1. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ).
Directive
President: Juliana Zabala Tirado –
Vice Precident: Ivana García Pastrana-
Vice President: Emilio Sanz Vélez – _______________________________________________________________
Topics:
1. Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
2. Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile)
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Dear judges and advocates,
Welcome to the 2018 MUN FEM. It’s a pleasure for us to be your International Court of Justice Presidents in this model. During the work sessions, we will be discussing on the Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America case regarding the Oil Platforms, we will also be debating the Bolivia v. Chile case related to the Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean. We have high expectations of this committee and hope you put all your effort in it. If any doubts, do not hesitate on contacting us through our addresses..
About the presidents:
Juliana Zabala,
Eleventh grade student at the Fundación Educativa de Montelíbano. Has been participating in the model since third grade. Actively participated as delegate and staff of both the MUN and MINI MUN, served the role of president for the 2013 MINI MUN.

2. Ivanna García
Greetings delegates. Welcome to the Model of the United Nations FEM I am Ivanna García, an 8th grade student from the Fundación Educativa de Montelíbano, and I will have the pleasure of being your vicepresident. I´ve being participating in MUN since I was in 3rd grade, and I think is a very enriching experience, that improve you critical skills and you speaking in public performance. My partners and me are open to questions and doubts. Best wishes in this model!
Emilio Sanz Vélez
Dear delegates:
Welcome to the FEM 2018 united nations model, I am Emilio Sanz Vélez, a seventh grade student at the Fubdación educativa de montelibano. It is a honor for me be the president of the international court of justice. Since I was invited to see what the mun fem consisted (when I was in 2th grade) I set myself the goal of being a delegate in the model or being president of some commission and finally I got it. As I said before I have been a delegate in several mun inside and outside of school I hope to be a useful president for you
About the committee
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN).It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.
The procedures followed at DAIMUN 2014 are based upon the Rules of the Court adopted and entered into force in 1978 by the International Court of
Justice.
Structure
Applicant: The party who chooses to file an application before the International Court of Justice to institute a case between itself and another nation in order to settle a dispute.
Respondent: The respondent party is responsible for defending itself from the claim of the applicant party.
It should be noted that a party need not necessarily constitute only one nation – in the case of a special mutual agreement between two states, a party can constitute more than one nation.
Panel: This is constituted of the presidents, who oversee and moderate court proceedings, and judges, who deliberate upon the evidence and legal arguments presented to them and arrive at a verdict.

3. Procedure:
The International Court of Justice works different from the other committees of standard procedure, therefore it is very important to read about the procedure. In the resource section you will find a complete guide with all the elements necessary to achieve a good performance in the commission.
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About the topics:
I.Oil Platforms (Islamic Republic of Iran v. United States of America)
The Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Iran is an ancient country called before 1935, Persia; one of the greatest empires of the ancient world. Its capital is Tehran and borders with countries such as Iran, Turkmenistan and Afganistan. Its location allows us to know that Iran is one of the most important oil zones of the world. 
In a struggle of determining territorial limits, Iran and Irak began a war that took time between 1980 and Under these events, the case of the Oil Platforms began when merchant shipping vessels were attacked in the Persian Gulf. Later, the United States planned a counter attack destroying three important oil platforms destined for economic porpuses.
On 2nd November 1992, Iran filled a document in the Registry of the Court instituting proceedings against the United States of America with respect to the destruction of Iranian oil platforms. The Islamic Republic founded the jurisdiction of the Court upon a provision of the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between Iran and the United States, signed at Tehran on 15 August In its Application, Iran alleged that the destruction caused by several warships of the United States Navy, in October 1987 and April 1988, to three offshore oil production complexes, owned and operated for commercial purposes by the National Iranian Oil Company, constituted a fundamental breach of various provisions of the Treaty of Amity and of international law.
The U.S. filed preliminary objections seeking the immediate dismissal of the case in December Its principal contention was that the Treaty did not apply to questions concerning the use of force in self-defense.
Resources:

4. II. Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v
 II. Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean (Bolivia v. Chile)
The case of Bolivia and Chile constitute a territorial dispute between this countries that began in the 19th century, a period known as the War of the Pacific, where Chile annexed a coastline territory in the Pacific that belonged to Bolivia turning this into a landlocked nation. Never accepting this condition, Bolivia has tried persistently on having direct negotiations with Chile to recover the sovereignty over the coastline but Chile has not accepted the various requests. That´s when Bolivia recurred to the ICJ and filled an application against Chile for it to present after the Court and for the institution to judge and declare the obligation of Chile to negotiate, the violations that it has incurred and the fact that Chile must act promptly, in good faith, formally and effectively.
On September 24, 2015, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released its judgment on the preliminary objection filed by Chile in Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean.1 Chile had objected to the ICJ’s jurisdiction arguing that Bolivia’s application raises a dispute that had already been settled by the 1904 Peace Treaty Between Bolivia and Chile. The ICJ, however, rejected this jurisdictional objection and agreed to consider the merits of Bolivia’s claim that Chile has an obligation to negotiate in good faith the issue of Bolivia’s sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean.
Resources:
III. Immunities and Criminal Proceedings (Equatorial Guinea v. France)​
The Court begins by recalling that, by an Application filed in the Registry on 13 June 2016, Equatorial Guinea instituted proceedings against France with regard to a dispute concerning “the immunity from criminal jurisdiction of the Second Vice-President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in charge of Defence and State Security [Mr. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue], and the legal status of the building which houses the Embassy of Equatorial Guinea, both as premises of the diplomatic mission and as State property”. On 29 September 2016, Equatorial Guinea submitted a Request for the indication of provisional measures, asking, inter alia, that France suspend all the criminal proceedings brought against the Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea; that it ensure that the building located at 42 avenue Foch in Paris is treated as premises of Equatorial Guinea’s diplomatic mission in France and, in particular, assure its inviolability; and that it refrain from taking any other measure that might aggravate or extend the dispute submitted to the Court.

5. Further to a request by Equatorial Guinea, the Vice-President of the Court, acting as President in the case, drew the attention of France, in accordance with Article 74, paragraph 4, of the Rules of Court, “to the need to act in such a way as will enable any order the Court may make on the request for provisional measures to have its appropriate effects”.​
Resources:​
prosecution-of-corruption-related-money-laundering-by-foreign-officials/​
Resources about proceedings in the Court:
4/04/Advocates-Guide-MUNOFS-VII.pdf Procedure guide.
How the court works.
RulesofProcedures.pdf
re_2015.pdf
RulesofProcedures.pdf