Advocating for Human Rights

by Grossman, Claudio; Rodriguez-Pinzon, Diego; Martin, Caludia

• ISBN13: 9789004162594
• ISBN10: 9004162593
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff

Summary

Moot Court competitions constitute an alternative model of human rights training, giving students the skills to contribute to the development of international human rights law and thus make them qualified advocates for human rights change in their home countries and abroad. By focusing on the perfection of oral as well as written skills, participants are more likely to be successful not only in cases brought before their home courts, but in front of international tribunals and other organs. Such competitions have opened the doorway for more human rights classes in law schools, more clinical training programs, more NGOs dedicated to human rights law, and overall more lawyers dedicated to participating in an expanded notion of a human rights community. As demonstrated in this volume, moot court competitions have revolutionized human rights legal education in Africa, Europe and the Americas. The yearly Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition was established in 1995. The full text of the hypothetical cases, bench memoranda, and winning memorials from the first ten years of this Competition are included as a resource to be used creatively by scholars, NGOs, international organizations, governments, practitioners, students, etc., to further promote human rights legal obligations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition

Students and Moot Court Competitions: An Introduction

Revolutionising Human Rights Education In African Universities: The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

Moot Courts from the Perspective of the Bench

1996

Sybille Olivera v. Marelle

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the State

Bench Memorandum

1997

Cecilia Herold et al. v. Pacifica

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the State

Bench Memorandum

1998

Romulo Estrada v. Ithaka

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the State

Bench Memorandum

1999

Alejandro Perez ("Alejandro Mayta") v. The Republic of Miranda

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the State

Bench Memorandum

2000

Victoria Riel Guevara et al. v. Alboria

Hypotheilcal Case

Winning Memorial for the Petitioner

Bench Memorandum

2001

Pagura Workers' Union et al. v. Alta Caledonia

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the Petitioner

Bench Memorandum

2002

Williams et al. v. State of Buenaventura

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for the State

Bench Memorandum

2003

Valencia et al. v. Liberte

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for Petitioner

Bench Memorandum

2004

CINE, FELANUMA et al. v. State of Esmeralda

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial for Petitioner

Bench Memorandum

2005

Blanco et al. v. Republic of Belor

Hypothetical Case

Winning Memorial

Bench Memorandum

Competition Rules

Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.