Moot court competition: international criminal court

The aim of the participation in this Moot Court competition is to provide students with advanced knowledge of International criminal law principles and rules.

The students will form a team which will participate, on behalf of the University of Milan, in an international, high level competition (Moot Court) simulating the judicial proceedings before the International Criminal Court.

The students will learn through the analysis of a fictional case, which they will have to analyse in order to take the roles of the Prosecutor, the Defence Counsel and possibly of the Victims or State. During the course of the Moot, students will have to draft and file at least two written memoranda (or pleadings) in front of a ficticial Court, which will evaluate them in order to participate in the oral phase of the proceedings. Here the students will have to orally plead their arguments taking, alternatively, the different roles of Prosecution and Defence, and arguing against other Universities' teams taking the opposite role.

The course aims at providing students with:

- advanced knowledge and practical understanding of the mechanisms and features of international tribunals, and in particular of the International Criminal Court;

- ability to interpret and apply legal provisions and case-law regarding international criminal justice to a concrete case;

- strengthening personal capacity to work in a group and deal with a high level international competition;

- strengthening the independence, organisational and critical analysis skills of the students;

- improve the students' writing skills, their oral skills and their pleading skills in public;

- improving the students' language skills, as the entire activities will be held in English.

At the end of the Moot Court, students will have:

- participated in a high level international competition, getting in touch and exchanging with students coming from all over the world;

- learned the mechanisms and features of international criminal tribunals, and in particular of the International Criminal Court;


- learned to interpret and apply legal provisions and case-law regarding international criminal justice to a concrete case;

- strengthened their personal capacity to work in a group and deal with a high level international competition;

- strengthened their organisational skills, independence and critical analysis skills;

- improved their writing skills, oral skills and their pleading skills in public;

- improved the students' language skills, as the entire activities will be held in English