Several competitions are held annually at national and international level in the area of international law. Listed here are some of the most significant in its different specific subject areas.

Pace Law School International Criminal Court Moot Competition
The competition is held annually by Pace Law School in New York, accepting teams from different parts of the world. The competition for 2006 will be held on November 10 and 12. The event is open to international legal community, accepting law schools from all over the world to compete in the context of a trial of a hypothetical case in the International Criminal Court. "Perhaps the most exciting feature of the competition, and a striking feature in this competition is that each team of students will participate in three debate rounds and have the opportunity to argue by all three perspectives: prosecutors, defense counsel and the lawyer of the victims. Students who participated in the competition last year commented they had never experienced a better way to learn the substantive and procedural law in a particular area, developing the arguments of the parties, as they had never had the opportunity to build up these arguments from all three perspectives as during the competition. "(Extracted site www.law.pace.edu / icc-access on 18/10/2006).
More information on the site www.pace.edu/LawSchool/icc/index.html.

Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition
The competition is held in accordance with the procedures of the International Court of Justice, and the status of the Court and its subsidiaries rules are rules for the competition. It falls to the team to study and defend the parties involved in a hypothetical case about Environmental Law. "This competition provides an excellent opportunity for law students to explore issues for International Environmental Law in the context of a dispute before the International Court of Justice. The written records of the participants will be evaluated by international environmental legal experts with the assistance of the ABA-Committee for International Environmental Law and the International Ocean Institute. The oral part will be evaluated by local lawyers and judges with experience in international law, environmental law and appealing atterneyship. "(Extracted from www.law.stetson.edu/environmental/brochure2006.pdf. Access on 18/10/2006)
More information on the site www.law.stetson.edu/environmental

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
IIt began in 1960 at Harvard University, USA, and it rapidly was disseminated around the world and today is the largest and most important simulated competition of International Court of Justice ever. It is organized by the International Law Students Association-ILSA, based in Chicago. (Extracted site http://www.fadom.br/jessup/). The competition is based on the simulation of a trial in the International Court of Justice about a hypothetical case. There is a national round, which in 2007 will be held at Fadom Faculty in Divinópolis - Minas Gerais. The winners of the national stage go for the world stage, to be held in the United States. More information about the national stage on the site www.fadom.br/jessup.
More information on the site www.ilsa.org/jessup/index.shtml

Inter-American Human Rights System Award
Held by the Undersecretary of Defense and Promotion of Human Rights of the Presidency of the Republic it is based on the competition of memorials dispute between the participating teams. Each team must submit written material representing the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the demanding State. The memorials are based on a hypothetical case concerning the violation of human rights by a State, based on the American Convention on Human Rights. The award is held annually in Brasilia.
More information on the site www.planalto.gov.br/sedh

Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The competition is based on a hypothetical case written by experts in the inter-American human rights system and is based on an issue currently being debated in the region. Held annually in Washington.
More information on the site www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy/mcourt/2007/

ELSA Moot Court Competition
The competition is a simulation of a dispute where teams representing different parties present and argue the case to a jury composed of specialists in WTO law. The Competition trains students to create relationships between theory and practice, and in this way complements their formal education.
More information on the site www.elsamootcourt.org

The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
The goal of this competition is to encourage the study on International Commercial Law and Arbitration to resolve trade disputes through international application of a specific problem of a client and to train the leaders of tomorrow Law in alternative methods for settling disputes.
More information on the site www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html

The Jean-Pictet Competition
The Competition is a training event of a week-long international humanitarian law intended for students (graduates or below in Law, Political Science, Military Academies etc.). It consists in "getting the right out of the books" through simulations, allowing the jury of the Competition evaluate the teams in accordance with the theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of international humanitarian law. The situations are based on a fictional scenario, but realistic, of armed conflict. Each year the Competition happens in a different location. The issue of 2007 will take place between 14 and 21 of April in Escorial, Spain.
More information on the site www.concourspictet.org/index_en.htm

African Human Rights Moot Court Competition
The Center for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria (South Africa) started this competition in 1992 and since then this is the biggest event to promote human rights on the continent. Annually, about 70 colleges of law send African teams with two students and a professor. The students discuss a hypothetical case on violation of the rights guaranteed by the African Charter of Human and Peoples' Rights for specialists in human rights. The preliminary oral rounds are held in English and French, and the final is held in both languages with simultaneous translation. The competition also hosts a conference on human rights whre specialists present panels.
More information on the site
http://www.chr.up.ac.za/centre_projects/mooteng/mooteng.html

Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition
The competition began in 1992 and is organized by the International Institute of Space Law. Every year the winners of the regional rounds of Asia, Europe and North America compete in the final rounds taking place in conjunction with the International Congress of Astronautics and Space Symposium of law. The judges of the final round of the competition are all members of the International Court of Justice. The team participant must count on 2 to 3 students interested in expanding their knowledge in international law and gain experience in simulated juries.
More information on the site http://www.spacemoot.org/

John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Informaion Technology and Privacy Law
The competition in the information technology and Private Law began in 1981 becoming then one of the largest and most respected simulated juries of the United States. Students of law from the United States and other countries meet at the University John Marshall annually to discuss and argue in a case about the technological law. The winning memorials are published in the The Journal of Computer & Information Law of the University John Marshall.
More information on the site http://www.itmootcourt.com/

The Annual International Asylum Law Moot Court Competition
The Competition Asylum Law aims to increase the knowledge of students on the legal protection of individuals who seek asylum in Central and Eastern Europe. The goal of the competition is to improve the professional capacity of the next generation of experts in asylum law in the region. Students from 11 European countries have the chance to participate in the event every year.
More information on the site http://www.larc.info/mootcourt

The Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
The first issue of the competition was held in 1977 on the occasion of the anniversary of the Telders International Law Students Debating Society group of studies. Teams of students from universities of Bonn, Colonha, Strasbourg and Leiden participated in the event. Due to its success, since then the Competition takes place annually. Today, it is considered the most prestigious and important competition of international law in Europe. Teams of approximately 40 European universities compete in the national stage, with 22 to 25 teams of the European countries participating in the international round at the Peace Palace in Hague. One of the main objectives of the competition is to stimulate the team work and European integration.
More information on the site http://www.telders.leidenuniv.nl/

Niagara International Moot Court Competition
The Canada-US Law Institute rules this competition which has 15 to 30 teams from the Universities of Canada and the USA. The participating teams must solve a dispute at the international bilateral International Court of Justice. The institute recruits teams, announces rules, sets dates, approve the Case, among others. The faculty who hosts the event (each year a new college is a candidate for both) should write the Case and host the event at its headquarters. The institute provides financial support for the College and the author of the Case. The Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host the event in 2007, from March 22 to 24 in Cleveland, Ohio.
More information on the site http://law.case.edu/cusli/niagara.html

European Law Moot Court Competition
The European Law Moot Court Competition is a traditional simulated jury in which teams of students prepare written parts about a problem of European legislation and present their arguments in oral proceedings before the Court of Justice. The Competition is bilingual (English and French) and is held annually.
More information on the site http://zealot.mrnet.pt/mootcourt/index.php