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One could hardly think of a better way to advance the cause of human rights than to bring together students - who are the leaders, judges and teachers of tomorrow - from different countries, with chief justices and professors, to debate some of the crucial issues of our time in the exciting and challenging atmosphere of a courtroom, where they can test their arguments and skills against one another in a spirit of fierce but friendly competition.

— Nelson Mandela,
Statesman, Nobel laureate and former president of the Republic of South Africa

The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is an international moot court competition with a special focus on human rights in Africa. The competition is organised by the Centre for Human Rights, based at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law in South Africa. Each year, the competition is hosted by a Law Faculty from a different African country. Since its inception in 1992, the competition has had 845 participant teams originating from 125 universities from 45 African countries.

The competition is tri-lingual and preliminary rounds are argued in English, French and Portuguese. Students argue a hypothetical human rights case and base their arguments on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The final round is argued by two teams made up of the best three Anglophone teams, two Francophone teams and one Lusophone team. The final round is judged by prominent African and international jurists.

Recognition

The African Human Rights Moot Court has been described as the largest gathering of law students and lecturers on the African continent. The Centre for Human Rights was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education in 2006 and the African Human Rights Moot Court received a special mention as it is one of the flagship programmes of the Centre.

Historical overview

See also

• Moot court
• Centre for Human Rights
• World Human Rights Moot Court Competition
• South African National Schools Moot Court Competition

References

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22. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/moot-2010/moot-court-2010-day-6.html Moot Court Results Retrieved 17 January 2011
23. http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/moot-court-2011/moot-2011-top-results.html Moot Court Top Results 2011 Retrieved 20 November 2011

External links

• Official website of the competition
• Article: Top UN award for SA rights centre

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