The final round of the 27th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, which took place on 11 August 2018 at the Law Court complex in Accra, Ghana, was won by the combined team comprising the Université des Lagunes (Côte d'Ivoire), Makerere University (Uganda) and the University of Pretoria (South Africa).
The runner up team consisted of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique), University of Ghana (Ghana) and University of Nairobi (Nairobi).
The final round was presided over by the Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akuffo, who is also a previous President of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
A total of 48 teams partcipated in this annual event, which in 2018 was organised by the Centre for Human Rights and hosted by the School of Law, University of Ghana. This was the second time that the African Moot Competition was held in Ghana.
The following results are the ranking of the top 15 English-speaking teams, top 5 French-speaking teams and top 3 Portugueses-peaking teams teams during the preliminary rounds. This is followed by the top memorials and best oralist from the three language groups.
Top 15 English Teams
Ranking
University
Country
1
University of Ghana
Ghana
2
Makerere University
Uganda
3
University of Pretoria
South Africa
4
University of Nairobi
Kenya
5
University of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
6
Great Zimbabwe University
Zimbabwe
7
Uganda Christian University, Mukono Campus
Uganda
8
Midlands State University
Zimbabwe
9
University of the Gambia
Gambia
10
Moi University
Kenya
11
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
12
University of Cape Coast
Ghana
13
University of Lagos
Nigeria
14
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
Ghana
15
University of the Western Cape
South Africa
French Team Rankings
Classement par équipe
Université
Pais
1
Université des Lagunes
Côte d'Ivoire
2
Université Félix Houphouet Boigny de Cocody
Côte d'Ivoire
3
Université Gaston Berger de Saint Louis
Senegal
4
Université Virtuelle du Sénégal
Senegal
5
Universite Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké
Côte d'Ivoire
Portuguese Team Rankings
Rankings da equipe
Universidade
Pais
1
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Mozambique
2
Universidade Jean Piaget Angola
Figueiredo
3
Agostinho Neto
Angola
Memorial Rankings
English
Ranking
University
1
University of Cape Coast
2
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
3
University of Ghana
4
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration