World Human Rights Moot Court Competition

The 5th World Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa from 7-10 December 2013

Every university in the world is invited to present a team of two students – preferably one woman and one man – to the 5th World Human Rights Moot Court Competition which will be held in Pretoria from 7 to 10 December 2013. The universities first have to submit memorials on the basis the hypothetical case. The first selection of Universities will be on the basis of written memorials.

The memorials will be evaluated by a team of eminent human rights experts. The best 15 teams from the 5 UN regions will be selected to attend the final rounds in Pretoria in December.

• Request for clarification of the problem to be argued
  Open 31May 2013
  Close 31 July 2013
• Memorial submission
  10 September 2013
• Travel details confirmation
  15 November 2013

Hypothetical Problem

The hypothetical problem focuses on human rights issues and is based on the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other applicable human rights instruments. The official language of the Competition is English.

• Download the hypothetical case that will be argued in the 5th World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
  (final version, incorporating amendments and additions in bold, in response to requests for clarification - updated 19 August 2013)