Abstract
Moot Court competitions constitute an alternative model of human rights training, giving students the skills to contribute to the development of international human rights law and thus make them qualified advocates for human rights change in their home countries and abroad. By focusing on the perfection of oral as well as written skills, participants are more likely to be successful not only in cases brought before their home courts, but in front of international tribunals and other organs. Such competitions have opened the doorway for more human rights classes in law schools, more clinical training programs, more NGOs dedicated to human rights law, and overall more lawyers dedicated to participating in an expanded notion of a human rights community. As demonstrated in this volume, moot court competitions have revolutionized human rights legal education in Africa, Europe and the Americas.
The yearly Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition was established in 1995. The full text of the hypothetical cases, bench memoranda, and winning memorials from the first ten years of this Competition are included as a resource to be used creatively by scholars, NGOs, international organizations, governments, practitioners, students, etc., to further promote human rights legal obligations.
Table of Contents
Preliminary Material
Introduction: The Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Students and Moot Court Competitions an Introduction
Revolutionising Human Rights Education in African Universities the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
Moot Courts from the Perspective of the Bench
1996: Sybille Olivera v. Marelle
1996: Sybille Olivera v. Marelle Hypothetical Case
1996: Winning Memorial Forthe State Hamline University by Colleen Beebe & Claudia Saavedra
1996: Sybille Olivera v. Marelle Bench Memorandum
1997: Cecilia Herold et al. v. Pacifica
1997: Cecilia Herold et al. v. Pacifica Hypothetical Case
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1997: Winning Memorial for the State American University Washington College of Law
1997: Cecilia Herold et al. v. Pacifica Bench Memorandum
1998: Rcmulo Estrada V.Ithaka
1998: Rcmulo Estrada v. Ithaka Hypothetical Case
1998: Winning Memorial for the State University of Florida
1998: Romulo Estrada V.Ithaka Bench Memorandum
1999: Alejandro Perez (Iialejandro Mayta") v. The Republic of Miranda
1999: Alejandro Perez (" Alejandro Mayta") v. The Republic of Miranda Hypothetical Case
1999 Winning Memorial for the State Northwestern University by Michael Jason Cunningham & Monica Llorente
1999: Alejandro Perez (" Alejandro Mavta") v. Republic of Miranda Bench Memorandum
2000: Victoria Riel Guevara et al. V.Alboria
2000: Victoria Riel Guevara et al. v. Alboria Hypothetical Case
2000 Winning Memorial for Petitioner Syracuse University Florence Harewood & Yang Guang
2000: Victoria Riel Guevara et al. V.Alboria Bench Memorandum
2001: Pagura Workers’ Union et al. v. Alta Caledonia
2001: Pagura Workers’ Union et al. v. State of Alta Caledonia Hypothetical Case
2001 Winning Memorial for the Petitioner Gonzaga University by Rondi Thorp &jodi Thorp
2001: Pagura Workers’ Union et al. v. State of Alta Caledonia Bench Memorandum
2002: Williams et al. v. State of Buenaventura
2002: Williams et al. v. State of Buenaventura Hypothetical Case
2002 Winning Memorial for the State University of the West Indies (#2)
2002: Williams et al. v. State of Buenaventura Bench Memorandum
2003: Valencia et al. v. Liberte
2003: Valencia Et Al v. Liberte Hypothetical Case
2003 Winning Memorial for Petitioner University of West Indies (#1)
2003: Valencia et al. v. Liberte Bench Memorandum
2004: Cine, Felanuma et al. v. State of Esmeralda
2004: Cine, Felanuma et al. v. State of Esmeralda Hypothetical Case
2004 Winning Memorial Thomas Jefferson School of Law
2004: Cine, Felanuma et al. v. State of Esmeralda Bench Memorandum
2005: Blanco et al. v. Republic of Belor
2005: Blanco et al. v. Republic of Belor Hypothetical Case
2005 Winning Memorial for the Petitioner Hamline University School of Law
2005: Blanco et al. v. Republic of Belor Bench Memorandum
Inter-american Human Rights Moot Court Competition Official Competition Rules
Meet the Editors
Citation Information
Grossman, Claudio, Claudia Martin and Diego Rodriguez-Pinzon, eds. Advocating for Human Rights: 10 Years of the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition. Vol. 3 of Raoul Wallenberg Institute New Authors Series. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.