IISMRR 31
IN THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
AT THE PEACE PALACE,
THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS
SCHOOL of LAW, CHRIST (DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY), BENGALURU
INTERNAL INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULED MOOT RANKING ROUNDS 2022-23
CASE CONCERNING THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW BY
THE REPUBLIC OF CANDELABRA.
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE OF ADANSONIA
(APPLICANT)
v.
THE REPUBLIC OF CANDELABRA
(RESPONDENT)
MEMORIAL ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF DEFENCE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations..................................................................................................................2
Index of Authorities...................................................................................................................3
Statement of Jurisdiction............................................................................................................7
Questions Presented...................................................................................................................8
Statement of Facts......................................................................................................................9
Summary of Pleadings.............................................................................................................10
Pleadings..................................................................................................................................11
ISSUE I:...............................................................................................................................11
ISSUE II:..............................................................................................................................11
ISSUE III:.............................................................................................................................11
Prayer for Relief.......................................................................................................................12
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
SL. NO. ABBREVIATIO MEANING
N
& And
§ Section
Anr. Another
ARSIWA Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally
Wrongful Acts
Art. Article
Comm. Commission
Doc. Document
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
Ed. Edition
G.A. General Assembly
ICJ International Court of Justice
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights
Id. Ibidem
i.e., That is
No Number
Ors. Other
Para Paragraph
PCIJ Permanent Court of International Justice
Re Review
Sch. Schedule
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN United Nations
U/S Under Section
v. Versus
VCCR Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
VCLT Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties
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Vol. Volume
INDEX OF AUTHORITIES
TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS
1. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, Dec. 10, 1984.
2. Convention on the Law of the Sea, Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 3.
3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Dec. 16, 1966, 999 U.N.T.S.
171.
4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Jan. 3, 1976.
5. Statute of the International Court of Justice, 1055, 33 U.N.T.S. 993 (1945)
6. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and Their Disposal, its Protocol, Mar. 22, 1989.
7. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and United Convention
on the Law of the Sea, May. 22, 2001.
8. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Apr. 18, 1961.
9. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dec. 10, 1948.
10. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, Mar. 19. 1967, 596 U.N.T.S. 261.
11. Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, Aug. 20, 1978.
12. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Jan 27, 1980, 1155 U.N.T.S. 331, 8
I.L.M. 679.
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTS:
1. Articles on Preventing Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities, U.N. GAOR,
53rd Sess., Supp. No. 10, U.N. Doc. A/56/10 (2001)
2. ILC Commentaries to the Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally
Wrongful Acts, fifty-third session (2001).
3. ILC Commentary on the Draft Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from
Hazardous Activities, 2001 Report on its 53rd Session, A/56/10. 8
4. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.151/5/Rev.1
(1992)
5. Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Handbook of the Convention
on Biological Diversity: Including its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety 3rd ed. (2005).
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6. Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment, U.N. Doc. A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1
(1973)
7. UNEP Environmental Law Guidelines and Principles, Decision 27/9, on Advancing
Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability
8. United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties. UN Doc A/Conf. 39. UNCLOT
9. United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties. UN Doc A/Conf. 39.
10. United Nations General Assembly, Resolution 1803(XVII) (Dec.14,1962)
BOOKS, TREATIES, DIGESTS
1. BIRNIE ET. AL., INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2nd ed.
2004).
2. BLANCO & RAZZAQUE, GLOBALISATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LAW: CHALLENGES, KEY ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES (2012).
3. BROWNLIE, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (2008).
4. CASSESSE, INTERNATIONAL LAW (2001).
5. D. P. O’CONNELL, INTERNATIONAL LAW (1970).
6. Donald R. Rothwell and Sam Bateman, Navigational Rights and Freedoms and the
New Law of the Sea (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2000) 10, 14 Erika De Wet, The
Chapter VII.
7. GLOWKA, ET AL., A GUIDE TO THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY(1994).
8. HANQIN, TRANSBOUNDARY DAMAGE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (2003).
9. HONKONEN, THE COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED RESPONSIBILITY
PRINCIPLE IN MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS:
REGULATORY AND POLICY ASPECTS (2009).
10. IAN BROWNLIE, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW (2003).
11. IUCN COUNCIL, GUIDELINES FOR APPLYING THE PREACAUTIONARY
PRINCIPLE TO BIODIVERSITY CONSERVTION AND NATURAL RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT (2007).
12. KOVALEV, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF THE LAW OF THE SEA: MODERN
RUSSIAN APPROACHES (2004).
13. KOVALEV, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF THE LAW OF THE SEA: MODERN
RUSSIAN APPROACHES (2004).
14. L. OPPENHEIM, INTERNATIONAL LAW (5th ed. 1955).
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15. LIN, THE UNIFYING ROLE OF HARM IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2006).
16. LIN, THE UNIFYING ROLE OF HARM IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2006).
17. MCNAIR, THE LAW OF TREATIES (1961).
18. NATALIE KLEIN, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN THE UN CONVENTION ON
THE LAW OF THE SEA (2004).
19. NORDQUIST, UNCLOS, 1982: A COMMENTARY (1975).
20. PARADELL-TRIUS, PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW: AN OVERVIEW. RECIEL 9(2) (2000).
21. PHILIPPE SANDS, PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW (2nd ed. 2003).
22. SCHACHTER, INTERNATIONAL LAW THEORY AND PRACTICE (1991).
23. SHAW, INTERNATIONAL LAW (2008).
24. THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
(Daniel Bodansky et. al., eds. 2007).
25. YOSHIFUMI TANAKA, THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA (2nd ed.
2015).
ESSAYS, ARTICLES, AND JOURNALS:
1. 8(3) The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (1993).
2. Akehurst, International Liability for Injurious Consequences Arising out of Acts Not
Prohibited by International Law, Netherlands Yearbook of International Law vol.16
1985.
3. Dalton, The Chilean Mar Presencial: A Harmless Concept of a Dangerous Precedent?
4. Eckert, Environmental Unpredictability and Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelyscoriacea) Nest Loss, Inter American Convention for the Protection and
Conservation of Sea Turtles, Herpetologica Vol.43 (1987).
5. Handl, State Liability for Accidental Transnational Environmental Damage by Private
Person, 74 AM. J. INT’L L. 525.
6. Jonathan Charney, ‘Universal International Law’ (1993) 87 AJIL 529
7. Klemm, Guideline for Legislation to Implement CITES, IUCN ENV’L POL’Y &
L.No.26 (1993).
8. Klemm, Migratory Species in International Law, Natural Resource Journal, 949,
(1989).
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9. M. Cherif Bassiouni, International Extradition: United States Law and Practice 319
(2d rev. ed. 1987).
10. Pierre-Marrie Dupoy, Soft Law and the International Law of the Environment, 12
MICH. J. INT’L. L. 420 (1991).
11. Walter Simons, The Evolution of International Public Law in Europe Since Grotius,
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931.
CASES:
1. Certain Norwegian Loans (Fra. v. Nor.) (Separate Opinion) 1957 I.C.J. 53 (July 6).
2. Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom v. Albania); Assessment of Compensation, 15
XII
3. Costa Rica v. Nicaragua, CACJ, 11 Am.J. Int’l. 181 (1917).
4. Nuclear Tests Case (Aus. v Fra.) (Merits) 1974 I.C.J. 253 (December 20).
5. Trail Smelter Arbitration, U.S.-Canada, Trail Smelter Arbitral Tribunal, Aug. 16,
1938, Reports of International Arbitral Awards, Vol. 3 1911-1937.
6. Territorial Dispute (Libya v. Chad), (1994) I.C.J. Rep. 7, p. 6.
7. LaGrand (Germany v. United States of America), Judgement, I.C.J. Reports 2001 p.
466 (June 27).
8. 49, International Court of Justice (ICJ), 15 December 1949.
9. Emenbeyli v. Russia, No. 42443/02, (26 February, 2009)
Gabcikovo-Nagumaros Project (Hung. v. Slovk.), 1997 I.C.J. 3 (Order of Feb. 5).
10. Y.P & L.P v. France No. 32476/06, (2 September 2010).
11. Jadhav Case (India vs Pakistan), Judgement of 17 July 2019, ICJ Reports.
12. Jadhav Case (India vs. Pakistan), Judgement of 17 July 2019, ICJ Reports.
13. Lockerbie Cases (Libya. v.UK.) (Merits) 1992 I.C.J. 88 (April 14).
14. Chorzo´w Factory Case, 1928, PCIJ Reports, Series A, No 17, 47.
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STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION
The Democratic State of Andansonia and the Republic of Candelabra hereby submit the
present dispute to the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) pursuant to Article 40(1) of the
Court’s Statute, in accordance with the Statement of Agreed Facts for submission to the ICJ
of the differences concerning the alleged violations of International Law by the Republic of
Candelabra, submitted to the Court, on the twenty-fifth day of September in the year two
thousand and twenty-two. Both States submit to the ipso facto jurisdiction of this Court
pursuant to Article 36 of the ICJ Statute, 1945.
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QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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STATEMENT OF FACTS
1.
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SUMMARY OF PLEADINGS
ISSUE I:
ISSUE II:
ISSUE III:
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PLEADINGS
ISSUE I:
ISSUE II:
ISSUE III:
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF
In light of the arguments put forth, authorities cited, and judicial principles espoused, the
Office of Defence humbly requests this Hon’ble Court to declare and adjudge that:
I.
OR
Any other judgment or order in the interest of justice, equity and good conscience
All of which is respectfully affirmed and submitted.
Duly Signed and Attested
Agents of the Office of Defence
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