University of Cebu - School of Law

Law 217 – Natural Resources and Environmental Law

Prof. Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio

Moot Exercise September 12, 2021

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Instructions. Answer the specific questions provided in the attached Stetson moot problem. See
2021-2022 Stetson IEMCC Record. Each group will be assigned as counsel to either parties,
Applicant or Respondent, as shown below. Working by group, please submit your group output
(Memorial) on the Law 217 – NREL Group Work folder at Schoology on or before 6PM, Monday,
September 20, 2021. This will constitute ¼ of your Midterm Exam Grade.

1. General Problem: Questions Relating to Protected Areas and Armed Conflict (Federal States
of Anhur v. Republic of Rongo) See Record here

Group 1 – For Applicant, Federal States of Anhur: You are seeking an order from the ICJ
declaring that the Republic of Rongo violated the following (See Par. 41, Record):

(1) Your actions with respect to the Menhit Wetland Complex did not violate international law,
and
(2) The actions of Rongo with respect to the proposed hotel development in the Scute Coastal
Wetland violate international law.

Group 2 – For Respondent, Republic of Rongo: You are opposing the claims of the Applicant and
seeks and order from the ICJ declaring the following (See Par. 42, Record):

(1) The actions of Anhur with respect to the Menhit Wetland Complex violated international law,
and
(2) The actions of Rongo with respect to the proposed hotel development in the Scute Coastal
Wetland do not violate international law.

Note also Par. 43, Record for exclusions of certain arguments.

2. Guidelines for Writing your group output (Memorial)

At the minimum, the following sections are required:

1. Cover Page. No required design, as long as you Indicate whether the Memorial is for the
Applicant or Respondent.
2. Table of Contents
3. List of Sources (Make a distinction between the sort of source, e.g., treaties, book, periodical,
jurisprudence, etc.)
4. Statement of Relevant Facts (Make a brief summary of the relevant facts. Do not just copy the
one on the Record.
 5. Summary of Arguments (See above for the summary of your arguments)
6. Arguments (This is the most important chapter that contains your legal arguments that will back
up your submissions. Make sure your arguments are written down in a logical, clearly
understandable manner. Use footnotes to cite your sources. Footnotes should use Bluebook
format)
7. Submissions (Provide what you want the Court to decide upon the case.)
8. Last Page. (Indicate the names of contributing members. You may exclude those who did not
contribute at all to the groupwork.)

Additional notes:

 The Memorial shall be submitted on A4 paper, with interline 2 (double spaced), with a margin of
1.5 cm on both sides, and at the top and bottom. Use Times New Roman size 12.

 The Argument and Submission sections together, including footnotes, shall not exceed 10 pages.

 The pages of the sections Argument and Submissions should be numbered consecutively in
Roman Numerals. All other sections shall be numbered consecutively in capital letters (A, B, C,
etc.) then subsections will be using Arabic numbers (1,2,3, etc.) followed by small Roman
numbers (i-ii…).

 Each page shall be numbered in the middle at the top of the page.

 The footnotes shall be placed at the bottom of the page and must be numbered consecutively
throughout the Memorial in Arabic numbers (1,2,3,4, etc.). Footnotes and quotations shall not
be reduced in size. The standard double spacing between footnotes must be kept. Footnotes
and quotations of more than one line in length may be typed single spaced.

 Use The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation for footnotes. See

https://www.legalbluebook.com.

3. Guidelines for the Oral Rounds

For each group, choose 2 oralists who will argue the first and second claims. There will be
judges during your oral rounds on 21 and 22 September (Sections 204 and 202) rounds. The
oralists will be asked to address the questions of the judges in a manner expected of an
advocate in an international court of law. The presentations will be ordered as follows:

A. Applicant – Oralist 1 (arguing for the Applicant’s actions with respect to the Menhit Wetland
Complex: that it did not violate international law) – time allotted: 10 minutes
 B. Applicant – Oralist 2 (arguing that Respondent Rongo’s actions with respect to the proposed
hotel development in the Scute Coastal Wetland violate international law) – time allotted: 10
minutes
C. Respondent – Oralist 1 (Rebutting Oralist 1’s arguments by arguing that the actions of Applicant
Anhur with respect to the Menhit Wetland Complex violated international law) – time allotted:
10 minutes
D. Respondent – Oralist 2 (Rebutting Oralist 2’s arguments by arguing that their actions with
respect to the proposed hotel development in the Scute Coastal Wetland do not violate
international law – time allotted: 10 minutes
E. Rebuttal by any one of the Applicant’s Oralists – time allotted 3 minutes
F. Surrebuttal by any one of the Respondent’s Oralists – time allotted: 3 minutes

Note for oralists: The time allotment includes questions raised by the judges and answers to
these questions as well. So make sure you are able to present your arguments within the time
allotted.