International Criminal Court Moot
The International Criminal Court Moot is an international moot court competition on international criminal law that is held at The Hague and organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University, The Hague Campus, with the institutional support of the International Criminal Court. The first edition of the competition was in 2005, but it only became an international competition in 2007. Previously known as the ICC Trial Moot Court Competition, the moot is now held in four languages: English, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish, with the English edition attracting the most number of teams.
Judges of the competition include ICC judges and officers, and teams have to present arguments based on a fictitious problem via the roles of prosecution counsel, defence counsel, government counsel, or victim's representative. The arguments made usually relate to pre-trial or appeal proceedings. Each team is given 20 minutes for the main submissions and 10 minutes for rebuttal. For the English edition of the moot, each country can only send two to three teams to participate; where necessary, regional rounds are organised to select the top two to three teams. Regional rounds have been held for North America, India, and China.
In 2013, semi-final rounds were introduced for the top nine teams, with the top three teams proceeding to the championship final. In 2015, the number of preliminary rounds were increased from three to six, and in 2016 quarter-final rounds were introduced for the top 27 teams.
The international rounds programme includes visits to the various international tribunals at The Hague.
Competition records (English rounds)
| Year | Total number of teams (international rounds) | Champion (win number) | 1st and 2nd runners-up (win number) | Best Speaker (win number) | Best Memorial (win number) | Best Prosecution Team (win number) | Best Defence Team (win number) | Best Government Counsel Team (win number) | Best Victim's Representative Team (win number) | Best Non-Native English Speaking Team (win number) | International debut |
| 2016[1] | 112 (60) | Singapore Management University (2) | * University of Cologne (1) * National Law School of India University (1) | University of Cologne (1) | National Law School of India University (1) | NA | National University of Singapore (1) | * Bangor University * BPP University * Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration * Moi University * Palacky University, Olomouc * Sokhumi State University * University of Gondar * University of Malaya * University of Windsor * University of Zenica * VU Amsterdam | |||
| 2015[2][3] | 100+ (57) | Singapore Management University (1) | * Leiden University (1) * National Law University, Jodhpur (1) | Singapore Management University (1) | University of Macau (1) | Chinese University of Hong Kong (1) | NA | Bond University (1) | Singapore Management University (1) | University of Freiburg (2) | * Singapore Management University |
| 2014[4][5] | 80+ (49) | National Law University, Delhi (1) | * Hebrew University (1) * China Foreign Affairs University (1) | University of New South Wales (1) | National Law University, Delhi (1) | Roma Tre University (1) | National Law University, Delhi (1) | NA | University of Freiburg (1) | * University of Gadjah Mada | |
| 2013[6] | 50+ (37) | Leiden University (1) | * Osgoode Hall Law School (1) * Bond University (1) | Osgoode Hall Law School (1) | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1) | NA | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1) | * National University of Singapore | |||
| 2012[7] | 40+ (26) | City University of Hong Kong (1) | * Kaplan Law School (1) * Osgoode Hall Law School (3) | City University of Hong Kong (1) | NA | * City University of Hong Kong * Hebrew University * La Trobe University | |||||
| 2011[8][9] | 21 | Bond University (2) | * Nalsar University of Law (2) * Osgoode Hall Law School (2) | Nalsar University of Law (1) | National Law School of India University (1) | Bond University (1) | NA | * University of the Pacific * William & Mary Law School | |||
| 2010 | 18 | Osgoode Hall Law School (1) | * University of Miami (1) * Yale University (1) | Bond University (2) | Osgoode Hall Law School (1) | Osgoode Hall Law School (2) | NA | National Law University, Jodhpur (1) | Amsterdam University (1) | * Ambrose Alli University * Leiden University * Makerere University * Mari State University * National Law School of India University * Queen's University Belfast * University of Cologne * University of Miami * University of Nairobi | |
| 2009 | 20 | Bond University (1) | * Yale University (1) * Utrecht University (1) | Bond University (1) | Yale University (1) | Yale University (1) | Yale University (1) | NA | Bond University (1) | Utrecht University (1) | * Bangalore University * Bond University * Graz University * Kyiv University * London School of Economics * National Law University, Jodhpur * Santa Clara University * Trinity College * Tsinghua University * University of Hong Kong * Universidade Brazil * Yale University |
| 2008 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2007 | 12 | University of Pretoria (1) | * Nalsar University of Law (1) * Osgoode Hall Law School (1) | Amsterdam University (1) | Osgoode Hall Law School (1) | Nalsar University of Law (1) | NA | NA | * Amsterdam University * Belgrade University * Cairo University * China Foreign Affairs University * China University of Political Science and Law * Moscow State University * Nalsar University of Law * Osgoode Hall Law School * University of Chile * University of Freiburg * University of Pretoria * Utrecht University | ||
References
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