Telders

 

Competition Description

 

The Telders International Law Moot Court Competition passed its 30th milestone in 2007, and is still going strong. Since its humble beginnings in 1977, when only four universities took part, the Competition has today become the most prestigious and important moot court competition in Europe. Annually, teams from over 40 universities compete in the national rounds, with the successfully teams going on to represent their countries in the international rounds held at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

 

[...] Each year student-teams are presented with a case involving a fictitious dispute between two states. This dispute is put before the United Nations' most important legal organ, the International Court of Justice. It is up to the student-teams to defend the two states to the best of their ability. Each student-team has to represent the states substantively both in writing and through pleadings before so-called moot courts. Per European country, only the university winning the national rounds may participate in the international rounds held in The Hague. The students' memorials and pleadings are judged by legal experts. In this respect, the active involvement of judges from the real International Court of Justice, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, professors of law and ambassadors schooled in international law guarantee the high intellectual standards of the Competition and its prestige. The Competition is traditionally held at the Peace Palace in The Hague.

 

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ILSA Romania Activity regarding TELDERS

 

ILSA Romania has been organizing the preselection for the University of Bucharest's team at Telders International Law Moot Court Competition since its foundation in 2011. Moreover. we coach and provide organizational and financial support for the teams. 

 

The 2013 results at the Telders International Rounds speak for themselves, when our Romanian team got the VI-th place for the Respondent's memorial, IV-th place for the Aplicant's pleadings and the Runner-Up Best Oralist prize.