Model ICJ RoP

What did you guys learn from AMUNC??

Responding to your query here, even though it's not entirely relevant to the ICJ...

I can't speak as much to ICJ/ICC ROP as those who participated in legal committees (amongst officeholders, Yanjie and Maanya) - but at AMUNC there was no formal debate in the ICJ. There was a presumption of moderated caucus (whether general or specific). I didn't get the chance to witness an ICJ committee session, but can gather feedback if you wish.

In general committees the most common concern with the ROP was that they gave delegates very little idea how substantive debate was actually meant to proceed. Flowcharts would be a good idea - and would allow us to skip (or spend less time on) this portion of delegate training in favour of training in areas such as negotiation, lobbying, and strategy.

A second concern was regarding procedural debate: there wasn't sufficient explanation in the ROP about how this would work, but in my memory I've never come across procedural debate in ROPs here. There's a lot more discretion for directors in our ROPs than there were in the AMUNC ones, and this would be an example.

Another thing I noticed was that delegates often referred to sections on precedence of motions, and definitions of motions. In some MUNs here I've noticed that these sections are lacking - we should make sure that all entertainable motions are elaborated upon in sufficient detail, and there is an order in which they should be entertained by directors. It should also be clearly stated which motions can be raised/entertained during voting procedures (if any), given how strategic these motions can be.

Finally, I think our typical approach to appeals against a director's decision could do with some improvement. At AMUNC, if a director's decision was appealed, that director was meant to step down from chairing, and allow the other director (or secretary, in this case) to hear arguments from the party making the appeal and the director. They would then rule. If this decision was then appealed, the Secretariat would get involved - but overall this prevented a few uprisings, and directors being overthrown.