Jessup 1997 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Children of the Mount Zolo Disaster (Laurentia v. Caledon)

Topics: Rights of the Child/Law of Abduction, Legitimacy of Sanctions, Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Reparations Under the ICJ, Import Bans

Location: ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Date: April 12, 1997

World Champion: Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela) Team Members – Ana Maria Hernandez, Antonio Carlos Lopez, Juan A. Olavarria, Maria T. Arcaya

World Runner Up: University of Calgary (Canada) Team Members – Tean-Rae Kerr, Kathy L. Krug, Neil S. Sankoff, Brian J. Thiessen

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Maria Teresa Arcaya, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela)

Championship Round Judges:

Roy S. Lee – Director, Codification Division, United Nations
Rudolf Bernhardt – Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public & International Law (Heidelberg)
Diane P. Wood – Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Problem Author(s):

Concept: Steven M. Schneebaum, Esq. – Patton Boggs LLP.
The 1997 Jessup Problem was a cooperative effort among ILSA, the American Society of International Law (ASIL), and the Friends of the Jessup.
Primary authors/reviewers were: Angeline Chen, Carol Kalinoski, Jose Alvarez, and Cynthia Price Cohen.

Executive Director: Kate Greene

Assistant to the Executive Director: Carol Monroe

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Julie Campos, University of Western Australia (Australia)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Not recorded

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Not recorded

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

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

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