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UvA team wins prizes at national Jessup moot court competition

18 February 2020

On 30 and 31 January, students of the Amsterdam Law School’s Public International Law LLM programme participated in the national rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court competition. Team members Gabriela Feret, Juliette Kaesmacher, Sarai Mock, Monica Murray and Jose Reyes Vasquez took the second place in the national rounds and won the prize for 'best memorials.' In addition to the team's success, Sarai Mock took home the prize for best oralist.

The team was coached by Antanina Maslyka, Roman Teshome, Kyle Varga and Nataša Nedeski.

The Philip C. Jessup Moot Court competition

Organised by the International Law Student's Association (ILSA), the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 700 law schools in 100 countries and jurisdictions. The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. One team is allowed to participate from every eligible school. Teams prepare oral and written pleadings arguing both the applicant and respondent positions of the case.

For this year’s case students focused on legal issues surrounding treaty succession, fully autonomous weapons systems, government ministers accused of war crimes, and the potentially conflicting jurisdiction of the ICJ and the WTO.