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THE CASE CONCERNING THE VESSEL THE MAURI MARU
A dispute between two countries over the fate of a commercial shipping vessel, involving piracy on the high seas, plutonium, terra nullius, territorial watersand exclusive economic zones.

Practice Session for the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

Arguments will be presented by the 2005 Fletcher Jessup International Moot Court Team
Judge Vukas will be joined by student judges from the EPIIC “Oil and Water” Colloquium
Download the Moot Court Compromis (pdf)

Judge: Budislav Vukas, Vice-President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg, Germany; Member of the Tribunal since October 1, 1996; Vice-President of the Tribunal since October 1, 2002; Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (Assistant 1963–1970, Lecturer 1970–1974, Assistant Professor 1974–1977, Professor 1977–present); Author of numerous books, monographs, articles and papers in various fields of public international law, in particular law of the sea, international environmental law, international protection of human rights and national minorities