Today, 11 July 2023, Tsinghua university won the final round of the 2023 Edition of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Chinese version, held in ICC Courtroom I in The Hague (Netherlands). On the judge's bench for this competition were ICC Judge Chang-ho Chung, presiding, and ICC legal officers Ania Salinas and Alina Balta.
East China University of Political Science and Law and Jilin University won, respectively, second and third places. The award for the Best Speaker went to LI Wenhui of Tsinghua university.
Members of the winning team are LI Wenhui, PEI Bo and YUAN Sijia. The teams competed on a fictitious case, presenting oral arguments in the roles of the Office of the Prosecutor, the Defence and a State Representative, which were web-streamed live on the Court's website and Facebook page.
The 2023 Chinese version of the ICC Moot Court Competition is organised by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies - Leiden University and the International Bar Association. Top students of 11 universities participated in the preliminary stage of this year's ICC Moot Court Competition.
In the context of its Academic Programme, the ICC supports the organisation of ICC Moot Court Competitions in Chinese, English, French and Spanish, with a view to also support an Arabic version in the future. These initiatives play a critical role in galvanising interest in the Court's work with academic communities as well as in enhancing promotion and respect for international criminal law.
Audio-visual Materials:
- YouTube (for viewing): Part 1; Part 2
- Video (MPEG-4) for viewing and download: Part 1; Part 2
- Audio (MPEG-3) for download: Part 1; Part 2
