11th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
15 - 19 July 2019
The Competition will be held in English, French and Spanish.
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The top 10 universities from English rounds are:
|
10 |
Canada |
St. Thomas University |
88.13 |
|
9 |
India |
Symbiosis Law School, Pune |
88.50 |
|
8 |
United States of America |
Yale Law School |
88.94 |
|
7 |
Zimbabwe |
Midlands State University |
89.23 |
|
6 |
Hong Kong |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
90.73 |
|
5 |
Australia |
University of New South Wales |
91.06 |
|
4 |
Argentina |
University of Buenos Aires |
91.17 |
|
3 |
United States of America |
Liberty University |
91.54 |
|
2 |
Australia |
Macquarie University |
93.33 |
|
1 |
United Kingdom |
University of Oxford |
94.36 |
The top 5 universities from Spanish rounds are:
|
5 |
Peru |
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SANTA |
58.96 |
|
4 |
Mexico |
Universidade Autónoma de Estado de Morelos |
64.17 |
|
3 |
Mexico |
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico |
69.63 |
|
2 |
Colombia |
UNIVERSIDAD LA GRAN COLOMBIA |
74.79 |
|
1 |
Costa Rica |
Universidad Libre de Derecho de Costa Rica |
87.50 |
The top universities from French rounds are:
|
1 |
Niger |
Université de Tahoua Niger |
81.290 |
The top oralists from English rounds are:
|
10 |
United States of America |
Liberty University |
Ms |
Alyssa | Rambuc | 45.58 |
| 9 | Australia | University of New South Wales | Ms | Wang | Anne | 45.67 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Mr | Yeung | King Lun | 45.73 |
| 7 | Canada | St. Thomas University | Ms | Walsh | Emma | 45.77 |
| 6 | Argentina | University of Buenos Aires | Mr | Balbin | Francisco | 45.81 |
| 5 | United States of America | Liberty University | Mr | Shannon | Tyler | 45.96 |
| 4 | Australia | Macquarie University | Ms | Salvador | Nessa | 46.29 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | University of Oxford | Ms | Agarwal | Ayushi | 46.81 |
| 2 | Australia | Macquarie University | Mr | Ricardo | Nathan | 47.04 |
| 1 | United Kingdom | University of Oxford | Ms | Kalliyat Thazhathuveeti | Gayathree Devi | 47.55 |
The top 5 oralists from Spanish rounds are:
| 5 | Mexico | Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de Mexico | Ms | Olivos González | Brenda Leticia | 35.58 |
| 4 | Colombia | UNIVERSIDAD LA GRAN COLOMBIA | Ms | Velásquez Veloza | Lina Paola | 36.21 |
| 3 | Colombia | UNIVERSIDAD LA GRAN COLOMBIA | Ms | Palacios Renteria | Karen Yiseth | 38.58 |
| 2 | Australia | Macquarie University | Mr | Rucavado Rojas | Alberto | 42.96 |
| 1 | Costa Rica | Universidad Libre de Derecho de Costa Rica | Mr | Roldán Vargas | María Ximena | 44.54 |
The top oralists from French rounds are:
| 2 | Niger | Université de Tahoua Nige | Mr | Ibrahim Maazou | Nouhou | 39.71 |
| 1 | Niger | Université de Tahoua Nige | Mr | Bachirou Boubacar | ABDOUL RACHID | 41.58 |
About the Competition
The Competition is open to both undergraduate and master's degree students. A team of two students from each university is invited to participate. In the preliminary rounds, students submit heads of argument for a hypothetical case, which are assessed by a panel of experts.
The best 10 teams from each UN region are then invited to participate in the pre-final, quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds of the Competition in Geneva. Teams then 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.
The eight best teams proceed to the quarterfinal rounds, which is presided over by judges from international courts and tribunals. Starting in 2019, the Competition will be held in not only in English, French but also in Spanish.
The 2019 Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition will host for the first time the Annual Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Annual Lecture.
Additional Information
For more information, please contact the Nelson Mandela World Moot Court Competition Coordinator, Eduardo Kapapelo, preferably by email at eduardo.kapapelo@up.ac.za always with copy to ana.khatounian@up.ac.za
Organised by
- Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
- Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University, Washington College of Law
- United Nations Human Rights Council Branch (HRCB) at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
With the financial support of
- European Union through the Global Campus of Human Rights
- Mission Permanente de la Suisse auprès des Nations Unies à Genève
- South African Permanent Mission Geneva
- The Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSA) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Programme 2019
Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture 2019
First Annual Nelson Mandela Human Rights Lecture
Hypothetical Case 2019
Documents 2019
Hypothetical case to be argued (Version 3: 12 February 2019)Clarification of facts (27 February 2019)Official Rules Appendix A: Memorial Cover Page Appendix B: Memorial Scoring Sheet
Appendix C: Instructions to Judges
Appendix D: Scoring Sheet
Best memorials from previous years (2018)
Hypothetical case (2018)
Applicant (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)
Respondent (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)
Please note: Memorials are only available in English and French because this is the first year that Spanish is an official Nelson Mandela World Moot Court Competition language
Invitations in all six of the official UN languages
Invitation letter 2019 (English)Invitation letter 2019 (French)Invitation letter 2019 (Spanish)Invitation letter 2019 (Arabic)Invitation letter 2019 (Russian)Invitation letter 2019 (Chinese)
