31st Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
British University in Egypt
22 - 29 July 2022
Cairo, Egypt
The Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is the largest gathering of students, academics and judges around the theme of human rights in Africa. This annual event brings together all law faculties in Africa, whose top students argue a hypothetical human rights case as if they were before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Competition continuously prepares new generations of lawyers to argue cases of alleged human rights violations before the African Court.
Since its creation in 1992, 150 universities from 50 African countries have taken part in this permanent fixture on the Africa legal education calendar. The Moot has been a catalyst for the establishment of the leading programmes in the field of human rights teaching and research in Africa. In 2021, the 30th edition of the Moot Court Competition was hosted at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. The event which marked the 30th anniversary of the moot bright together for the first time a hybrid approach to mooting and cultural immersion through the new way of life during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
In 2022, the Moot Court Competition will be hosted by the British University in Egypt. The Hypothetical case will tackle issues relating to internet intermediary liability in addition to climate change and human trafficking.
The Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic.
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30 years of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
This video invites you to take a journey down memory lane, as we look back at the 30 years of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition.
We look at the early years of the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, how it began and how it developed over the years to become one of the most consistent moot court competitions on the African continent, and the world. This annual event brings together all law faculties in Africa, whose top students argue a hypothetical human rights case as if they were before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
The year 2021 marks 30 years of the competition’s existence. Join us as we look back at the previous years and the impact that the African Moot has had on the lives of human rights law students across the continent.
