International Law Blog Postings

After seven months of practice, research, and intense regional and national competitions involving over 2,000 students at 565 law schools worldwide, the final 104 Jessup teams from 81 countries converged in Washington, D.C. for the Jessup International Tournament. The Jessup competition simulates a case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the Netherlands. The 2006 Jessup Compromis dealt with theories of state succession, the jurisdiction of the ICJ, forced labor as a violation of international law, foreign sovereign immunity, indigenous peoples' rights to natural resources, public-private ventures, and the construction of a pipeline. The United States team from Columbia Law School won the Jessup World Champion Trophy. Columbia represented the State of Rubria (Respondent) in the Championship Round. The judges said Columbia Law School won the competition on the strength of its oral argument, beating the team from Universidad Catolica Andrés Bello in Venezuela, which represented the Republic of Acastus (Applicant). Continue Reading