In the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, law students from all over Africa
argue a hypothetical human rights case as if they are doing so in the African Court on
Human and Peoples' Rights.

In its first 20 years, 131 universities from 49 African countries have participated.

Participants also attend a seminar or course on international human rights law and go on a one-day excursion to visit a place of national interest in the host country. The Competition lasts six days and is held in a different country each year.

Judges in the preliminary rounds are lecturers from the participating universities. The best
teams advance to the final round where they merge to form two new combined teams
with English, French and Portuguese-speaking students on each side. The judges in the final round are international human rights lawyers of the highest standing and simultaneous
translation is provided.

The Moot is the largest annual gathering of students and lecturers of law on the continent,
and one of the premier events on the African human rights calendar.

There is arguably no educational event at the university level in Africa which has done
more to make the African human rights system better known -- and which has a wider
reach and a broader scope -- than the African Human Rights Moot Court Competition.

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