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We are pleased to announce that the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition 2010 will be held from 22 until 24 April in the Peace Palace in The Hague.
The case of the Telders Moot Court Competition 2010, 'The Case of Pirates in the Treasured Sea' can be found here.
The clarifications to the Telders Case 2010 can be found here
The Review Report of the Telders Competition 2009 can be found at the bottom of this page.
Telders Competition, 18 April 2009
About the Competition
The first Telders Competition was organised in 1977, with teams of students from the universities of Bonn, Cologne, Strasbourg and Leiden participating. Through the Competition, students are educated in legal practice and such principles as the rule of law, civil society and fair play. The Competition also stimulates team work and European interaction and integration.
Due to its success, the Competition has been held annually ever since. Teams from over 40 universities compete in the national rounds, with around 25 teams from as many European countries participating in the international rounds held in no other than the prominent Peace Palace in The Hague, thereby adding to the Competition’s prestige as the most prestigious and important international moot court competition in Europe.
Each year student teams are presented with a case involving a fictitious dispute between two States. This dispute is put before the United Nations' most important legal organ, the International Court of Justice (ICJ). It is up to the teams, composed of 4 students each, to defend the two States to the best of their abilities. Each teams has to represent the States substantively both in writing and through pleadings before so-called moot courts. Per European country, only the university winning the national rounds may participate in the international rounds held in The Hague. The students' memorials and oral argumentations are judged by legal experts. In this respect, the active involvement of judges from the real International Court of Justice, the Iran - United States Claims Tribunal, prominent academics and practitioners schooled in international law guarantee the high intellectual standards of the Competition and its prestige.
Throughout its existence, the Telders Competition has enjoyed the support of several prominent members of the ICJ and the international legal world. The late Judge Manfred Lachs (ICJ), the late Judge Carl-August Fleischhauer (ICJ), Judge Stephen M. Schwebel (ICJ) and Judge Gilbert Guillaume (ICJ) have been chairmen of the Supervisory of the Competition. The Competition’s Supervisory Board is proud to have among its past and present members the late Judge Sir Robert Jennings (ICJ), Judge Pieter H. Kooijmans (ICJ), Judge Vladlen S. Vereshchetin (ICJ), Judge Krzysztof Skubiszewski (President, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal), Judge Bengt Broms (Iran-United States Claims Tribunal), Mr. Sibrand K. Martens (former President, Supreme Court of the Netherlands), Professor Dr. John Dugard of Leiden University (member of the International Law Commission) and Professor Dr. Nico Schrijver (Leiden University).
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at the Telders Organizing Office. | 
