Stockholm University reached semi-finals of Nuremberg Moot Court 2024 and won Best Speaker award
Anas A Qazi, a member of the Stockholm University student team, achieved remarkable recognition at the Nuremberg Moot Court 2024, earning the prestigious award as one of the two best overall speakers of the competition.
Nuremberg, Germany, 27 July 2024 – 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 Nuremberg Moot Court 2024 saw the Stockholm University team reaching the semi-finals, where they competed against the National Law Institute University Bhopal. 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.
Best overall speakers
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."
We congratulate the students who represented Stockholm University in this moot court competition and praise their commitment, hard-work and effort: Gian-Luca Guglielmetti, Kamila Marzynska, Katarina Andersson Tobias, Linnéa Hederström, and Anas A. Qazi. Student coach: Mariam Mandekov.
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An international competition
A moot court is a simulated court proceeding which invites students of law to compete based on their oral and written legal argumentation and presentation, from both the prosecution and defence positions. The Nuremberg Moot Court, which is conducted in English, targets law students from all over the world who are interested in international criminal law.
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.
Last updated: August 20, 2024
Source: Department of Law