The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is the largest gathering of students, academics and judges around the theme of human rights in Africa. This annual event brings together all law faculties in Africa, whose top students argue a hypothetical human rights case as if they were before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Competition continuously prepares new generations of lawyers to argue cases of alleged human rights violations before the African Court.

Since its creation in 1992, 150 universities from 50 African countries have taken part in this permanent fixture on the Africa legal education calendar. The Moot has been a catalyst for the establishment of the leading programmes in the field of human rights teaching and research in Africa. In 2017, the 26th edition of the Moot Court Competition was hosted at the University of Mauritius. The event brought together 54 teams from 20 African countries.

In 2018, the Moot Competition will be hosted by the University of Ghana, Legon. The Hypothetical case will tackle issues relating to the human rights of women and the right to self-determination.

Registration 2018

Registration for the 27th African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is done in three steps:

• STEP 1
  Faculty Registration
  Registration opens 1 February 2018
  Registration closes 30 April 2018

• STEP 2 
  (max 2 students and 1 Faculty Representative)
  Registration opens 30 April 2018
  Registration closes 15 June 2018

• STEP 3
  Submission of memorials
  Start: 20 June 2018
  Close: 15 July 2018

Contact 

For more details please contact:

• Mr Yusuf Sayaad
  Project Coordinator: African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
  Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4841
  [email protected]