African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

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

Year Location Winner Runner-up 1992 Harare, Zimbabwe University of Pretoria (South Africa) University of Natal (South Africa) 1993 Lusaka, Zambia University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) University of Natal (South Africa) 1994 Kwaluseni, Swaziland University of Natal (South Africa) University of Cape Town (South Africa) 1995 Pretoria, South Africa Rand Afrikaans University (South Africa) Makerere University (Uganda) University of Pretoria (South Africa) University of Ghana (Ghana) 1996 Oujda, Morocco University of Pretoria (South Africa) University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Université Hassan II, Casablanca (Marocco) University of Port Elizabeth (South Africa) University of Ghana (Ghana)

Université de Côte d'Ivoire (Côte d'Ivoire) 1997 Kampala, Uganda University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Makerere University (Uganda) University of Pretoria (South Africa) Université du Bénin (Togo) 1998 Maputo, Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) University of Botswana (Botswana) University of Cape Town (South Africa) Université du Bénin (Togo) 1999 Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire Université de Cocody (Côte D'Ivoire) University of Nairobi (Kenya) University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Université de la Réunion (Togo) 2000 Accra, Ghana Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale (Cameroon) University of Ghana (Ghana) University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Université du Caire (Egypt) 2001 Pretoria, South Africa Université Tunis III (Tunisia) Makerere University (Uganda) University of Pretoria (South Africa) Université Bouake (Togo) 2002http://www.chr.up.ac.za/moot/documents/archive/2002.pdf Cairo, Egypt from University of Nairobi (Kenya) Universite de la Reunion (Reunion) University of Pretoria (South Africa) Universite Mohamed (Morocco) 2003 Yaounde, Cameroon University of Cocody (Côte D'Ivoire) University of Natal (South Africa) University of Nairobi (Kenya) University of Dschang(Cameroon) 2004 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Université Abomey Calavi (Bénin) University of Pretoria (South Africa) Université Marien Ngouabi (Congo) University of Nairobi(Kenya) 2005 Johannesburg, South Africa University of Cocody (Côte D'Ivoire) University of Cape Town (South Africa) American University of Cairo (Egypt) Université Mohammed Ier(Morocco) 2006 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Gaston Berger University (Senegal) University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) University of Malawi (Malawi) Université du Caire(Egypt) 2007 Dakar, Senegal University of the Free State (South Africa) Université Libre de Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) University of Ilorin (Nigeria) Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest(Côte d'Ivoire) 2008 Pretoria, South Africa University of Pretoria (South Africa) University of Ghana (Côte D'Ivoire)

Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal) Université Mohammed Premier(Morocco)

University of Lagos(Nigeria) 2009http://www.chr.up.ac.za/moot/documents/2009/en/mc%202009%20results%20website.doc Lagos, Nigeria University of Ghana (Ghana) Université de Dschang (Cameroun)

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) University of Cape Town (South Africa) Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal)

Universidade Zambeze (Mozambique) 2010http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/moot-2010/moot-court-2010-day-6.html Moot Court Results Retrieved 17 January 2011 Cotonou, Benin Université de Cocody (Cote D'Ivoire) University of Namibia (Namibia)

Rhodes University (South Africa) Universite d'Abomey-Calavi (Benin) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (Ghana)

University of Lagos (Nigeria) 2011http://www.chr.up.ac.za/index.php/moot-court-2011/moot-2011-top-results.html Moot Court Top Results 2011 Retrieved 20 November 2011 Pretoria, South Africa University of Pretoria (South Africa) Université de Cocody (Cote D'Ivoire)

Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique) University of Cape Town (South Africa) Universite Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis

Agostinho Neto University

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