http://www.uclshrp.com/projects/moots News and event updates from the ECHR Moot team Copyright 2011 2011-04-08T11:08:25+00:00 The 2011 UCL European Court of Human Rights Moot was for the third consecutive year successfully organized by the UCL Students’ Human Rights Programme in collaboration with the UCL Institute for Human Rights. After two phases of elimination rounds, held at UCL and judged by such distinguished personalities as Lord Kerr, the Finals were conducted at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg. The finalists had the privilege to argue before their Excellencies, Judge Chr. Rozakis, Judge D. Spielmann and Judge S. E. Jebbens. A privilege they fully exploited, extracting remarkable comments from the judges. Having to argue on the hypothetical case of Mr. Efi Altis against VZN and the Plain of Phlegra, the finalists were to prepare two grounds. The first involved Articles 7 and 14 on facts that resembled those of Scoppola (No.2) and the Damjanovic and Maktouf applications. The second involved Articles 4 and 3 of Protocol No. 1, namely forced labour and the prisoners’ right to vote. Mr. Martin Reynolds was awarded Best Oralist, Mr. Azusa Kikuma Second Best Oralist, Miss Sarah Walker Third Best Oralist and Mr. Joseph Markus received an Honorary Mention for making it to the Finals. The ECtHR Moot which started off as a means to promote awareness of the ECHR has now turned into an established path of communication between academia and the highest level of judiciary. Not only can UCL Law students practice their advocacy skills but they are moreover provided with a chance not afforded in most moots: namely to put their arguments to the test before the actual Court. With even higher aspirations then for the years to come, congratulations to all the participants! Moots 2011-04-08T10:08:25+00:00 Exceeding all expectations the Semi-Finals proved to be a highly accredited academic event attracting a rather significant audience. The panel of judges included Lord Kerr and highly esteemed practitioners of human rights law such as Ms. J. Kinghan, Mr. S. Ollesson and Ms H. Mountfield. The Semi-Finals were conducted at Bentham House, UCL and were followed by a small reception where Lord Kerr offered a rather intriguing insight to the law profession, discussing also the requirements for pursuing a career at the Bar. We are most pleased to congratulate the Finalists as announced after the reception: Azusa Kikuma, Joseph Markus, Samuel Martin Reynolds, Sarah Walker. The Finals are scheduled for the 8th of April in the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg. The case of the Semi-Finals which reflected the rather controversial application of the Chagos Islanders before the European Court of Human Rights can be found HERE Moots 2011-03-04T10:21:07+00:00 A splendid event indeed! Many thanks to all the participants and especially to Professor P. Mitchell, Dr. G. Letsas and Public Law Tutors Ms N. Mavronicola and Mr. J. Butterworth, our most invaluable, supportive and yet sober judges! The 2011 ECHR Moot Semi-Finalists are: Azusa Kikuma Chang-Jung Yang Chloe Marong Joseph Markus Kathleen Hunker Kunal Nathwani Lydia R.Watton Martin Samuel Reynolds Sam Bright Sarah Walker Runners-Up: James Bentley and Weiling Ng Congratulations to all the participants! Photos of 2011 ECHR Moot – Preliminary Round can be found here Moots 2011-01-19T23:53:18+00:00 Drafted on the premises of Tolstoy v UK [1995] 20 EHRR 442, Incited by John Terry (previously ‘LNS’) v Persons Unknown [2010] EWHC 119 and spurred by the pending Max Rufus Mosley v. UK (no. 48009/08), the 2011 Preliminary Round Case has arrived! Moots 2010-12-26T00:56:32+00:00 How to Apply Moots 2010-12-06T01:01:53+00:00 ECHR Moot Co-ordinator: Artemisia Papadaki ECHR Moot Researchers: Luca Kaller; Qi‎ Ho; Bob Liang; Brian Cheung For any further information with respect to the Competition, feel free to contact us at: Moots, moots staff 2010-12-01T00:19:45+00:00 The ECHR Moots Grand Final 2010 is almost upon us! We have our slot scheduled in the Grand Chamber at the ECHR in Strasbourg on Friday 5 March, and will shortly be putting together a schedule of lectures and other ECHR-related activities for Friday 5 and Saturday 6 March. We would like to extend a warm invitation to all supporters of the Programme and encourage you to attend this very special occasion where you will be able to meet judges of the Court and enjoy a weekend in one of Europe’s most attractive cities --- watch this space for more updates soon! --- Moots 2010-01-19T23:06:22+00:00 Congratulations to Alexia and the stellar team of mooters who locked horns in the European Court of Human Rights to battle it out in the first UCL ECHR this weekend! Photos of which can be enjoyed here. This years winners are: First Place: Justin Leslie Second Place: Ronnie Dennis Third Place: Andrea Baildon Fourth Place: Rupert Stanning Congrats to the other hardworking semi-finalists: Sahrzad Sadjadi, Niroshini Dahanayake,Neha Srivastava. Check an inside scoop of the courts, and stay tuned for podcasts and more coming soon! Moots 2009-04-08T23:38:07+00:00 Latest PQ’s released for Round 4 of the ECtHR Moot available as PDF download here Moots 2009-02-26T23:42:20+00:00 Congratulations to our eight semi-finalists of the ECHR Moot following the conclusion of this weeks second round moot, who are now going to the European Court of Human Rights to battle out the finals in front of Grand Chamber judges. This years ECtHR finalists are: Andrea Baildon & Niroshini Dahanayake, Victoria Mitchell & Rupert Stanning, Ronnie Dennis & Shahrzad Sadjadi, Neha Srivastava & Justin Leslie. Moots 2009-02-26T23:13:36+00:00