friendly Rounds in Prague. Nikolas Sabjan (Coach) greatest and most prestigious Besides getting to know our Barbora Švedová Milan Béreš moot court competition peers, we have enjoyed the Miroslav Milcher worldwide, especially as Jessup spirit also by meeting Róbert Košala we are only the second and creating friendships with generation of the University of many former participants and Maribor that has attended the future prominent lawyers. Jessup. We were obviously Throughout the course of the devastated to find out Philip C. Jessup Moot Court, about the cancellation of the we deepened our interest in White & Case International the contemporary issues of Rounds as our team was public international law, and envisaged to represent we consider such competition Team roster Slovenia there. Nonetheless, as a great experience on our Matjaž Tratnik (Advisor) Leon Brulc (Advisor) we had experienced the educational path which will Petra Weingerl (Advisor) excellence of the Jessup to a benefit us further on. By this Nika Bele Teja Peče Barbara Smogavc Admir Muratović

chance, we would love to express our gratitude to our coaches and to everyone who made this possible for us. We are sending our best wishes to the Jessup community around the world and are looking forward to our further contribution within the next editions of the Jessup Moot Court.

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SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA

#635 #202 Team roster Jinhyoung Hong (Advisor) Hye Young Min (Advisor) University of Cape Town Korea University Okcho Hwang (Advisor) Pyung-Keun Kang (Advisor) Jiye Gwon (Advisor) It was a tremendous honor a spirit of perseverance, very testing judges! We have Yura: It was a great honor actual court and learned to Younghwan Chun for us to represent UCT at teamwork and friendship. bonded and grown together for me to have met my see things from different Sukhyun Jung the Jessup Competition A special thanks must go to as a team in what has been teammates and participated in perspectives. Further, Jinmyeong Bok Yura Bak for the first time in several Dr. Hannah Woolaver for her one of the highlights of our the 2020 Jessup Competition. six months of preparation years, particularly in being vital feedback and patient legal studies. We hope that This astonishing experience gave me a chance to get selected to proceed to guidance throughout our we have laid the groundwork helped me to learn and grow to know and understand Particularly, I am thankful the International Rounds in preparation. We all learned for future UCT students to go up as a law student pursuing my teammates thoroughly that I had valuable time with Washington. Though we a great deal, not only about on to even greater heights in a degree in international law. as well. It’s so sad to hear my teammates, Yura and sometimes encountered international law, but also the Jessup Competition for It is disappointing to hear the news that this year’s Sukhyun. Yura took care of challenges, we always about the art of mooting and years to come. that the International Rounds International Rounds our team with her generosity overcame them through presenting before several have been cancelled, but, have been cancelled, but and excellent social skills. still, it remains that six months things were going beyond Her objective perspective Team roster of preparation and National our control and safety is on various problems was Hannah Woolaver (Advisor) Round inspired me and my inarguably the most important an important asset to our Gabriel Rybko team. Sukhyun, the brilliant Maxine Shaff teammates a lot. Thank value. I hope things will get Mufudzi Chikwete you for giving us this great better soon and wish every member of the team, inspired Alex Gloor opportunity and I hope all Jessup competitor to stay teammates consistently by Simbarashe Gomwe Jessup competitors stay safe safe and sound. Take care her excellent work. Further, and sound. and thank you very much! she was always with the team from start to end. I’m fully Sukhyun: Participating in this Younghwan: Participating in satisfied with this competition year’s Jessup Competition the 2020 Jessup Competition because the time I had with was certainly a mind-blowing was an unforgettable my teammates is the best experience. I could see how experience in my life. prize for me. legal ideas are practiced in

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SPAIN TANZANIA

#235 #612 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid University of Dar es Salaam

Greetings everybody, to improve our legal writing, Although we haven’t even The Philip C. Jessup with issues we are passionate Team roster Spain calling! to tackle jurisprudential started to take in what the International Law Moot Court about. We signed up, and it Hilda Tizeba (Coach) dilemmas and to ALWAYS cancellation means, we hope Competition is the most was definitely worth it. Even Caroline Chita It was August when Michael Lukindo hold working breakfasts which this initiative will help keep the prestigious international though the White & Case María Palos, María Granero, included croissants. Helian Hyacinth in bloom! moot court competition in the International Rounds did not Clara Ruiz, Beatriz Waucquez world and we were happy take place, being a part of the and Lorenzo Legua got In the months that followed, to be a part of it. It is a place competition and writing our into each other’s way in we delved into the difficulties where students deal with memorials was and is still a what has been a wonderful of treaty succession; series of serendipities. the WALL’s super-duper very complex cases and we very memorable experience Under the expert advice of extra-advanced automatic knew that by participating in for us. We are thankful that our coaches, Javier Pérez weaponry brilliance; our it, we would learn a lot and we were able to be part of and Paola Chamorro, every Ciceronian moments have the opportunity to deal this competition this year. member of Team #235 had when talking about lis to commit to one of the most pendens or electa una insightful researches ever, via; and our adventure to while sorting out intricate find some customary rule schedule plannings so we that supported the lifting could all meet. However, your of Ms. Grey’s personal excellencies, we remained immunity. At the same time, strong-willed at every step our coaches could be heard of the way: the Bond-esque biting their nails because movie we all had playing in the memorial deadline our heads when first reading approached quickly. We this year’s Problem inspired us were, at every relevant time, human anarchy at its finest. But it worked out in the end, because nobody stopped Team roster challenging themselves and Javier Pérez Fernández (Advisor) Paola Chamorro Cuenca (Advisor) nobody stopped believing. José Lorenzo Legua Anadón When our team number was María Granero de la Asunción called out after the Final Clara Ruiz Garrido María Palos Pereira National Round, we couldn’t Beatriz Waucquez Jiménez help but smile in disbelief.

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THAILAND

#465 #515 Thammasat University Chulalongkorn University

This Jessup season was one it all we gained the most Team roster We are Chulalongkorn We had been living in the Team roster of the toughest yet most invaluable reward: a family. Pananya Larbprasertporn (Advisor) University’s Jessup Team world of Adawa and Rasasa Pawat Satayanurug (Advisor) rewarding experiences. In the The time and energy spent Karn Sittikriengkrai from Thailand. We, Pakjira for the last six months, and George Edwards (Advisor) Patcharavadee Kunkeaw Pakjira Wichaidit past eight months, we were throughout this process gave Natchanan Buaphin Wichaidit and Chayanin we still wish we had a chance Chunya Boonyawan repeating the following cycle: us countless memories that Phuvit Assawarungruang Boonyawairote, represent to breathe life in that world a Andy Thamsirisup rushing to university almost will stay with us long after Dollada Kasarn the State of Adawa. For the little longer. The whole Jessup Chayanin Boonyawairote every morning; heading back this season passes. That is respondent, we had Andy experience means a lot to us Witsarut Vardkien home after the sun sets; or something that we believe Thamsirisup and Chunya and we are thankful to be a in some cases, when the sun every Jessup team this year Boonyawan defending the part of this Jessup community. rose the next day; formulating can relate to, even if we all did Republic of Rasasa. Our #JessupIsFun2020 countless arguments for not get to go as far as we had team wouldn’t be able to legal issues which we felt hoped. The opportunity to make it this far without unaccustomed to at first, be a part of the Jessup Class the brain of the group, yet somehow our passion of 2020 is one that we will our beloved researcher for defending them grew always be grateful for and will Witsarut Vardkien and the stronger with each passing always have a special place help from our coaches day. We were pushed beyond in our hearts as we move Dr. Pawat Satayanurug our limits, both academically forward in our legal careers. and also Professor George and emotionally, but out of Edwards who, regardless of different time zones, staying up all night coaching us via Zoom.

The whole Jessup experience means a lot to us and we are thankful to be a part of this Jessup community.

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TURKEY UGANDA

#315 Team roster #257 Deniz Güneri (Coach) Zeynep Ekinci (Coach) Galatasaray University Bleda Kurtdarcan (Coach) Uganda Christian University Tolga Bayrak (Coach) Yavuz İskit The first few months of “This is called ‘le finale,’ we Şule Göçmen Team roster Jessup passed in a blink while will say it again, you will win, Fatmanur Banu Hayır Paul Kalondo (Advisor) we were pretending like we you will strive to win but Deniz Aktaş Judy Kyalimpa (Advisor) Begüm Acar understood the Latin maxims whatever the results will be, Daniella Khanani Brenda Kasule that Nurbanu was using. you have already won in our Lynnet Nahwera Kwikiriza Every sentence of Begüm eyes and you are already with Deniz G. incessantly Joel Ndyamuhaki ended up with her deciding the champions. May God be praising them and Bleda’s Emmanuel Okia to research another Liberian your helper!” sample of an unloaded president before Nuremberg .50 caliber machine gun bullet. namely Al-Bashir (or any None of this would have (Literally, we took a photo for other combination of state- been possible without proof purposes.) president-criminal court). the Galatasaray Jessup Meanwhile, Yavuz and Deniz community and our coaches We were all frustrated the A. became experts in the who provided us with night when the International Normally, we would 16 November, 2019, and that for the trials He helped us weapon industry while wishing everything from assistance Rounds were cancelled, require more than 100 to is when the real advocacy for overcome. To think that we to be experts in humanitarian in legal research to shoe meanwhile in times like these 300 words to describe Adawa and Rasasa began at actually thought of exiting law. Memorial submissions polishing service in the everyone has a concession what our experience as Uganda Christian University. the competition because the came to an end when Şule morning of the Qualifying to make and ours was in no a team has been from The Christmas break was odds were against us still enlightened us that it was not Rounds. The uniqueness of way comparable to that of 20 September, 2019, cut short because we had to plagues our minds to date. “clean state” but “clean slate.” our journey would never be thousands of health workers. when the Jessup Problem ensure that our states got the the same without Zeynep’s Our hearts go out to all question was released. full and proper representation Thank you so much ILSA When we got all the three beloved stuffed ROBONCH, Jessup teams having to go which we tried our best to do. for this great opportunity to awards on February 23, neverending dessert sessions through the same feelings. The constitution of the enhance our research skills, we all thought that this team was concluded on The whole Jessup experience expand our knowledge of was the payoff of our long has honestly taught us what it international law and to build term commitment to our means to work as a team—to our confidence and advocacy work and our faith in each share intimately our troubles skills. If Washington, DC other. (Except in one of our and fears and be able to wasn’t the definitive goal, member’s daily skills such as come together for a greater this experience only would being able to use the toilet cause. What began for us as suffice. It is sad that we lamp without starting a fire.) a journey to win the National don’t get to enjoy the I remember vividly when our Rounds in 2019, ended as a fruits of our labor, but we coaches said to encourage us journey to bring glory to God, are grateful regardless. right before the final rounds,

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UKRAINE

#500 #106 Cavendish University Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Greetings from the Most importantly is that the Team roster The pictures portray four Cavendish University Cavendish Team shall never Eve Joan Nagawa dedicated girls who were Uganda 2020 Jessup Team forget the memories of its Nashif Luswata intended to represent Ukraine Emmanuel Sabwengye of Emmanuel Sabwengye, preparation to meet you Rogers Aheebwa as a Runner-Up Team of the Nagawa Eve Joan guys in Washington. Musiime Yaroslav Mudryi National (wearing reading glasses) Grace Mpagi Law University. and Grace Mpagi (grey Attached are some of the haired) coached by pics of the team in action For our team, Jessup was Ayeranga Godfrey. during the National Rounds the biggest challenge that and the casual ones of we were eager to take on We had a dramatic season of research and training. together. From the very the Jessup characterized with beginning, we made a rule joy and at times emotional Thank you. of never making the same misunderstandings but in the mistakes twice and worked on end, we had the courage improving ourselves step by of stepping forward and step. Looking introspectively, becoming a team. we see how each of us got out of this experience not The 2020 Jessup is a special It has taught us to be more We can never regret and only as a better mooter but year for its participants that compassionate towards each forget the great Jessup also as a better person. united the teams from all over other and firstly showed such memories that included long the globe notwithstanding an immense strength of the hours of research and tireless During nine months of intense our common misfortune. Jessup community. reading. Some of the other preparations, we have formed favorite moments we had as a strong bond between a team were when we settled each other, the one that Team roster down to perfect our oral does not break, as we are Dmytro Saranchuk (Coach) submissions during the last no longer participants. We Yurii Bedenko (Coach) Oleksandr Kushch (Advisor) week towards the National are grateful to our coaches Oleksii Izotov (Advisor) Rounds where at times we for always being there for Dmytro Izotov (Advisor) would feel too nervous when us and for the time they Mykyta Antonov (Advisor) Anna Nekrasova facing some of the tough invested in our preparation, Valeriia Yakimova judges during the training. both mental and professional. Nelly Kichigina Anastasia Mochulska

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#348 National University #445 Odesa Law National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Academy Despite its official form, the true Jessup spirit is different. Team roster It is about questioning yourself and others, pushing R - Universally recognized Oleksii Plotnikov (Advisor) and conceding, losing and international custom Viktoriia Muzyka (Advisor) Valeriia Kravchenko winning, believing in the best “Jessapantium amor Olha Ivanitsa until the very last moment. It vitae non sunt servanda,” Veronika Pshenychnykova contained in art. 26 of the Yevgen Malyarchuk is about widening horizons Washington, DC Convention Kristina Semenenko and resolving completely of the Law of Tortures unsolvable cases, and hoping enshrines that research is way that this world can become more effective than food, for yourself. There is no rest a better place because of they are, about community, sleep, spare time and other in this mad world. Moreover, you. It is about respect and which cannot be destroyed We’re quite sure that some dangers for any Jessuper’s according to the jurisprudence friendship, shared stress despite unpredictable teams will mention the huge ordinary-people-stuff. You’d of the National University and excitement, about circumstances. Being a part legal and public speaking better pray at research, turn it “Odesa Law Academy” Team, reaching your own ceiling of this community even for experience, unique friendship into your fetish and, obviously, a compelling speaker should and breaking through it each such a short period of time and warm memories do it. Saint Crawford- go out for the speech when round to become even better. gave us experience and Jessup gave us and without Nicaraguan and your coach universiting, walking-in-the- Better than you could have memories which cannot be doubts, such comments preached that research can park, homing; while under any ever imagined. It is about overshadowed. Memories must be respected. But enhance your public speaking. other circumstances: holidays, accepting people the way about warm hugs before each what about THE REAL And please plead, when dates and shopping. As round, hundreds of thousands TRUTH about Jessup? sleeping and awake, and honorable Court of Slytherin of smiles, inside jokes about remember—you only have Team roster Just for instance, all the holy approximately one minute mentioned, “After all these artificial states involved in Mariana Antonovych (Coach) artificial litigation on artificial IRAC letters will be identified left. Amen. years? Always.” Mariia Stolbova (Coach) as such (you know, in case Kateryna Lazarchuk (Advisor) intelligence… about numerous C - To conclude, even though some honorable judges A - According to case Daniil Fedorchuk (Advisor) arguments in an attempt to we’ve written all the above, Oksana Kochkodan (Advisor) couldn’t find your structure). Rehearsals v. Rest the find truth... about reaching a International Court of we were bursting into tears Nobuo Hayashi (Advisor) Iryna Bogdanova (Advisor) level, when thoughts become I - Jessup, the Great and Jessupers stated that if you when we discovered the Tetiana Avdieieva identical and words are Powerful, is the one and only can cope with your coach’s cancelling of White & Case Lidiia Volkova no longer needed... about issue in your life for the next questions during pleadings, hit International Rounds. We love Maksym Vishchyk Volodymyr Hryshko becoming the team and just a nine months, bro, just deal the brakes, leave the building you so much, Jessup. And it’s little bit—a family. with it. and go find another coach definitely our best addiction.

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#380 #613 NYU Abu Dhabi King’s College London

Participating in the Jessup It was heartening to see the Competition was an team support each other, experience that defined this learn from each other and academic year for all of us. bond over the hundreds of We spent so many hours hours of research, drafting together that we ended and moot practice. It was up becoming a family well hard work and one too many before getting to the actual days reading about territorial competition. While preparing treaties, but we would never for the competition was change a thing. We have Team roster a challenging process, it learnt to persevere, rise to the Barry Hashimoto (Coach) was completely worth it, challenge and be confident. Yao Xu as we gained friendships, Anna Guðný experiences and skills that will While much of our suffering Jerome Varghese was (arguably) attributable Sona Sargsyan stay with us forever. Hoor Al Nuaimi to our coaches, we are Jessup was a chance to pit immensely grateful for their our written and oral advocacy unwavering guidance and international law that will We are extremely proud to most memorable experiences together, which I expect to against the best mooters in friendship throughout, as last a lifetime. As banal as have represented our school, was the night of memorial continue even though our the world. It was interesting well as the support of the it sounds, the journey is so New York University Abu submission when we had Jessup experience of this to learn how to advance Jessup community at King’s much more important than Dhabi, in the 2020 Jessup coffee and buffalo wings year has come to an end. arguments in a clear and and beyond. the destination! persuasive manner—a skill Competition. Our team has for dinner. We probably will Thank you, Jessup and ILSA, Even though the competition a diverse background— not try that again any time for this amazing opportunity that studying law in a purely academic setting does not could not take place this Team roster the five of us major in soon. During our preparation to learn and to bond. We Andrew Brown (Coach) necessarily teach. However, year, we could not be more different disciplines including for the oral argumentation, would also like to thank thankful for our experience. Caleb Kirton (Coach) philosophy, political science, our coach Professor Barry Professor Barry, NYUAD it was rewarding to see our Jing Wen So hard work pay off when we We have made life-long Martha Lazanakis economics, social research Hashimoto led us in an activity Social Sciences division, Jonathan Tan convinced the bench of a friends and developed a and public policy, and legal to pronounce Latin legal Legal Studies Division, passion for advocacy and Miriam Schuler studies. We have lived in the terms with confidence. We Student Life, and Professor difficult point of law. Eliza Mitsinga UAE, Iceland, Armenia, India have developed a game by Gudmundur Eiriksson for their and China. Besides the UAE quizzing each other on Latin encouragement and support. National Round, one of our phrases during our dinners

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#108 Team roster #141 Catherine Newcombe (Coach) Dimitar Georgiev American University Stephanie Herrman Arizona State University Anthony Nardi Washington College of Law Erin Downey Ciara Beaulieu When our team looks back on competition. The satisfaction Jessup, we think about two of answering a judge’s difficult While we are devastated the source to perfectly answer a very different aspects. We question by recalling the text International Rounds have judge’s formidable question. remember vividly the difficulty of a treaty or facts of a case. been cancelled, the sine qua More than that, that our of preparing. From countless The excitement of delivering non of the Jessup experience coach expertly whipped us hours spent studying alone, a persuasive argument under is the journey leading to those into shape, while also being trying to master our issues, the stress of competition. rounds. Like many other a constant source of support to collaborating together; The nervous anticipation of teams, ours found that our and comfort, is an experience editing, discussing, arguing, watching each other as we most essential interests were we will cherish always. To see and thinking collectively. We delivered our arguments, the countless nights we spent any light between our love for pored over the problem for but knowing that we would reading piles of legal articles. international law, our love for hours at a time. We drew perform admirably. At the The only appropriate remedy Jessup, and our love for our diagrams and theories on Pacific Regional Qualifying for those late nights is the team members would be to white boards. We were Competition, our faith in one ecstatic feeling that emerges create an artificial distinction. vigorously questioned another was unfaltering. when finding a dispositive and critiqued by judges in Our bond was unbreakable. practice rounds. At times, we And we succeeded the only struggled with our arguments way we believe it is possible to the point that we believed to succeed in the Jessup, we didn’t know anything at as a team. Although the all. Although this was the opportunity to compete in difficult part of Jessup, it was the Jessup has come to an Team roster also the part that bound us end for most of the team, Rob Gordon (Coach) together as a team. It made the bonds we built along the Amanda Newman (Coach) David Pace us closer, and looking back, way have not ended. Just Zachary Weiss we are grateful for that as in the Jessup, we moved Leanne Hay struggle. And that is because forward and succeeded only Daniel Weiss Emiley Pagrabs we also remember the thrill as a team, so too in life do we and adrenaline rush of the move forward together.

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#172 #249 University of Washington Case Western Reserve University

Your Excellencies, President to have made it again this School of Law Pindro, and may it please year. Our team is incredibly Case Western Reserve to be our best. For those Jessup brings people from all the Jessup. appreciative of the friendships University School of Law on our team graduating, we over the world together and we developed, the solidarity made it to the International will take the skills we have works towards international Hello from the University we created, the pain that we Competition this year for learned and put them to good cooperation. Our team has of Washington School of survived, and the knowledge Team roster the third year in a row! We use as lawyers of the next worked to embody the Law’s Jessup squad, hailing that we garnered—all of Gregory Porter (Coach) worked harder than ever generation. For those on our spirit of the Jessup. We wish from Seattle, USA. Our team which was only possible Jackson Marchant (Advisor) before to get to this point. team who have another year we could be with you all in consists of David Wang and through the Jessup. (We Lulu Anderson Dailey Koga Our team was dedicated with to compete, we know you Washington, DC Our hearts Dailey Koga (Agents for are also thankful for the Molly Gibbons our love for the law and with will make us proud next year are with you all as we face this Applicant), Molly Gibbons and opportunity to never think Julia Fleming our love for the Jessup. We competing at the Jessup. pandemic together. Lulu Anderson (Agents for about some issues, such as David Wang learned so much together Respondent), Julia Fleming automatic treaty succession and we pushed ourselves (Of Counsel), and Team and the WTO’s exclusive Advisors Greg Porter and jurisdiction, ever again.) While we are disappointed Jackson Marchant. that we were unable to meet Like most other US law everyone in DC this year, Team roster The UW Jessup Team made Michael Scharf (Coach) schools, our legal education we are also confident that the International Rounds Tessa Oates focuses almost exclusively on the Jessup community will Anthony Severyn last year for the first time in US national law. The Jessup emerge from this crisis with Laura Graham 15 years, and we were thrilled Elizabeth Safier program we are building even more resolve. From Andrea Shaia at UW helps supplement those of us who are returning, our legal training with an we look forward to the next opportunity to engage both year’s challenge. From those theoretically and practically of us who are graduating, with a global rule of law that thanks for the memories and we often take for granted. the opportunities. This is more important than ever as we collectively face And, as we constantly crises requiring international said this year: Live. structure and cooperation, Laugh. Lis pendens. including global health crises — University of Washington and climate change. #GoDawgs

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#269 Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

As a team, we quickly of legal arguments, despairing rests. It is for that very Team roster realized that participating over the sheer amount of same reason that it is so Steven M. Schneebaum (Coach) had allowed us to live research material, and above disappointing to miss the Miriam Elena Siemes Jonas Präfke Jessup’s informal motto: “In all drinking more coffee than chance to compete against Kangdi Cheng the future, world leaders we dare to admit, will last the best teams in the world Jordan Victor will look upon each other a lifetime. Hopefully, these in the International Rounds, Hongyi Lin differently, because they bonds can be used one day and to build the many met here first, as friends.” to reinforce the foundation more friendships to which SAIS is devoted to the study on which international law the Jessup motto refers. of international affairs. As a team representing three nationalities—American, German, Chinese—we experienced the very best that can come out of Johns Hopkins School of reassurance that we were well international cooperation. Advanced International prepared for the competition, The bonds that we have Studies #269 there was this nagging voice formed through countless in the back of our heads: hours debating the facts, Competing in the Jessup is “How can non-lawyers clashing over the importance daunting, especially if you ever live up to Jessup’s are the only non-law school standards?” Against all odds, participating in your region. we took up the challenge and Despite this mental hurdle, we grew because of it with Johns Hopkins School of every round we competed Advanced International in. To each of us, seeing Studies (SAIS) has bravely our personal growth over faced that challenge for now the course of a few months 30 years under the incredible has been one of the most guidance of Professor Steven rewarding experiences of M. Schneebaum. Despite our lives. Professor Schneebaum’s

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#301 #431 Cornell University Columbia Law School

in improving our research, Team roster writing and oral advocacy Andrew Connery (Advisor) skills; the opportunity to Alexandra Nasar (Advisor) Daniel Fahrenthold (Advisor) meet other like-minded Sara Kaufhardt colleagues and distinguished Adi Radhakrishnan scholars and authors from Grace Pyo Emily Drake across the country; and Harshil Bansal most importantly, the opportunity to meet life-long friends who are as devoted and passionate about the same issues and provide and exposure to international hope that we can have a law and other teams from better tomorrow. We are this competition. We want The 2019 – 2020 Jessup proud to have represented to particularly thank the season meant a lot to the Cornell Law and to have returning members of the Cornell Law team, particularly qualified for the International team, Sara Kaufhardt and because of the opportunities Rounds—a feat that our Adi Radhakrishnan, for their that it afforded us. It allowed school has not achieved in constant encouragement, our team to engage with more than 10 years. Amidst sacrifice, and pushing the fascinating and long-debated these unprecedented, Team roster High excitement—and high Now, with the International entire team to be their best. topics in international law uncertain, and trying times, anxiety—characterized Rounds cancelled, we have We also want to thank our Valeria Chiappini (Coach) that many of us had never the Cornell Law Team is Sumridhi Kaur the beginning of this year had an opportunity to take a advisers and the Columbia before encountered; the grateful and appreciative for Allyesha Hall for our team. Even as the step back from the intensity Jessup alumni for celebrating opportunity for each of us to all of these once-in-a-lifetime Camila Machado new members of the team of the competition and reflect us. No matter the competitive Joshua Howard feel a sense of empowerment opportunities that this Jessup Nolan Bouchane adjusted to the format of the on the broader realities of outcome, the greatest as we challenged ourselves Competition has provided us. competition and grappled why public international law rewards of competing in with the issues, we all felt a and the Jessup Competition Jessup are the relationships shared sense of drive and are so important. More than and understanding of public resolve in every practice and ever, we appreciate the international law. Thus, we research meeting. friendships, camaraderie, consider this year a success.

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#572 #828 Team roster Gilbert Sison (Coach) Regan Hildebrand (Coach) University of Wisconsin Washington University Leila Sadat (Coach) Kristina Houchins Megan Ferguson We are sad that That we would spend Peiran Zhang days voluntarily locked in a Jessica Yu we could not foot-smelling library room Christian Rose compete at the completing a memorial doesn’t sound like a selling International point, but without that Rounds this year, process, we would never have been inspired by the but proud of the leadership my 2L teammates, Christian Rose, Jessica Yu and hard work we put Peiran Zhang, demonstrated in throughout The first time I heard our when they stayed behind coach, Judge Gilbert Sison, every night until our product the year. pitch the reasons for joining was polished. Without that found the means to help us the Washington University process, we would never find the power we had to Jessup Team, he emphasized have been touched by the keep improving. Without this how competing in the compassion and kindness our process, we would never Jessup helps you develop co-captain, Kristina Houtchins, have made it to our first your lawyering muscle: by illustrated each morning International Rounds last competing, you would learn This year was incredibly competition. They mastered Team roster with the spirit she brought year, and would never have how to research, learn how special for the UW Jessup both the style and substance Katie Gresham (Coach) back to start the process observed the true spirit of Team, as it marked the first of their arguments, and many Angela O’Brien to write and learn how to over again and to keep us Jessup—the community that time we advanced to the of the judges commented Zoe Sellman speak. We learned how to moving forward. came together, in a million Bella Seeberg research, write, and speak. International Rounds in recent favorably on their persuasive Rebecca Rosenthal little acts of diplomacy, just That we would spend five history. We are sad that we ability as advocates. We are Jordan Vassel But these skills alone cannot to discuss international law. out of seven days a week could not compete at the extra proud of Jordan Vassel capture the real benefit of Competing in the Jessup will drilling our performances International Rounds this year, for placing second in the competing in the Jessup – make us all better lawyers. doesn’t sound like a selling but proud of the hard work Regional Competition, and the competition’s spirit. This But, most importantly, point, but without that we put in throughout the year. we’d also like to offer a special spirit makes the competition competing in the Jessup process, we would never Our competitors are all very shout out to Eugene Krakow the most inspiring, and most has already made us better have been empowered by talented oralists who took the and Christina Puhnaty for their empowering, activity in people, and the world a our coaches, including Gil, time to extensively prepare invaluable assistance behind law school. better place. and Regan Hildebrand, who their issues ahead of the the scenes.

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#451 #565 Tashkent State University of Law University of World Economy and Diplomacy, International Law Faculty #AssalomuAlaykum from A few words about the Team roster Tashkent State University Jessup: the most valuable Akbar Rasulov (Advisor) of Law’s Jessup Team thing in this competition is Akhadjon Khakimov (Advisor) Greetings from team valuable advice, without which Team roster Muhammadbobur Abdullaev (Uzbekistan). To begin with, definitely a #family! These Toyirov Azizbek #565, Uzbekistan! we couldn’t have won the Sitora Rakhimova (Advisor) I would like to express my are the people with whom Sayidkomil Ibodullaev National Rounds! Aziza Saydaripova (Advisor) gratitude to the #ILSA which, you associate for six months Ibrohimjon Nabijonov This year’s competition was Margaux Day (Advisor) Madina Urmanova exceptionally wonderful for With a firm determination, Rebecca Brown (Advisor) despite the circumstances, under a single motto: “Get Sanjar Norquvatov is doing everything possible up, eat up, JESSUP!!!” our team. We were very passion and high hopes in Madina Dumanova to keep this huge Jessup Against the background of proud to represent our our hearts, we were heading Fatkhulla Nigmonov university (University of World to DC to compete with Zulfiya Gafurova family together! #Rahmat the popular topic related Esmira Saudkasova also to the authors of the to COVID-19, I would like to Economy and Diplomacy) other teams of different #Jessup2020problem, say something else about at the Uzbekistan National countries and jurisdictions. thanks to which our team another virus—the virus that Rounds and would have Unfortunately, due to the again locked itself in its room lives in each of us here—the been so during the Jessup Coronavirus pandemic, all of for more than six months #virusoflovefortheJessup! It 2020 International Rounds us have been prevented from and worked tirelessly on cannot be cured:) in Washington, DC. participating in the Jessup 2020 International Rounds. themselves—some of my We had a great National friends sometimes told about I hope we all will definitely However, we are Jessupers meet with you! Round, where we met a lot and we must learn to take how the WALL system is piled of new friends and wonderful from afar in an overwhelming any difficulty on the chin! Our Take care of yourselves! judges who made the Jessup team is in a positive mood and fog like an impregnable 2020 Uzbekistan National fortress and how armed we hope to gain our perch in Rounds an amazing event. the upcoming Jessup 2021! gangs ravage entire villages Special thanks to our National in their dreams. We, as Administrator Salimjon expected, have become so Yusupov for this great event! accustomed to this life that we already believed that we Team 565 would like to would defend the interests express their endless & rights of our homelands in gratitude to our fantastic the ICJ! coaches: Sitora Rakhimova, Aziza Saydaripova and Rebecca Brown, Margaux Day, for their support and care and

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#211 Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Dear ILSA, a lot during this Jessup Team roster journey. We have learned Mai Quyen Nguyen Baker McKenzie’s North America We are writing to you in great lessons on patience, Phuong Linh Le remembrance of all the Minh Nguyet Bui dedication, sincerity and Anh Duong Nguyen Litigation & Government Enforcement nostalgic memories we have especially our friendship. been through during this Thank you for making these group consists of nearly 170 lawyers precious journey. all happen. Thank you for even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey who devote their practice exclusively to Jessup has been such a giving us this opportunity to grow up and to be one of changes you; it should long journey since the day change you. It leaves marks litigation. Our lawyers have exceptional we decided to step into it. the members of the Jessup community. We wish you on your memory, on your skill in trial, and are adept at identifying Little were we aware of the consciousness, on your difficulties that would have all the best for a successful competition next year! heart and on your body. and implementing the most appropriate awaited us in the many You take something with following months; we held “Travel isn’t always pretty. you. Hopefully, you leave business solutions for clients, either on to this journey without a It isn’t always comfortable. something good behind.” single thought of giving up, Sometimes it hurts; it – Anthony Bourdain by pursuing or defending litigation even for an instant. A team of four young ladies, coach- in courts or before other tribunals, less, having nothing, we built up the Jessup planet with all or through other alternative dispute we had and lived the Jessup resolution mechanisms. life like it was the last time we could do it. Deep inside our hearts and minds, we knew and believed that it was worth it. bakermckenzie.com We were deeply saddened and devastated by the cancellation of this year’s International Rounds; however, it is our belief that we have learned and gained

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2020 ADVANCING JESSUP TEAMS (NOT FEATURED)

ARMENIA GERMANY MEXICO SOUTH AFRICA UNITED STATES ZAMBIA #730 #487 #777 #189 #175 #123 French University in Hertie School Escuela Libre de Derecho University of Pretoria St. Mary’s University University of Zambia Armenia Foundation of Governance Ana Guadalupe Correa Sohela Surajpal (Coach) Marion Reilly (Coach) James Kayula (Advisor) Garine Hovsepian (Coach) Ana Bobic (Coach) Torres (Advisor) Mary-Ann Getcliffe (Advisor) Robert Summers (Advisor) Nkuta Kabwe Areg Malkhasyan (Coach) Theresa Bosl (Coach) Francisco Arreguín Dire Tladi (Advisor) Lindsey Laielli Abednego Chuni Rodríguez (Advisor) Marina Danielyan Pierre Thielbörger (Coach) Thompson Chengeta Nicole Cooper Diego Jaramillo (Advisor) #166 Nareh Honarchian-Masihi Mark Dawson (Coach) (Advisor) Nadeen Abou-Hossa Isolda María Vela Fuentes Cavendish University Eliza Sargsyan Sören Reischert Kyle Cloete Melissa Fullmer of Zambia Viktorya Shakhmaryan Michela Pellegatta José Mario De la Garza Kiranteba Coetzee Ndlovu Kwazinkosi (Advisor) Martins Kelsi Owens Eliza Littleton Dunga Mashilo Kasuba Mateyo (Advisor) COLOMBIA Eduardo Rodríguez Santos #128 Kristina Hatas Maria Siamoya #309 Salim Arturo González SRI LANKA University of Texas Svenja Stäbler Derek Jinks (Advisor) Nozipho Nkomo Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Castañeda #260 Bwalya Mwewa Valentina Gomez LEBANON Jesús Martín Corona González University of Colombo Jason Gallant Macarena Ramirez Gangulali de Silva Brandt Vernon Leonard Ngulube #774 RUSSIA Emilio Mocarque La Sagesse University Daniella Perera Andrew Eckhous Antonia Gorena Karim El Mufti (Advisor) #116 Avishka Jayaweera Madeline Stein National Research Lama Sakr Taahira Lafir Miranda Morton ESTONIA University HIgher School Layal Yammine of Economics Saheli Wikramanayake #755 #132 Rachele Chalhoub Emil Shagiakhmetov (Coach) Tallinn University UNITED KINGDOM Emory University Anastasia Rozeeva (Coach) Law School Sacha Hajj Assaf Jennifer Huber (Coach) #281 Tiina Pajuste (Advisor) Nadia El Khalil Gayane Gulyan (Coach) Jacob Weiss (Coach) University of Oxford Azalea Maureen Hagerty Adam Nalgiev Harry Stratton (Coach) Krishna Shah (Coach) Mikko Villa Ilmari Siintola Matvei Tarasov Eden Smith Tiffany Trussell (Coach) Heini Tuulikki Äikäs Elena Naumova Emily Zhao Margaret Clark Hanna Ella Maria Järvinen Daria Bukreeva Alexander Yean Kaela Palmiter Alexander Kozhedub Vivian Leong Noemie Broussoux-Coutard Firdaus Mohandas Madeline Young

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ILSA AND JESSUP AWARDS

HARDY C. DILLARD AWARD This Award is named in honor of the late Judge Dillard of the International Court of Justice, who was a longtime supporter of the Jessup Competition. The Award is an extension of the US Rutgers Award, initiated at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, in 1973. The Award is presented to Teams for excellence in Memorial writing by comparing top Memorials across participating jurisdictions. Memorials of the Teams scoring the highest at each Qualifying Round are considered for the Award.

ALONA E. EVANS AWARD This Award is named in honor of the late Professor Evans, the first woman to be elected President of the American Society of International Law, and a faithful supporter of the Competition.The Award is presented to Teams for excellence in Memorial writing at the White & Case International Rounds.

RICHARD R. BAXTER AWARD This Award is named in honor of the late Richard Baxter, who served as Judge of the International Court of Justice, and who was an eminent and pioneering scholar of International Law. The Award is presented to Teams for excellence in Memorial writing by comparing individual Applicant and Respondent Memorials.The Applicant and Respondent Memorials of Teams that receive the Alona E. Evans Award and/or the Hardy C. Dillard Award are considered for the Richard R. Baxter Award. One award will be given to the Best Overall Applicant Memorial and one award will be given to the Best Overall Respondent Memorial. Both winning memorials will be published in the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law.

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THE STEVEN M. SCHNEEBAUM AWARD AWARD WINNERS This Award is named in honor of Steven M. Schneebaum, an American attorney and scholar who specializes in international dispute resolution and complex litigation. Mr. Schneebaum has ALONA E. EVANS AWARD filled a critical role in the organization and administration of the FOR BEST MEMORIALS AT THE Jessup Competition for decades. Among other positions, he WHITE & CASE INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS: has served as a Compromis Author, Chairman of the ILSA Board 1. Universidad de Chile - #383 (Chile) of Directors, Jessup Coach and Jessup Judge. The award is 2. Universidad de Buenos Aires - #275 (Argentina) presented to a National Administrator for outstanding service 3. Eötvös Loránd University - #403 (Hungary) and dedication to the Jessup Competition. 4. MGIMO University - #188 (Russia) 4. Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” - #197 (Bulgaria) THE PAMELA M.YOUNG AWARD 6. Royal University of Law and Economics - #535 (Cambodia) Created in 1993 in honor of Pamela Young, Assistant Jessup 7. University of Padjadjaran - #463 (Indonesia) Administrator from 1974 to 1994, this Award recognizes 7. National Research University Higher School of Economics - #116 (Russia) the outstanding volunteer service of individuals to the 9. Kuwait International Law School - #228 (Kuwait) Jessup Competition. 9. University of Toronto - #418 (Canada) THE KING & SPALDING SPIRIT OF THE JESSUP AWARD 11. Saint-Petersburg State University - #255 (Russia) The King & Spalding Spirit of the Jessup Award recognizes 11. Sophia University - #349 (Japan) the Team that best exemplifies the Jessup spirit of camaraderie, 13. University of Oxford - #281 (United Kingdom) academic excellence, competitiveness, and appreciation of 14. American University - #108 (USA) fellow competitors. This award is sponsored by King & Spalding 14. Renmin University of China - #601 (China) and voted upon by the Jessup participants themselves, and 14. University of Maribor - #699 (Slovenia) is intended to establish the standard to which all participants 17. University of Western Ontario - #322 (Canada) should strive to govern their performance and professional 17. Airlangga University - #378 (Indonesia) demeanor. For the 2020 Competitions, teams were invited 19. Peking University - #162 (China) to submit videos showing their Jessup Spirit. 19. University of Washington - #172 (USA) 19. Cornell University - #301 (USA) BAKER MCKENZIE AWARD - 19. University of Sydney - #334 (Australia) BEST MEMORIAL FROM A NEW TEAM 23. Cairo University (English Section) - #520 (Egypt) This award recognizes the highest scoring memorial from 23. NALSAR School of Law - #703 (India) a team in a country that has competed in the Jessup for three 25. National University of Singapore - #222 (Singapore) or fewer years.

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26. Saints Cyril and Methodius University - #303 (North Macedonia) RICHARD R. BAXTER AWARD 26. Gujarat National Law University - #389 (India) FOR BEST APPLICANT MEMORIAL 28. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - #559 (Greece) Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) 29. Faculdade Baiana de Direito e Gestão - #185 (Brazil) 29. University of Helsinki - #313 (Finland) RICHARD R. BAXTER AWARD FOR BEST RESPONDENT MEMORIAL 29. University of International Business and Economics - #567 (China) Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (Bulgaria) 29. Jagiellonian University Cracow - #575 (Poland) 33. The WB National University of Juridical Sciences - #124 (India) BAKER MCKENZIE AWARD FOR 34. Case Western Reserve University - #249 (USA) BEST MEMORIAL FROM A NEW TEAM 35. Belarusian State University – Faculty of International Relations - #316 University of Mandalay (Myanmar) (Belarus) 35. Comenius University - #468 (Slovakia) BEST OVERALL MEMORIALS AT THE 2020 WHITE & CASE 37. Yaroslav Mudriy National Law University - #106 (Ukraine) INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS 38. Auckland University - #526 (New Zealand) Applicant - Peking University (China) Respondent - Universidad de Chile (Chile) 39. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg - #155 (Germany) 40.University of Pretoria - #189 (South Africa) SPIRIT OF THE JESSUP AWARD 40.Università degli Studi di Milano - #759 (Italy) Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (follow this link to the team video) HARDY C. DILLARD AWARDS FOR BEST COMBINED MEMORIALS STEVEN M. SCHNEEBAUM AWARD Volodymyr Solohub and Nikolay Yurlov (Ukraine) (NATIONAL ROUNDS) Giovanny Vega Barbosa (Colombia) 1. Universidad de Buenos Aires - #275 (Argentina) Winnie Wat (Hong Kong China) 2. George Washington University - #268 (USA) PAMELA M. YOUNG AWARD 3. Universidad de Chile - #383 (Chile) Michael Peil 4. Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München - #456 (Germany) Professor Zhu Wenqi 5. Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” - #197 (Bulgaria) 6. Royal University of Law and Economics - #535 (Cambodia) 7. University of Padjadjaran - #463 (Indonesia) 8. Universitat Pompeu Fabra - #359 (Spain) 8. University of Toronto - #418 (Canada) 10. City University of Hong Kong - #503 (Hong Kong China)

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ASK ANYTHING: Q&A WITH THE 2020 JESSUP PROBLEM AUTHORS This year, we held a virtual reveal of the identities of the three authors of the 2020 Jessup Problem: Amir Farhadi, Tim McKenzie and Beatrice Walton. They shared what inspired them to write the problem and answered questions from competitors, coaches, judges and other members of the Jessup community from around the world. This event was sponsored by the American Bar Association International Law Section. A recording of Ask Anything is available to watch on ILSA’s Vimeo. Virtual A CONVERSATION WITH JUDGE JOAN DONOGHUE Hundreds of members of the Jessup Community virtually joined ILSA for a discussion with Judge Joan Donoghue of the International Court of Justice on the Jessup Competition, studying international law, and perspectives on real-world events practice in the World Court. Judge Donoghue was interviewed by Dechert LLP associate Amir Farhadi. A recording of the interview with Judge Donoghue is available to watch on ILSA’s Vimeo.

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2020 JESSUP COMPETITION VIRTUAL AWARDS CEREMONY On 25 April 2020, ILSA hosted a live virtual Awards Ceremony to honor the hard work of teams, coaches, administrators, volunteers and all who support the Jessup—and welcomed Hon. Richard Goldstone to deliver a keynote address. You can watch a recording of the complete Awards Ceremony on ILSA’s Vimeo. Founded in 1885, King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including many State governments and half of the KING & SPALDING SPIRIT OF THE JESSUP AWARD Fortune Global 100. With more than 1,100 lawyers in 21 offices across the world, The Spirit of the Jessup Award recognizes the team that best exemplifies the Jessup Competition’s spirit of camaraderie, the firm has handled matters in over 160 countries on six continents. academic excellence, competitiveness and appreciation of fellow competitors. This year teams were invited to submit Our lawyers are universally known for their uncompromising commitment to videos showing why their team’s Jessup Spirit deserved quality, their dedication to understanding the business and culture of our clients, recognition. We received some incredible submissions from teams around the world. After online voting, the 2020 Spirit of and the results they obtain. the Jessup Award went to the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. All of the video submissions are available on ILSA’s Vimeo.

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ILSA would like to thank the many Friends of the Jessup, the members of the Board of Directors, ILSA Chapters, judges, bailiffs, volunteers and sponsors around the world for their limitless support of the Jessup Competition. The Jessup would not be possible without their efforts. Our thanks are also owed to ILSA’s Global Partner White & Case. More than just a sponsor, White & Case provides volunteers and technological assistance for the Competition, and has undertaken a number of projects aimed at improving the Jessup experience for everyone involved. We would like to specially recognize Elizabeth Black, who leads all of the Firm’s Jessup activities around the world, and Hugh Verrier, the Firm’s Chairman. ILSA is grateful for the support of HeinOnline, Oxford University Press and LexisNexis, and Jus Mundi for providing our student competitors with invaluable access to their legal research databases. A final word of thanks goes to our Qualifying Round Administrators for their tireless work and dedication on behalf of the Jessup Competition.

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