The European Human Rights Moot
Court Competition (EHRMCC) is a Europe-wide moot court competition dedicated to
the European Convention on Human Rights. It was founded in 2012 by the European
Law Student Association and the Council of Europe.
The Competition simulates the
proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights based on a fictional
case. This year, the fictional case very much resembles the reality in which we
live in, raising issues of state of emergency during an epidemic, protests
against such measures, and State’s use of facial recognition technologies to
identify those allegedly violating emergency measures.
The registration
of teams for the Competition is now open until 1 November 2020. As of last
year, all teams must first compete at the regional level. The best 18 teams
from the regional rounds compete in the final round in Strasbourg, in the
Palace of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights. In addition to the
experience that students gain from the Competition, all members of the winning
team are invited for a traineeship at the Strasbourg Court.
Good luck to all those
participating in this year’s Competition!
As this is my first post as a
co-editor, I avail myself of this opportunity to express how honored I am to
join the ECHR Blog, and grateful to Antoine Buyse, as a founder and editor of this
Blog, for his trust in me.
I always considered this Blog as an important platform to keep those interested in the ECHR abreast of the ever-increasing developments related to the Convention system and engage in discussion of those developments. I join the ECHR Blog with the aim to further serve that goal.
Best wishes, Kushtrim Istrefi
