INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT MOOT COURT COMPETITION

IX edition of the VCGM moot court competition on the
International Criminal Court
T he La t in American C o unc il o f S c h ol ar s o f I n ter na t io na l a nd C o mp ara t i ve Law ,
Me xico (CO LADIC MX) an d the Un ive rsity o f Utrech t, in coop era tio n with the
N a t io n a l Ins t i tu te f o r C r im in a l S c ie n c e s o f M e x ic o ( IN AC I PE) w i l l h o s t t h e N in t h
e di t io n o f t h e I n ter na t ion al C o mp e ti t ion : " V íc t or C ar los G ar c ía Mo r en o ,
In tern ationa l Cr imin al Co ur t Proce ed ings (VCG M)” , to b e he ld in Me xic o City fro m
t h e 1 6 t h t o 2 0 t h o f A u gus t o f 2 01 0 ( t he r eg is tr at i on d ea dl i ne is 30 J u ne 201 0) . T h is
in te r-un i vers ity compe tition , th at is c ond ucte d in the Sp an ish lan gua ge a nd wh ose
f i r s t ed i t ion da tes b ac k to 2 002 , i s t he f ir s t g lo ba l c om pe t i t ion th a t has foc us ed o n
t h e proc eed in gs o f t he jud ic ia l ins t i tu t io n th a t c ur r e n tl y pl a ys a v i t a l r o le w i th in
t h e in t er n ati on al c o mm un i t y , t he I n ter na t ion al C r im ina l C ou r t. Th e c omp e t iti on is
acc ompan ie d b y a par alle l Ac ade mic Pr ogra mme , for th e par tic ip a ting teams , o n
th e r e la tions hip be twe en the In tern ationa l Cr iminal C our t, th e In ter- Amer ican
Sys te m o f Hu ma n Righ ts and N ation al J ur isd ic tions ,
T he N in th E d i ti on o f th e C o mp e ti t io n is ins t i tu t io na ll y s u ppo r ted b y the
In tern ationa l Cr imina l Co ur t a nd th e In ter-Amer ican Co ur t o f Hu ma n Rights The
f o l low ing aca de mic ins t i tu t ions ar e as s oc ia te par t ners o f t he c o mp e ti t io n :
T he Law Fac ulties o f th e Un ivers i ties o f: Alca lá d e Hen ares ( Spain) , Alic an te
( Sp ain) , Amer ican a d e As unc ió n (Para gu a y) , Au tó no ma de Barce lo na
( Sp ain) , Au tóno ma de Madr id (Sp ain) , Los Andes (Co lo mb ia) , Buen os Air es
( Ar g e n t i n a ) , B o l o n i a ( I ta l y) , C a r l o s III (Spain), Castilla la Manc ha, Se de
T o led o ( Spa in ) , Ca tó lica de L i ma ( Pe ru) , Cató lica An drés Bello (Ve nezu ela) ,
Ca tólica de l Nor te , Se de Coqu imbo (Chile) , Ca tó lica de l No rte , Sede
A n t of ag as ta ( C h il e) , C a t ól ic a de P er na mbuc o ( Br az i l) , C auca ( C o lo mb ia) ,
C ID E ( Me xi c o) , C omah ué d e la P a t ago ni a ( Ar gen t in a) , C o mp lu t ens e ( Spa i n) ,
C o ncepc ión ( C h il e) , E A F I T de Me de ll ín ( C o lo mb ia ) , El S a l va dor ( E l
Sa lva dor) , Es ta du al d e R ío d e Ja ne iro ( Br az il) , Exter nad o ( Co lombia ),
F ed er a l de R ío de J an ei r o ( Br az i l ) ,Ge no va ( I ta l y) , I bero am er ic ana de M e xic o
D F ( Me x ico ) , I T AM ( M e x ico) ,Jau me I ( Spa in ) ,La R io ja ( S pa in) ,L a Sab an a
(C olomb ia ),L ib re
de
Der ech o
( Me xico ),Má la ga
( Spa in),
Mo dena
( Ita ly) ,Monte vid eo (Uru gua y) ,Nacion al d e Bo go tá (Co lo mb ia) ,Pale rmo ( Ita ly) ,
Pa ler mo d e Bue nos Air es ( Ar gen tina ) , Pek ing Un ive rsity Law Scho ol (C hina),
Piemon te Or ien ta le , “ Amed eo Avo gadr o” ( Ita ly) , Po mp eu Fab ra ( Spa in) ,
P o n ti f ic ia U n i vers id ad B o li va r i ana d e Me de l l ín ( C o lo mb ia ) , Po n ti f ic ia
U n i ve r s i dad C a tó lic a d e S ao Pao lo ( Br az i l), P on t i f ici a U n i vers id ad J a ver iana
d e Bo g o tá ( C o l o m b i a ) , R o m a I I I ( I ta l y) , R o s a r i o ( C o l o m b i a ) , R o vi r a i V i r g i l i
( Sp ain) , Sa la ma nca ( Sp ain) , Sa n C ar los /Ce n tro Univers i tar io de O riente
( G ua te ma la ) , U n i vers i t y o f Sa n F r anc is c o , U SF ( U n i ted S t a tes) , S a n Ma r ti n
d e P or r es ( Per u) , S a n to Tom as ( C o lom b ia) , Sao Pa ol o ( B r az i l) , Serg io
A r b ol eda ( C ol omb ia ) , S e v i ll a ( Sp ai n) , Ste ts on ( U n i te d S ta tes ) , S y dne y
( Aus tr a lia) ,
T hesa lon ica
( Greec e) ,
Tr en to
( Ita ly) ,
UN AM
( Me xico),
Un ive rsidad de la Paz (Cos ta R ica) , Valpa ra íso (Ch i le) , and Wash in gton
U n i ve r s i t y in S t . L ou is ( U ni t ed S ta t es) .
T he L aw C li nics o n In ter na t io na l Law a nd /or H u man R igh ts o f t h e
U n i ve r s i t ies o f C or ne ll ( U n i te d Sta t es) , Ge or ge W as h in g ton ( U n i te d S t a tes) .
Q uéb ec (Ca nad a) , T exas ( Un i ted Sta tes) an d U trec h t (N e ther la nds ).
T he Rese arc h Ins titu tes :C en te r for Cr imina l Law a nd Cr imin al Jus tice of
D u r ha m U ni v ers i t y ( R e in o U ni do) , C e n ter fo r C r i mi na l Law R es ea r c h o f Ta lca
Un ive rsity (C hile) ,C en ter for Glob al L aw an d Po licy o f San ta C lara Law
S c h oo l ( U n i te d S t a tes ) , C r i m ina l Sci en t i fic R es e arc h C e n ter o f N o r thwes t
Un ive rsity o f Politics a nd Law (Ch ina) , D epar tmen t o f F ore ig n an d
In tern ationa l Law o f G o ttinge n L aw Scho ol (G erman y) ,Ecu a tor ian C en t er fo r
Cr imin al L aw an d Cr imin olo gic al R ese arch ( Ecu ado r) ,H uma n R ights
I ns t i tu t e , H u ma n R ig h ts C l in ic an d Tra ns i ti ona l J us t ice N e two r k o f Es s ex
University ( En gl an d) ,H uma n R igh ts I ns t i tu te o f U n i v ers i ty o f Gan te
( Be lg iu m) ,H u ma n R igh ts Ins t i tu te o f D ieg o P or t al es U n i ve r s i t y ( C h i le) , In t er A m er ican Ins t i tu t e for H uma n R ig h ts ( C os ta R ic a) , Int er na t io na l S t a t e C r im e
Res earc h Co nsor tiu m fr om O ld Do min ium Un ive rsity (U nited Sta tes) , Ir ish
Ce n ter fo r Hu man R igh ts ( Ire la nd) , Kyo to Un ivers i ty In ter na tio na l Law
Stu den ts Soc ie ty (Japan), La tin -Amer ica n Prog ram o f Sea ttle Un i versity
S c h oo l o f L aw ( U n it e d S t a tes) , N a t io na l I ns t i tu t e f or C r i mi na l Sci enc es
( Me xico) , Ne ther la nds Ins titu te for Hu man R igh ts (Ne ther la nds) ,U niversity
C e n ter o f B r az i li a ( Br az i l) and th e W il le m P o mpe I ns t i t u te f or C r im in al Law
a nd C r im ino lo g y ( N e th er lan ds)
As we ll as th e In ter na tion al Assoc ia tion o f Penal Law , th e In terna tion al
C e n ter f or T r ans i t ion al J us t ice ( U n i te d S ta tes ) , t h e L at i n- A mer ica n G r ou p of
Exp er ts o f In tern ation al C rimina l L aw o f th e Konr ad Ad ena uer F ou nda tion
( ¨ Ger man y ) , t h e L eg is Pu bl ish in g C o mpan y ( C o lo mb ia ) an d P a x C hr is ti
(N e ther la nds ).
T he ma in of f i c i al docum en ts o f t he c om pe t t io n ar e t he f o l low ing :
1. Call for Registration and Registration Procedure (pdf) / Anuncio Público de Convocatoria y
Procedimiento de Registro (pdf)
2. Academic Programme (pdf) / Programa Academico (pdf)
3. Case / Caso (pdf)
M or e i n for m a t ion ab ou t t he c o mp e ti t io n a nd i ts aca dem ic pro gr am me c an be f ou nd
at:
CO LAD IC M X (w ww.coladic m x.or g ) or a t
U t rec ht U ni ve r s i t y( www.uu.nl/iccmootcompetition).