nickng
Apr 19, 2004, 10:42 AM
Breaking News:
The UP Law Debate Team, composed of Diane Desierto, Ruben Acebedo and Neil Silva, tied up with the Cambridge University Debate Team for the championship of the Jean Pictet 2004 International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition concluded yesterday at 2 a.m. Manila time in Nimes, France.
The Champions in the English session of the Jean Pictet Concours will face off with the winning team in the French Session in July this year in Geneva.
Seventy nine teams from around the world participated in the English Session of the Moot Court.
UP and Cambridge had been neck and neck in the finals round. The two teams tied for the championship after beating teams from the New York University of the United States, the Centre for International Humanitarian Law in Geneva,Switzerland the University of Georgia in Tiblisi, and the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
"We've been through a lot just to get there," said The UP Law Debate Team Coach, Prof. H. Harry Roque, who teaches international law," the team worked hard for this, to bring honor to the country, and yes, to the UP College of Law."
He said the team expected rough sailing in the championship round, which consisted primarily of extemporaneous moot court proceedings, unlike the first phases of the competition, which had role-playing sessions, among other things.
"But the team made it, despite the short time they had for preparations."
This is the first time that the Philippines is represented in the Jean Pictet Concours, considered one of the most challenging, if not the most challenging, moot court competition today.
Two Philippine teams competed for honors - the Ateneo and the UP teams. Ateneo however, was eliminated early on in the heats.
The competition requires mastery of many fields of international law, from the traditional domain of public international law to international environmental law and international human rights and humanitarian law.
The UP Law Debate Team, composed of Diane Desierto, Ruben Acebedo and Neil Silva, tied up with the Cambridge University Debate Team for the championship of the Jean Pictet 2004 International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition concluded yesterday at 2 a.m. Manila time in Nimes, France.
The Champions in the English session of the Jean Pictet Concours will face off with the winning team in the French Session in July this year in Geneva.
Seventy nine teams from around the world participated in the English Session of the Moot Court.
UP and Cambridge had been neck and neck in the finals round. The two teams tied for the championship after beating teams from the New York University of the United States, the Centre for International Humanitarian Law in Geneva,Switzerland the University of Georgia in Tiblisi, and the Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
"We've been through a lot just to get there," said The UP Law Debate Team Coach, Prof. H. Harry Roque, who teaches international law," the team worked hard for this, to bring honor to the country, and yes, to the UP College of Law."
He said the team expected rough sailing in the championship round, which consisted primarily of extemporaneous moot court proceedings, unlike the first phases of the competition, which had role-playing sessions, among other things.
"But the team made it, despite the short time they had for preparations."
This is the first time that the Philippines is represented in the Jean Pictet Concours, considered one of the most challenging, if not the most challenging, moot court competition today.
Two Philippine teams competed for honors - the Ateneo and the UP teams. Ateneo however, was eliminated early on in the heats.
The competition requires mastery of many fields of international law, from the traditional domain of public international law to international environmental law and international human rights and humanitarian law.