Established | 2014 |
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Venue | Nuremberg |
Subject matter | International criminal law |
Class | International [1] |
Record participation | 65 teams (2020) |
Qualification | Written submissions |
Most championships | University of Maastricht (3) |
Website | https://www.nuremberg-moot.de/home/ |
The Nuremberg Moot is an international moot court competition. Held partially at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice [2] [3] and organised by the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, this competition now attracts around 60 to 100 teams from around the world annually, though not all are selected to participate in Nuremberg. Participants make submissions as though they are before the International Criminal Court. For the 2020 edition, owing to travel restrictions brought about by Covid-19, the tournament winner was adjudged by memorials only. Oral rounds were reinstated for 2021, but held online.
Year | Total number of teams | Champion (win number) | 1st runner-up (win number) | 2nd runner-up (win number) | Best Oralist (win number) | Best Memorials (win number) |
2015 [4] | 18 | Maastricht University (1) | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (1) | - | - | - |
2016 [5] | 25 | National University of Singapore (1) | University of Sao Paulo (1) | - | National University of Singapore (1) | * Maastricht University (1) * Jagiellonian University (1) |
2017 [6] | 36 | Strathmore University (1) | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2) | Singapore Management University (1) | * National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (1) * Strathmore University (1) | * Philipps-University Marburg (1) * Geneva Academy (1) |
2018 [7] | 59 | Maastricht University (2) | National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (3) | Singapore Management University (2) | Creighton University (1) | * Peking University (1) * University of Copenhagen (1) |
2019 [8] | 58 | National University of Singapore (2) | Birzeit University (1) | La Trobe University (1) | National University of Singapore (2) | * Creighton University (1) * Monash University (1) |
2020 (no oral rounds) | 65 | NA | NA | NA | NA | * Maastrict University (2) * London School of Economics (1) |
2021 (online) | 50 | Queen Mary University of London (1) | Maastricht University (1) | * Singapore Management University (3) * BPP University (1) | Queen Mary University of London (1) | * West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (1) * Fudan University (1) |
2022 (online) | 45 | Maastricht University (3) | Koc University (1) | Maastricht University (1) | * Fateh Law Agency * Jagiellonian University (2) | |
2023 |
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