ICC - City University of Hong Kong wins the ICC Trial Competition (English version)
Press Release: 27.04.2012
City University of Hong Kong wins the ICC Trial Competition (English version)
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City University of Hong Kong is the winner of the ICC Moot Court Competition – English version. The final round was held today, 27 April 2012, in Courtroom I of the ICC in The Hague. The winning team is composed of (from left to right in above photo): Theo Jiani Li, Bettina Zhen Yuan Wang, Jacky Wai Nam Fung, Nathan Hin Che Ma, Brian Man Ho Chok and Coach Dr Mark D. Kielsgard. Kaplan Law School (United Kingdom) and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University (Canada) won, respectively, the second and third places. The award for the Best Speaker went to Nathan Hin Che Ma from City University of Hong Kong.
The teams competed before ICC Judges Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi (presiding), Sanji Mmasenono Monageng and Sylvia Steiner on a fictitious case, presenting oral arguments during an appeals hearing in the roles of Prosecution, Defence and the Counsel for a Government. The finalists’ peers and coaches were seated in the Court’s public galleries. The final round of the ICC Trial Competition was also web streamed live on the Court’s official website. Following the decision rendered by the Chamber on the winners of the competition, the ICC hosted an awards ceremony for the winners and participants.
The ICC Judges presiding over the hearing and other senior officials of the Court delivered awards to the best teams and top speakers.
This year, 102 students from 26 universities representing 20 countries from all continents participated in the competition throughout their five days in The Hague. The competition offers to the students a unique opportunity to come together in an exciting setting and to meet with eminent personalities of the international law scene.
This simulation exercise on the applicable law and jurisprudence of the ICC is organised by the International Criminal Law Network (ICLN) with the institutional support of the ICC and direct support from several institutions and organisations. The University of Utrecht, Pace University and Leiden University are also cooperating in the project.
The Court is also supporting the Chinese, Russian and Spanish-language versions of the ICC Trial Competition this year. The finals for these competitions will take place at the ICC on 1 June (in Chinese and Russian) and 22 June (in Spanish). It is envisaged that, in the medium and long term, the ICC Trial Competition will also be expanded, in cooperation with others, to the other official languages of the Court: French and Arabic.
Photos of the competition and awards ceremony are here.
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