The International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition or ICCMCC is an annual international moot court competition on international criminal law that is held at The Hague and organized by the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies of Leiden University, The Hague Campus, with the institutional support of the International Criminal Court and International Bar Association.
More than 100 teams from 50 countries taking part annually, the ICCMCC is the world’s largest competition on international criminal law and is considered one of the grand slam or major moots.
The purpose of the Competition is threefold: To allow top law students worldwide to improve their knowledge of the ICC and its proceedings; To provide students with the opportunity to become familiar with world famous institutions in The Hague such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and the Peace Palace;To enhance the backing within countries towards ratifications of the Rome Statute by providing top law students from countries that have yet to ratify, an opportunity to learn more about the ICC.
The competition took place this year From the 2 to 9 of June with over 80 top Universities Competing at the Hague, Netherlands.
I represented the country and IMATT COLLEGE in the IBA ICC MOOT COURT COMPETITION at the Hague, Netherlands which makes me the first Sierra Leonean Law Student to participate in person.
I was recognized as the first Law Student to have participated in the competition and did three roles by representing the The defence , Government and prosecutor in six Rounds against 12 top Universities in the world, since the inception of the international rounds of the competition in 2007.
