11/10/2019
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition ‘Jessup’ is the largest moot court competition in the World. The International Law Students Association ‘ILSA’ is the international body organizing the Jessup.
The Jessup tackles issues of public international law that would come before the International Court of Justice ‘ICJ’. To learn more about the competition visit the Jessup website https://www.ilsa.org/about-jessup/ and White & Case website https://www.whitecase.com/publications/video/jessup-competitors-guide-videos-part-1.
The International Rounds take place in Washington D.C. during March/April of each year. More than 600 schools from all over the World participate in Jessup and the Championship Round is judged by 3 sitting ICJ judges.
The Jessup problem is drafted and inspired by current legal events such as; the use of force in international relations, humanitarian law, environmental law, cultural and heritage artifacts, laws of the seas, international arbitration or a combination of more than one issue.
This year's topics include multi-fora international litigation, the accountability of heads of State for war crimes, killer robots, and a wall.
The team that wins the National Rounds in Egypt shall represent Egypt in the International Rounds at the United States and shall get a funding to travel and compete internationally.
After Jessup has awarded Mr. Adam El Shalakany with the Steven Schneebaum Award for Outstanding National Administrator, it pleases Shalakany to be organizing and administering this year’s National Rounds in Egypt.
This competition is open to Law students and Political Science Students.
To participate in Jessup, please select a team of five members and register your team here https://www.ilsa.org/jessup-competitors/
Once registered, please send an email to [email protected] and [email protected]
The deadline for registration is November 15th, 2019.
N.B: Shalakany encourages the teams to register as soon as possible as the Jessup issue has been releasedhttps://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup2020/2020%20Compromis%20FINAL.pdf