EUPOL COPPS participates in International competition with Palestinian law students

Ramallah, 3rd Feb 2013 - Three EUPOL COPPS experts participated in two-day event at the National Palestinian rounds of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition involving 45 students from six Palestinian law faculties, including the team from Birzeit University, the winner of the event. Moot trials and courts such as this help prepare students for their future careers in the judiciary, as lawyers and in the public service.

This year, the students were tasked with exploring the factual and legal consequences of climate change on migration, foreign sovereign debt and the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. This event, sponsored by the USAID, was supported by EUPOL COPPS experts as volunteer judges. EUPOL COPPS Head of Rule of Law Section, Theo Jacobs, his deputy Lynn Sheehan and Martin Witteveen, Prosecution expert, were impressed with the quality and standard of the competitors.
 

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world's largest moot court competition, with participants from over 550 law schools in more than 80 countries. The competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. The students who qualify during the national rounds competitions earn the right to advance to the international finals in Washington D.C. in April 2013.