African Human Rights Moot News

The long-awaited 34^th edition of the Christof Heyns African Moot Court Competition took place at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, from 29 June to 5 July 2025. The winners of this year’s competition were the combined team from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique, Mozambique. The University of Nairobi was represented by Mwiti Edna Nkirote and Dickson Gitonga, while the Délcia de Albertina Julião and Miguel Enzo Antonio represented Instituto Superior de Ciências e Tecnologia de Moçambique.

Team	University	Country	Surname	Name	Title	35%	100%	Ranking
50	KABARAK UNIVERSITY	KENYA	KIPTOO	ADELINE CHELAGAT	MS	30,36	86,75	1
46	KENYATTA UNIVERSITY	KENYA	MURIITHI	SIMON KIMUHU	MR	30,35	86,71	2
31	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	KENYA	MWITI	MWITI EDNA NKIROTE	MS	30,10	86,00	3
46	KENYATTA UNIVERSITY	KENYA	YEGO	CYNTHIA	MS	29,90	85,42	4
31	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	KENYA	MWEBIA	DICKSON GITONGA	MR	29,85	85,29	5
22	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	OGWAL	SWEETIE CATHERINE	MS	29,60	84,58	6
33	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	LAKER	CAROLYN	MS	29,41	84,04	7
9	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON	GHANA	ANNANG	LAUD NII MANTEY	MR	29,23	83,50	8
52	THE UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA	ZAMBIA	KALUBA	TADALA	MR	29,21	83,46	9
39	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	SOUTH AFRICA	MOGAKANE	HOPE	MS	29,15	83,29	10
50	KABARAK UNIVERSITY	KENYA	MUKORA	CEPHAS NJOROGE	MR	29,14	83,25	11
2	THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT	EGYPT	EZZELDIN	HALA	MS	29,14	83,25	12
2	THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT	EGYPT	EZZAT	SEIF	MR	29,14	83,25	13
9	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON	GHANA	GHANNEY	STEPHANIE PANYIN GHANNEY	MS	29,14	83,25	14
40	DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY	KENYA	OMONDI	ABBIGAIL	MS	29,06	83,04	15
40	DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY	KENYA	MAINA	STACEY NJERI	MS	28,96	82,73	16
45	CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY UGANDA	UGANDA	MASOLO	ADRIAN NALANYA	MR	28,77	82,19	17
16	GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	MAKANGANISE	DORCAS	MS	28,63	81,79	18
39	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	SOUTH AFRICA	SOTHOMELA	OMPHEMETSE	MR	28,63	81,79	19
52	THE UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA	ZAMBIA	MWANAMUKE	MARANATHA LUBINDA	MR	28,58	81,67	20
22	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	IAN	GREEN	MR	28,38	81,08	21
8	KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	GHANA	OHENE ADJABENG	NADIA	MS	28,34	80,96	22
16	GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	MSIPA	THILIVHALI VANESSA	MS	28,31	80,90	23
33	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	SCRIBANTE	ISABELLA	MS	28,22	80,63	24
42	UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	SOUTH AFRICA	MASHIANE	KELEBOGILE PRINCESS	MS	28,18	80,50	25
49	ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA- KAMPALA CAMPUS	UGANDA	GWANYI	JORDAN ANDREW	MR	27,97	79,92	26
23	MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	CHIKWAVA	TATENDAISHE	MS	27,96	79,88	27
45	CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY UGANDA	UGANDA	KATONDWAKI	PEARL	MS	27,96	79,88	28
30	THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA	KENYA	WAYUA	GLACIELAR	MS	27,93	79,79	29
23	MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	MAHLA	GLADYS TAMARA	MS	27,53	78,67	30
34	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	SOUTH AFRICA	DUNN	LOLA-MAY	MS	27,52	78,63	31
8	KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	GHANA	ADU-BEDIAKO	LYSBETH	MS	27,48	78,50	32
55	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	ZIMBABWE	MWAYERA	TAFARA	MS	27,48	78,50	33
36	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	SOUTH AFRICA	FRAAI	JODINE	MS	27,10	77,42	34
32	RHODES UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	KHOPELI	MPHO	MR	27,02	77,21	35
32	RHODES UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	VENA	LUTHO	MR	26,99	77,13	36
47	UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	NDAWULA	STACY ANGEL	MS	26,85	76,71	37
55	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	ZIMBABWE	MKAHANANA	LAUREN	MS	26,66	76,17	38
7	GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	GHANA	AMETRI	EMILY SELASIE	MS	26,37	75,33	39
1	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	BOTSWANA	SELABE	GORDON	MR	26,34	75,25	40
7	GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	GHANA	ADEKANLA	PRINCESS DAMILOLA	MS	26,33	75,23	41
53	ZIMBABWE EZEKIEL GUTI UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	CHIKWIRI	JEPHAT SHINGAI	MR	26,31	75,17	42
47	UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	ALINDA	AARON	MR	26,24	74,96	43
4	HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY	ETHIOPIA	CHALA	ESAYAS SERBESA	MR	25,99	74,25	44
29	EDUVOS	SOUTH AFRICA	JADOONANDAN	SHRESHTHA	MS	25,99	74,25	45
4	HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY	ETHIOPIA	ENDESHAW	MAHDER BERHANU	MS	25,92	74,06	46
30	THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA	KENYA	WOKA	MSHINDI	MR	25,91	74,04	47
36	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	SOUTH AFRICA	MTHETHWA	OWETHU	MS	25,77	73,63	48
38	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	SOUTH AFRICA	KAUSCH	OLIVIA SABINE WHITELAW	MS	25,77	73,63	49
49	ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA- KAMPALA CAMPUS	UGANDA	NAGAWA	PENNINAH NOREEN	MS	25,77	73,63	50
37	UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	SOUTH AFRICA	TOVHAKALE	NTHOMPHO MINKY	MS	25,77	73,63	51
53	ZIMBABWE EZEKIEL GUTI UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	RUPENDE	DAREL	MS	25,75	73,58	52
43	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA	MNUKWA	LUNGILE	MR	25,64	73,25	53
57	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND	SOUTH AFRICA	MTHIMKHULU	MAKWANDE NOKUBONGWA	MS	25,61	73,17	54
38	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	SOUTH AFRICA	SARGOOD	JACK	MR	25,48	72,79	55
34	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	SOUTH AFRICA	CLARKE	ISABELLA	MISS	25,30	72,29	56
14	VICTORIA UNIVERSITY KAMPALA	UGANDA	KABATEGEKI	EDITH	MS	25,26	72,17	57
20	CALEB UNIVERSITY	NIGERIA	AKINDIPE	MS	25,23	72,08	58
43	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA	VAN DER BERG	ELANA	MS	25,20	72,00	59
37	UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	SOUTH AFRICA	MALEKA	AGNES MATAWANE	MS	25,08	71,67	60
15	IIE VARSITY COLLEGE	SOUTH AFRICA	RAPETSOA	MALIK	MR	24,89	71,13	61
20	CALEB UNIVERSITY	NIGERIA	OGBONNA	FAVOUR	MS	24,76	70,75	62
35	UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	SOUTH AFRICA	BOOI	ONIKA	MR	24,63	70,38	63
11	NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	XULU	NTETHELELO	MR	24,43	69,79	64
11	NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	MGIQWA	MONGEZI	MR	24,41	69,75	65
29	EDUVOS	SOUTH AFRICA	MQWATI	KEABETSOE	MS	24,30	69,42	66
59	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST	GHANA	KRAH	SAMUEL	MR	24,06	68,75	67
42	UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	SOUTH AFRICA	MDA	LIYABONA	MR	23,95	68,42	68
35	UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	SOUTH AFRICA	MBAXA	ASISIPHO	MS	23,79	67,96	69
59	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST	GHANA	ARTHUR-KINS, JNR	JOHN	MR	23,73	67,79	70
15	IIE VARSITY COLLEGE	SOUTH AFRICA	MASHIMBYE	NHLAYISI VICTOR	MR	23,56	67,31	71
57	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND	SOUTH AFRICA	BUTHELEZI	THETHELELA MAZWI	MR	22,95	65,58	72
10	WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	GHANA	ATTA	JUSTICE	MS	22,93	65,50	73
41	UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	SOUTH AFRICA	MABUWA	NYASHA	MR	22,17	63,33	74
10	WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	GHANA	KONADU	PERPETUAL	MS	22,14	63,25	75
24	BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	MATSIKO	IAN	MR	21,80	62,29	76
41	UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	SOUTH AFRICA	MUDAU	RITSHIDZE	MR	21,54	61,54	77
12	WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	ZINTAMBILA	MICHELLE JULIET	MS	19,82	56,63	78
24	BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	KYOMUGISHA	ESTHER	MS	19,43	55,50	79
12	WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	PIKA	MIHLALI	MR	18,90	54,00	80
27	EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ABAKALIKI	NIGERIA	IKPENYI	MICHAEL	MR	14,31	40,88	81
27	EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ABAKALIKI	NIGERIA	OGIJI	OGIJI JACINTA CHIAMAKA	MS	14,13	40,38	82

Team	University	Country	Memorial	Ranking
47	UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	87,00	1
22	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	85,75	2
8	KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	GHANA	84,50	3
9	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON	GHANA	84,00	4
41	UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	SOUTH AFRICA	84,00	5
46	KENYATTA UNIVERSITY	KENYA	83,75	6
39	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	SOUTH AFRICA	83,50	7
4	HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY	ETHIOPIA	83,00	8
49	ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA- KAMPALA CAMPUS	UGANDA	82,75	9
11	NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	81,00	10
23	MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	80,50	11
34	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	SOUTH AFRICA	80,50	12
2	THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT	EGYPT	80,25	13
27	EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ABAKALIKI	NIGERIA	80,25	14
30	THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA	KENYA	79,75	15
32	RHODES UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	79,25	16
33	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	79,25	17
59	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST	GHANA	79,25	18
52	THE UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA	ZAMBIA	78,75	19
37	UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	SOUTH AFRICA	78,50	20
36	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	SOUTH AFRICA	76,75	21
40	DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY	KENYA	76,75	22
10	WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	GHANA	76,25	23
12	WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	76,00	24
42	UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	SOUTH AFRICA	76,00	25
57	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND	SOUTH AFRICA	76,00	26
38	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	SOUTH AFRICA	75,50	27
35	UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	SOUTH AFRICA	75,25	28
1	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	BOTSWANA	75,00	29
20	CALEB UNIVERSITY	NIGERIA	74,75	30
15	IIE VARSITY COLLEGE	SOUTH AFRICA	74,50	31
29	EDUVOS	SOUTH AFRICA	74,50	32
43	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA	74,50	33
53	ZIMBABWE EZEKIEL GUTI UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	74,50	34
7	GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	GHANA	74,00	35
45	CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY UGANDA	UGANDA	73,75	36
55	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	ZIMBABWE	73,50	37
31	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	KENYA	73,25	38
14	VICTORIA UNIVERSITY KAMPALA	UGANDA	72,00	39
50	KABARAK UNIVERSITY	KENYA	71,75	40
24	BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	71,50	41
16	GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	64,50	42

Team	University	Country	%	Ranking
46	KENYATTA UNIVERSITY	KENYA	85,37	1
22	MAKERERE UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	83,71	2
9	UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON	GHANA	83,56	3
39	UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE	SOUTH AFRICA	82,83	4
2	THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT	EGYPT	82,35	5
31	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI	KENYA	81,93	6
52	THE UNIVERSITY OF LUSAKA	ZAMBIA	81,42	7
33	STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	81,41	8
8	KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY	GHANA	81,16	9
40	DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY	KENYA	81,04	10
50	KABARAK UNIVERSITY	KENYA	81,03	11
23	MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	79,64	12
47	UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	79,18	13
45	CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY UGANDA	UGANDA	78,85	14
49	ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA- KAMPALA CAMPUS	UGANDA	78,56	15
32	RHODES UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	77,79	16
30	THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN AFRICA	KENYA	77,77	17
34	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN	SOUTH AFRICA	76,97	18
4	HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY	ETHIOPIA	76,81	19
16	GREAT ZIMBABWE UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	76,29	20
55	UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE	ZIMBABWE	76,18	21
36	UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL	SOUTH AFRICA	75,89	22
42	UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE	SOUTH AFRICA	74,92	23
7	GHANA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	GHANA	74,90	24
53	ZIMBABWE EZEKIEL GUTI UNIVERSITY	ZIMBABWE	74,41	25
37	UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO	SOUTH AFRICA	74,40	26
38	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA	SOUTH AFRICA	73,90	27
43	UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA	SOUTH AFRICA	73,19	28
11	NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	73,14	29
29	EDUVOS	SOUTH AFRICA	72,63	30
20	CALEB UNIVERSITY	NIGERIA	72,42	31
59	UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST	GHANA	71,56	32
57	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND	SOUTH AFRICA	71,36	33
35	UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE	SOUTH AFRICA	70,99	34
15	IIE VARSITY COLLEGE	SOUTH AFRICA	70,80	35
41	UNIVERSITY OF VENDA	SOUTH AFRICA	68,91	36
10	WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	GHANA	67,94	37
24	BISHOP STUART UNIVERSITY	UGANDA	62,68	38
12	WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY	SOUTH AFRICA	61,52	39
1	UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA	BOTSWANA	48,84	40
14	VICTORIA UNIVERSITY KAMPALA	UGANDA	46,86	41
27	EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY ABAKALIKI	NIGERIA	40,48	42

Concours Africain de Procès Simulé des Droits de l’Homme Christof Heyns

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