The Organising Office extends a warm welcome to all teams and judges to The Hague, the City of Peace and Justice, for our oral rounds!

The Competition kicked off Friday afternoon, 12 June, with our Opening Ceremony at Leiden University, featuring addresses by Prof. Carsten Stahn (Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies), Special Envoy Diana Eggleston (The Hague Municipality), Operations Director, Joe Bell (International Bar Association), Prof. Michael Scharf (Case Western Reserve University), and our Project Lead, Maria Addens (Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies). The Keynote Address was delivered by Osvaldo Zavala Giler, Registrar of the International Criminal Court.

Stay tuned for updates on the preliminary rounds and more to come throughout the week through our social media channels (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram). We begin bright and early Saturday 13 June, at 8.30h, with our very first oral rounds. Rest well, and until then!