African Human Rights Moot Court Competition

The African Human Rights Moot Court Competition is an international moot court competition with a special focus on human rights in Africa. The competition is organised by the Centre for Human Rights, based at the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law in South Africa. Each year, the competition is hosted by a Law Faculty from a different African country. Since its inception in 1992, the competition has had 845 participant teams originating from 125 universities from 45 African countries.
The competition is tri-lingual and preliminary rounds are argued in English, French and Portuguese. Students argue a hypothetical human rights case and base their arguments on the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights. The final round is argued by two teams made up of the best three Anglophone teams, two Francophone teams and one Lusophone team. The final round is judged by prominent African and international jurists.

Recognition

The African Human Rights Moot Court has been described as the largest gathering of law students and lecturers on the African continent. The Centre for Human Rights was awarded the UNESCO Prize for Human Rights Education in 2006 and the African Human Rights Moot Court received a special mention as it is one of the flagship programmes of the Centre.

Historical overview

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up
1992	Harare, Zimbabwe	University of Pretoria	University of Natal
1993	Lusaka, Zambia	University of Witwatersrand	University of Natal
1994	Kwaluseni, Swaziland	University of Natal	University of Cape Town
1995	Pretoria, South Africa	Rand Afrikaans University Makerere University	University of Pretoria University of Ghana
1996	Oujda, Morocco	University of Pretoria University of Nairobi Université Hassan II, Casablanca	University of Port Elizabeth University of Ghana Université de Côte d'Ivoire
1997	Kampala, Uganda	University of the Witwatersrand Makerere University	University of Pretoria Université du Bénin
1998	Maputo, Mozambique	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane University of Botswana	University of Cape Town Université du Bénin
1999	Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire	Université de Cocody University of Nairobi	University of the Witwatersrand Université de la Réunion
2000	Accra, Ghana	Université Catholique d'Afrique Centrale University of Ghana	University of the Witwatersrand Université du Caire
2001	Pretoria, South Africa	Université Tunis III Makerere University	University of Pretoria Université Bouake
2002	Cairo, Egypt from	University of Nairobi Universite de la Reunion	University of Pretoria Universite Mohamed
2003	Yaounde, Cameroon	University of Cocody University of Natal	University of Nairobi University of Dschang
2004	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Université Abomey Calavi University of Pretoria	Université Marien Ngouabi University of Nairobi
2005	Johannesburg, South Africa	University of Cocody University of Cape Town	American University of Cairo Université Mohammed Ier
2006	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Gaston Berger University University of the Witwatersrand	University of Malawi Université du Caire
2007	Dakar, Senegal	University of the Free State Université Libre de Kinshasa	University of Ilorin Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
2008	Pretoria, South Africa	University of Pretoria University of Ghana Eduardo Mondlane University	Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis Université Mohammed Premier University of Lagos
2009	Lagos, Nigeria	University of Ghana Université de Dschang Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	University of Cape Town Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis Universidade Zambeze
2010	Cotonou, Benin	Université de Cocody University of Namibia Rhodes University	Universite d'Abomey-Calavi Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of Lagos
2011	Pretoria, South Africa	University of Pretoria Université de Cocody Universidade Eduardo Mondlane	University of Cape Town Universite Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis Agostinho Neto University