5TH WENCESLAO DE LA PAZ MOOT COURT COMPETITION

The Case Concerning the Maritime Operation “Sheer Cliff”

and Certain Criminal Proceedings

The Kingdom of Amphit (Applicant) v. The Republic of Rhea (Respondent)

Problem Supplement

Paragraph (5)

According to reports in the mainstream media in Rhea, some immigrants from Theseus were
confirmed to have been on durable boats made of resin materials. On the other hand, the
report published by Delfinus in March 2017 included pictures of children and women on
wooden boats and a large number of people crammed into rubber boats.

Paragraph (9), 1st and 2nd sentences

In the Maritime Operation “Sheer Cliff”, the Marine Security Bureau of the Republic of Rhea
immediately relays information to a warship on all ships for which permission to enter their
territory cannot be confirmed, including ships apparently carrying evacuees.

Paragraph (9), 5th sentence

The Government of Theseus succeeded in arresting several leaders after violent military
clashes with the Minotauros. However, as a result of losing its head, the Minotauros was
divided into smaller factions and their internal struggles rather made the armed conflict
stalemated.

Paragraph (16)

The Act on Criminal Proceedings of the Kingdom of Amphit was adopted in the course of
preparation to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Paragraph (20)

Both parties are parties to the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea including the
Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (CTS) and the Convention on the
High Seas (CHS).