International Court of Justice

Procedures for KSUHSMUN 2008

The Procedure of the Court shall consist of two parts: Written and Oral (Article 43) and all awards shall be based on BOTH sections.

1. Written Proceedings - Due Tuesday, 26 February 2008 at 5:00pm
   The written proceedings shall consist of the communication to the Court of memorials and documents in support. Such memorials shall be prepared by each participating team for both sides of the issue, and each memorial should be no less than six (6) pages and no more than ten (10) pages in length with full citations and bibliographical information.
   
   The format and content of the memorials shall be as follows:
   
   
   1. All memorials shall use 1 inch margins (right, left, top, and bottom), number each page of the memorial, use the subheadings below, double spaced, and use standard fonts such as Garamond, Times New Roman, Georgia, or Courier New at 10, 11, or 12 point fonts. Citations/bibliographies shall use standard citation guides such as Turabian, MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, etc.
   
   
   
   2. Content guide:
      1. Title Page: listing parties to the dispute, participant names, and high school
      2. Subject of the Dispute: (Brief 1-2 sentence summary of the Dispute)
      3. Facts in the Case: (A one page summary of relevant facts that apply to the dispute)
      4. Jurisdiction: (A brief 1/2 to 1 page description of why the Court has the legal right to hear the case)
      5. Statement of Laws that Apply to the dispute: (conventions, treaties, customs, and learned commentary on international laws)
      6. Legal Argument: (This part should be no less than 2-3 pages of the memorial and should apply facts as cited in part III to the relevant law cited in part V. Be sure to address all legal questions posed in the case description).
      7. Summary and Prayer for Relief: (Very Brief summary of the case presentation and a request for the court to act in the party's favor)
      8. Citations and Bibliography.
   
   
   
2. Oral Proceedings
   1. The oral proceedings shall consist of the Hearings by the Court of the Advocates. For the purpose of these hearings, a Chamber of the Court consisting of three judges will be impaneled. (Article 26)
   
   
   
   2. Pursuant to Article 22(d) of the MICJ Statute, written proceedings shall be dispensed with.
      
      Oral proceedings shall conform to the following order of sequence:
      
      
      1. Applicant shall present to the Court a memorial which should not exceed seven (7) minutes.
      2. Respondent shall present to the Court a counter-memorial which should not exceed seven (7) minutes.
      3. Applicant shall present to the Court a reply which should not exceed three (3) minutes.
      4. Respondent shall present to the Court a rejoinder which should not exceed three (3) minutes.
      5. Judges shall interrogate the Applicant for ten (10) minutes.
      6. Judges shall interrogate the Respondent for ten (10) minutes.
   
   
   
3. Basis of Decision by the Court (Article 38, Statute of ICJ)
   
   "The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted, shall apply:
   1. international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states;
   2. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law;
   3. The general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;
   4. Subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly-qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law."