MMUN 2011 Committees / ICJ

Matrices

Find out how many student delegates are needed for each country.

4-6 Country Matrix

7-9 Country Matrix

International Court of Justice - ICJ

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is open to 15, 7-9 students who have attended at least one previous MMUN Conference as a delegate.  Find out more about the ICJ Program. To sign up, select the ICJ option for each student when you select your countries.

4-6 Committees

UNESCO

1. Protection against Products Harmful to Health and the Environment

2. Technical Assistance for Implementing the International Conventions and Protocols Relating to Terrorism

World Food Programme

1. Malnutrition  (the role of the UN in combating malnutrition)

2. Creating Opportunity for Poor Farmers Worldwide 

UNHCR

1. The role of sustainable environmental management on refugees

2. Return and reintegration of refugees and displaced persons

UNDP

1. Post conflict reconstruction and investment

2. Freshwater resources

African Union

1. Addressing conflict minerals in Central Africa

2. Strengthening peacekeeping capabilities in Africa

Committee on Right of the Child

1. The implementation of a global standard of education

2. The causes and global response to child labor

Security Council

1. Drilling rights and its impact on sovereignty and economic security

2. Non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and North Korea

7-9 Committees

General Assembly

1. Nuclear Regulation; Role of governance of nuclear technology in a peaceful world 

2. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the middle east.

FAO

1. Food security in the modern world; changing market policies to address hunger.

2. Sustainable agriculture and rural development

Committee on the Status of Wome

1. Fighting sexual violence as a weapon of war.

2. Education for all especially women and girls

UN Human Rights

1. Protection of children in armed conflict; disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers

2. Rights of indigenous peoples

UNEP

1. UNEP Resolution to respond to environmental disasters.

2. The need for urgent action to address water security

Security Council

1. The situation in the Middle East and the question of Palestine (updated Oct 26, 2010)

2. Non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and North Korea

International Court of Justice

1. Belgium v. Senegal: Questions Relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite

2. Ecuador v. Colombia: Aerial Herbicide Spraying

International Court of Justice - ICJ - Student Judges

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is open to 15, 7-9 students who have attended at least one previous MMUN Conference as a delegate.

MMUN 2011 will be simulating again The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and follows an entirely different protocol than all other UN Committees. The Court's role is to settle disputes between 2 countries and to give opinions to all United Nations organs and specialized agencies. 

Students participating in the ICJ stand for international justice and bring their opinions to help resolve a dispute affecting 2 countries and their people. The Court is composed of 15 judges and they decide which country wins the dispute after intense debate.

Middle School students are invited to participate as a Judge after they have completed at least one prior MMUN Conference as a delegate. As an ICJ Judge, they will be committed to this session only and their preparation will require learning vocabulary, history of the countries in dispute and basic knowledge of the international legal system. All these aspects will be explained in the Background Guide.

Judges don't represent countries; they debate from their own opinion of what justice and fairness means to them. Students in the ICJ are an active part of the school delegation they come with to New York.

At MMUN 2011, student judges will debate the following cases:

• Belgium v. Senegal: Questions Relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite
• Ecuador v. Colombia: Aerial Herbicide Spraying

This is a new and exciting challenge for experienced MMUN students. We are sure that with your help, students will have a life changing experience debating in the International Court of Justice.  To sign up, select the ICJ option for each student when you select your countries.