International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition: Teams Advanced to the Oral Rounds

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The 2022 International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition will take place in Ghent, one of Belgium’s most picturesque cities, on 17-18 March 2022. The case concerns a national of the Syrian Arab Republic, who asks for international protection in the People’s Republic of Kalakuta, a fictitious country.

The following teams have qualified for the oral rounds as their written pleadings received the highest scores from the Members of the Evaluating Committee:

  • Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (Chicago, USA)
  • Radbound University (Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
  • University of Lagos (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • Univeristy of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium)
  • Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Halle, Germany)
  • The Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
  • Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
  • University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)
  • National University of San Marcos (Lima, Peru)
  • City Law School (London, UK)
  • University of Kent -Brussels School of International Studies (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Congratulations!

Now these 12 teams need to get ready for a two-day oral round! Each team will plead a fictitious case between a State and a migrant before a judicial body. A very notable and a challenging feature of the International Migration and Refugee Law Moot Court Competition is that the case develops throughout the competition.

Besides, the case debriefing, in the form of a panel debate, as well as individual feedback sessions between judges and teams will be organized.  

The Competition’s Rules are available here.

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