Jessup 1998 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the International Criminal Tribunal (Remorra v. Arden)

Topics: Jurisdiction of the International Tribunal, State Succession, Political Offense Exception, Bank Secrecy Laws

Location: ANA Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Date: April 4, 1998

World Champion: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico) Team Members – Gabriela Echeverria-Gutierrez, Claudia Molina-Perez, Alvaro Santos Rivera, Francisco Quintana-Garcia, Carlos F. Lozada Almada

World Runner Up: Australian National University (Australia) Team Members – Douglas J.A. Guilfoyle, Benjamin D. O’Donnell, Jeffrey A. Derix

Best Oralist (Championship Round): Douglas J.A. Guilfoyle, Australian National University (Australia)

Championship Round Judges:

James Crawford – Professor of Law, Cambridge University
Rosalyn Higgins – Judge, International Court of Justice
Payam Akhavan – Legal Advisor, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda

Problem Author(s): Concept: Steven M. Schneebaum, Esq. – Patton Boggs LLP

Executive Director: Yvette S. Roozenbeek

Administrative Director: Amy E. Keyser

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): Douglas J.A. Guilfoyle, Australian National University (Australia)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Hawaii (USA)

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

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): Australian National University (Australia) (Applicant and Respondent)

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

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: George C. Summerfield

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