Today, 19 July 2024, Jilin university won the final round of the 2024 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 Michaela Wagner and Ja Yon Kim.
Sichuan University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics won, respectively, second and third places. The award for the Best Speaker went to Lan Qiyu of Jilin university.
Members of the winning team are Yu Runtian, Chen Qi, Chen Hongyu, Wang Siyu, Zhang Yufan, Wei Xiaoxu, Lan Qiyu and Geng Siwen. The teams competed on a fictitious case, presenting oral arguments in the roles of the Office of the Prosecutor, the Defence and the Legal Representatives of the Victims.
The 2024 Chinese version of the ICC Moot Court Competition is organised by the Van Vollenhoven Institute - Leiden University, and the Chinese Initiative on International Law. Top students from 118 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.
