World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Explained

Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot
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Label1:Established
Data1:2009
Label2:Venue
Data2:Geneva
Label3:Subject matter
Label4:Class
Data4:International[1]
Label5:Record participation
Data5:92 teams (2024)
Label6:Qualification
Data6:Regional rounds
Label7:Most championships
Data7:Norman Manley Law School (3)
Label8:Website
Data8:https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/NelsonMandelaWorldHRMootCourt.aspx

The Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition is a moot court competition on international human rights law. In 2009, the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law's Centre for Human Rights, with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, organised the inaugural edition. Previously, the oral rounds of the competition were held annually in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.[2] [3] In more recent years, the competition has been held in Geneva, where the United Nations is headquartered.[4]

Moot format

The moot involves a written round after which teams are selected for the oral round. Teams argue a hypothetical case on issues of international human rights law in English, Spanish, or French as if it will be adjudicated by a hypothetical International Human Rights Court, on the basis of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other applicable (such as regional) human rights instruments.[5]

The regional rounds are judged by distinguished legal academics and legal professionals from around the world. In the final for the international rounds, the panel is made up of eminent jurists and judges from international tribunals and bodies such as the different regional human rights courts and UN human rights treaty bodies. The inaugural presiding judge was Navi Pillay,[6] [7] while Judge Mark Villiger of the European Court of Human Rights presided in the 2010 final.[8]

Previous overall winners (English rounds)

YearWinnerRunner-upBest MemorialBest Oralist
2009[9] None declaredNone declaredNone declaredNone declared
2010[10] Norman Manley Law SchoolAteneo de Manila UniversityNorman Manley Law School
2011[11] Norman Manley Law School Yale UniversityAteneo de Manila University Yale University
2012[12] Norman Manley Law School[13] University of AucklandNone declaredNone declared
2013[14] None declaredNone declaredNone declaredNone declared
2014[15] University of New South Wales[16] University of LucerneUniversity of New South WalesUniversity of New South Wales
2015[17] University of São PauloYale UniversityUniversity of São Paulo
2016[18] Patrick Henry College[19] Moi UniversityNone declaredNone declared
2017[20] St Thomas UniversityUniversity of Buenos AiresMidlands State UniversityStrathmore University
2018[21] University of Buenos AiresSt Thomas UniversityMidlands State UniversityUniversity of Oxford
2019[22] University of OxfordMacquarie UniversityNone declaredUniversity of Oxford
2020 (online)Strathmore UniversityKenyatta UniversityNational University of SingaporeArmy Institute of Law
2021 (online)[23] Strathmore UniversityUniversidad Central del EcuadorAtma Jaya Catholic University of IndonesiaUniversidad Central del Ecuador
2022[24] Singapore Management UniversityGeneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human RightsUniversity of Oxford
2023[25] National University of Advanced Legal StudiesSt Thomas UniversityUniversity of Bueno AiresSt Thomas University
2024University of New South WalesSingapore Management UniversityNelson Mandela University

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: International - International Moots . 2021-07-24 . 2021-07-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210724125719/https://internationalmoots.org/international . dead .
  2. Web site: The first World Human Rights Moot Court Competition organized in South Africa . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161101071128/http://portal.unesco.org/shs/en/ev.php-URL_ID%3D12881%26URL_DO%3DDO_TOPIC%26URL_SECTION%3D201.html . 2016-11-01 . 2023-03-08.
  3. http://www.polity.org.za/article/united-nations-world-human-rights-moot-court-competition-9-december-2009-2009-09-11<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=January 2022}} United Nations: World Human Rights Moot Court Competition (9 December 2009). Retrieved November 12, 2019
  4. Web site: OHCHR | HRC the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition.
  5. http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/47/About_eng_nnn.doc WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS MOOT COURT COMPETITION. Retrieved November 12, 2009
  6. Web site: GLOBAL: World's first Human Rights Moot Court. 2022-01-10. University World News.
  7. http://www.caleidoscop.org/Members/Marius/news-caleidoscop-2009/world-human-rights-moot-court-competition-pretoria-south-africa-9-december-2009<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=January 2022}} World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Pretoria, South Africa, 9 December 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2009
  8. http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/47/World%20Human%20Rights%20Moot%20Court%202010%20Judges(4).pdf World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2010 Judges Retrieved 17 January 2011
  9. http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=12520
  10. http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/47/Media%20winner.pdf Results of 2009 World Human Rights Moot Court Competition, Pretoria, South Africa. Retrieved February 18, 2010
  11. Web site: Jamaica Observer Limited. Jamaica Observer. 2019-06-19.
  12. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2012. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  13. Web site: 2013-12-11. Four in a row for Norman Manley Law School. 2022-01-10. jamaica-gleaner.com. en.
  14. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2013. 2022-01-10. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  15. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2014. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  16. Web site: Law. Survive. 2014-12-22. UNSW Wins International Human Rights Moot. 2021-09-21. survivelaw. en.
  17. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2015. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  18. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2016. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  19. Web site: Congressional Record, Volume 162 Issue 133 (Tuesday, September 6, 2016). 2021-09-21. www.govinfo.gov.
  20. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2017. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  21. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2018. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  22. Web site: Pienaar. Lourika. 2019. 2021-09-21. Centre for Human Rights. en-GB.
  23. https://www.chr.up.ac.za/archive/2021/94-moot-courts/world-moot-court/2640-nelson-mandela-world-human-rights-moot-court-competition-results-2021
  24. https://www.chr.up.ac.za/archive/2022
  25. https://www.chr.up.ac.za/archive/results-2023