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1 International Competition "Víctor Carlos García Moreno International Criminal Court Proceedings" 9 th Edition, 2010 CALL FOR REGISTRATION The Latin American Council of Scholars of International and Comparative Law, Mexico (COLADIC MX) and the University of Utrecht, in cooperation with the Mexican National Institute for Criminal Sciences (INACIPE), and with the support of the International Criminal Court, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the following academic institutions: The Law Faculties of the Universities of: Alcalá de Henares (Spain) Alicante (Spain) Americana de Asunción (Paraguay) Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain) Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) Los Andes (Colombia) Buenos Aires (Argentina) Bolonia (Italy) Carlos III (Spain) Castilla la Mancha, Sede Toledo (Spain) Católica de Lima (Peru) Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) Católica del Norte, Sede Coquimbo (Chile) Católica del Norte, Sede Antofagasta (Chile)

2 Católica de Pernambuco (Brazil) Cauca (Colombia) CIDE (Mexico) Comahué de la Patagonia (Argentina) Complutense (Spain) Concepción (Chile) EAFIT de Medellín (Colombia) El Salvador (El Salvador) Estadual de Río de Janeiro (Brazil) Externado (Colombia) Federal de Río de Janeiro (Brazil) Genova (Italy) Ibagué (Colombia) Iberoamericana de Mexico DF (Mexico) ITAM (Mexico) Jaume I (Spain) La Rioja (Spain) La Sabana (Colombia) Libre de Derecho (Mexico) Málaga (Spain) Modena (Italy) Montevideo (Uruguay) Nacional de Bogotá (Colombia) Palermo (Italy) Palermo de Buenos Aires (Argentina) Universidad de Peking (China) Piemonte Orientale, Amedeo Avogadro (Italy) Pompeu Fabra (Spain) Pontificia Universidad Bolivariana de Medellín (Colombia) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Sao Paolo (Brazil) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (Colombia) Roma III (Italy) Rosario (Colombia) Rovira i Virgili (Spain) Salamanca (Spain) San Carlos/Centro Universitario de Oriente (Guatemala)

3 San Francisco, USF (United States) San Martin de Porres (Peru) Santo Tomas (Colombia) Sao Paolo (Brazil) Sergio Arboleda (Colombia) Sevilla (Spain) Stetson (United States) Sydney (Australia) Thesalonica (Greece) Trento (Italy) UNAM (Mexico) Universidad de la Paz (Costa Rica) Valparaíso (Chile) Washington Univiersity in St. Louis (United States) The Law Clinics on International Law and/or Human Rights of the Universities of: Cornell (United States) George Washington (United States) Québec (Canada) Texas (United States) Utrecht (Netherlands) The Research Institutes: Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice of Durham University (Reino Unido) Center for Criminal Law Research of Talca University (Chile) Center for Global Law and Policy of Santa Clara Law School (United States)

4 Criminal Scientific Research Center of Northwest University of Politics and Law (China) Department of Foreign and International Law of Göttingen Law School (Germany) Ecuatorian Center for Criminal Law and Criminological Research (Ecuador) Human Rights Institute, Human Rights Clinic and Transitional Justice Network of Essex University (England) Human Rights Institute of University of Gante (Belgium) Human Rights Institute of Diego Portales University (Chile) Inter-American Institute for Human Rights (Costa Rica) International State Crime Research Consortium from Old Dominium University (United States) Irish Center for Human Rights (Ireland) Kyoto University International Law Students Society (Japan) Latin-American Program of Seattle University School of Law (United States) National Institute for Criminal Sciences (Mexico) Netherlands Institute for Human Rights (Netherlands) University Center of Brazilia (Brazil) Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology (Netherlands)

5 As well as: International Association of Penal Law International Center for Transitional Justice (United States) Latin-American Group of Experts of International Criminal Law of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation ( Germany) Legis Publishing Company (Colombia) Pax Christi (Netherlands) CALL on the Universities and Higher Education Institutions to participate in the Ninth edition of the International Competition: "Víctor Carlos García Moreno, International Criminal Court Proceedings (VCGM), to be held at the seat of INACIPE in Mexico City (Magisterio Nacional 113, Colonia Tlalpan Centro) from 16 th to 20 th August of The International Competition "Víctor Carlos García Moreno, International Criminal Court Proceedings, whose first edition dates back to 2002, is the first global moot competition that has focused on the proceedings of the International Criminal Court (a judicial institution which nowadays plays a vital role within the international community). The competition aims to make the participants familiar with the activities and proceedings of the International Criminal Court, and their

6 relationship with the activities and proceedings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The Competition also aims to promote International Criminal Law, International Law of Human Rights, International Law, International Humanitarian Law and Criminology. The Competition is held in the Spanish languange with a view to bring together Universities, Research Institutes and Law Clinics from all regions of the world that have an interest to be in contact with the Spanish-speaking community on international criminal law, criminology and the other above-mentioned areas. In order to accomplish this, the 9 th edition of the competition has also organized an Academic Programme, for the participating teams, which includes: (i) two panel discussions on (a) the relationship among the International Criminal Court, the Inter-American system of human rights and national jurisdictions, and (b) the role of the Spanish-speaking community in the development of human rights and international justice; (ii) the presentation of the book Essays oh International Criminal Law by Professor Hèctor Olásolo (National Institute of Criminal Science (INACIPE), Mexico DF, 2010);

7 (iii) an information session on opportunities for pursuing a postgraduate degree in the field of international justice and human rights; and Although most participants are teams representing Latin American universities, this competition is open to any university in the world which can be represented by a team that can use Spanish as a working language. The competition is composed of two phases: written and oral. In the first phase each team is required to submit two papers, one as an office of the "Prosecutor" and another as an office of the "Defense". And in the second phase, the teams will defend each of the positions in front of a jury formed by two judges and a President. The hypothetical case for the 9th edition has been written by Professor Héctor Olásolo, Professor of International Criminal Law at the University of Utrecht, and his team at the University of Utrecht School of Law Clinical Programme on Conflict, Human Rights and International Justice formed by Enrique Carnero-Rojo and Diana Contreras. Along with the author of this hypothetical case, judges and staff members of the International Criminal Court and the Inter- American Court of Human Rights, as well as prestigious scholars of different universities and institutions which support the Competition, will participate as judges in the final rounds of the Competition

8 The rules of this competition, the hypothetical case and, where appropriate, the annex are published on the websites of COLADIC MX ( and the University of Utrecht School of Law Clinical Programme on Conflict, Human Rights and International Justice ( ; ) since 10 March The registration fee per team is $ USD (U.S. dollars) or its equivalent in Mexican pesos at the exchange rate of the day on which the payment is made, this fee does not include the expenses generated by transfers, banking and shipping of the registration fee. The registration deadline is 30 June COLADIC MX, the University of Utrecht, the International Criminal Court, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and all universities and academic institutions supporting the competition look forward to diffusing the role of the International Criminal Court and its relationship with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. For more information contact, via , the International Administration of the 9th Edition of the Competition VCGM: [email protected] or [email protected]