The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Research Center for International Criminal Law (ICLU) of Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) hosted the twelfth edition of the Nuremberg Moot Court between 24 and 27 July.
This year, 144 international law students of 37 universities from 25 countries competed in the oral rounds. The students refined their advocacy skills by competing on a fictional case on the crime against humanity of sexual slavery.
The overall winning team from Australian National University, Australia comprised Max Robson, E Wen Wong, Felix Archibald and Daniel Marns. The National Law Institute University, Bhopal from India represented by Arushi Rajagopala, Surbhi Jain, Ishita Warghat and Zain Khan finished second.
High-profile judges, including judges, prosecutors and academics made up the distinguished international jury. Judge Joanna Korner CMG KC, Judge at the International Criminal Court, presided in the finals.
The two best overall speakers of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2024 were Daniel Marns (Australian National University, Australia) and Anas A Qazi (Stockholm University, Sweden) – followed by the two second best overall speakers Elvis Shitanda (Kabarak University, Kenya) and Aruna-Carla Bot (Tilburg University, The Netherlands).
The awards for the two best written memoranda prosecution went to Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur, India, and Tilburg University, The Netherlands. The team from Universiti Malaya, Malaysia received the award for the best written memorandum defence.
"Once again, we were all impressed by the extraordinary quality of the participants’ legal knowledge and skills”, emphasised Professor Dr Christoph Safferling, Director of the International Nuremberg Principles Academy who also holds the Chair of International Criminal Law at FAU in Erlangen. "We are proud to see that the Nuremberg Moot Court motivates every year excellent young legal talents from around the world to take part in this competition. The teams that manage to qualify for the oral rounds in Nuremberg show in their pleadings a high level of both professionalism and passion. We hope that many of them will continue to work in the field of international criminal law and help to promote the Nuremberg Principles no matter where they are."
Photos of the Nuremberg Moot Court 2024 and the video of the finals are available on the website of the Nuremberg Moot Court.
The International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Research Center for International Criminal Law aim to advance the international establishment and the acceptance of the most important principles of the Nuremberg trials. They support the worldwide enforcement of international criminal law, thus contributing to the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole.