This year, the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy again organised the national round of the Jessup Moot Court Competition. The event is one of the oldest and biggest competitions for students in the field of international law. Every year, students get an assignment with a complicated international problem. Then they have to persuade the judge on the International Court of Justice of their arguments (via verbal and written statements)." title="<--break-->" class="mceItem">

The Centre organised the national round for the third time and used the premises of the Supreme Administrative Court. The Centre would also like to thank the main sponsor of the event - White & Case law company.

The international finale is held in Washington, D.C., but if there are multiple teams from one country there has to first be a national round. In 2016, two teams from the Czech Republic fought in the national round (a team from Charles University and a team from Palacký University). The case was related to cybernetic law and it was very similar to the Edward Snowden case. The written part of the national round was assessed by Kristina Horňáčková, Petr Kilian and Eva Šmakalová and the oral part was assessed by Peter Nagy, Zdeněk Nový and Lenka Popovičová. The national round was won by the team from Charles University. 

This team, under the leadership of Milan Lipovský, took part in the international round in March and April of 2016. They competed with teams from Nepal, Israel and Jamaica in the preliminary rounds. The Czech team did not manage to finish in the top 36 but we are confident that it will happen in the coming years. Judges of the national round say that the Czech teams are improving every year.