Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition 2024: (Deadline 21 April, 2024)

The World Moot is open to undergraduate and masters students from all universities in the world. Teams of two students (gender diversity is encouraged) from every university in the world are invited to submit heads of argument for a hypothetical human rights case. The best 10 teams from each of the five UN region are then invited to participate in the online preliminary rounds. The 50 teams (with the highest memorial grades) have to argue the two sides of the hypothetical case, representing, alternatively, both the Applicant and the Respondent before a ‘bench’ of human rights experts and judges of international tribunals.

The 16 best teams proceed to the in person Octo-final rounds, which is presided over by international human rights experts. The Competition is presented in English, French and in Spanish.

The Sixteenth Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition adopts a hybrid format, with the in-person final rounds scheduled to take place at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland from 15 – 19 July 2024 and the preliminary virtual rounds (online) scheduled to take place from 14 – 21 May 2024.

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University of Pretoria Moot Court Competition

Requirements for University of Pretoria Moot Court Competition Qualification

• The World Moot is open to undergraduate and masters students from all universities in the world.
• Teams of two students (gender diversity is encouraged) from every university in the world are invited to submit heads of argument for a hypothetical human rights case.
• The best 10 teams from each of the five UN region are then invited to participate in the online preliminary rounds.
• The 50 teams (with the highest memorial grades) have to argue the two sides of the hypothetical case, representing, alternatively, both the Applicant and the Respondent before a ‘bench’ of human rights experts and judges of international tribunals.
• The 16 best teams proceed to the in person Octo-final rounds, which is presided over by international human rights experts.
• The Competition is presented in English, French and in Spanish.

Interview date, Process and Venue for University of Pretoria Moot Court Competition

• Faculty Registration
  Faculty registration opens 15 December 2023
  Registration closes 21 Apri 2024

• Release of the hypothetical case to be argued
  15 January 2024
• Request for clarification of facts
  Submit by 15 February 2024
• Response to requests for clarification of facts
  Publicised by 11 March 2024
• Submission of memorials
  Submit by 21 April 2024
• Announcement of the 50 qualifying teams
  7 May 2024
• Preliminary Rounds (online)
  14 to 21 May 2024
• Quarter-finals and Semi-finals and Final Round (in person)
  15 – 19 July 2024

Application Deadline

21 April, 2024

How to Apply

Registration is done in two phases:

Phase 1: Faculty Registration

In this phase, individuals must register the institutional information of their faculty, along with the details of the person responsible for the team. Such individual can be the faculty representative, in the event a team does not have a faculty representative such details can be of one of the team members.

Phase 2: Individual registration

In this phase, each of the two oralists, including the faculty representative (if applicable) must register so as to record their details. Individual registration is only for the 50 selected teams.

For more details,visit OFFICIAL LINK & APPLY