Thursday, March16th
WHY CONFRONTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS #IAMOOT2023 TOPIC
Yuri Alexander Romaña Rivas,Ph.D.candidate atMcGill University and WCL Alumni
Roberto Rojas Davila,Chief of Groups of Situation of Vulnerability Section at the Organization of American States (OAS) and WCL Alumni
Moderators: Dayana Mosquera,WCL LL.M Candidate; Gabriel Ortiz Crespo,Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m., Online Event via Zoom
Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON
SUNDAY, May 21ST
In Memoriam of Elizabeth Abi Mershed
Robert Goldman, Professor of Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
Claudio Grossman, Member, International Law Commission, United Nations, and Dean Emeritus, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Featuring:Remembrance by Prof. Abi-Mershed’s Family members, friends, and colleagues
4:30 p.m. to 6:00p.m., 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall
Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON
SUNDAY, May 21ST
opening ceremony
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Hartmut Rank,Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin America Director
Gabriel Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator
6:30 p.m. to 9:30p.m., 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall
Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON
tuesday, May 23rd
KAS Book Presentation: Comments on the legal procedure before the Inter-American Human Rights System / Panel “Democratic Access to the Inter-American System: Challenges for its strengthening in the occasion of Book Comments.”
Hartmut Rank,Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin America Director
Marie-ChristineFuchs, German Federal Ministry of Justice Desk Officer
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Lilly Ching-Soto,OAS General Secretariat Representative in Saint Lucia
SilviaԴ-ҳܳá, Associate Director of the Health and Human Rights Initiative at the O’Neill Institute and Adjunct Professor of law at Georgetown University
Miguel Ángel Barboza López,Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin AmericaProject Coordinator
Leonardo Hidaka, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Program Officer
Alejandra Solano, Costa Rica Permanent Representativebefore the OAS
Jean Michel Arrighi, OASSecretary for Legal Affairs
Jorge Errandonea, Inter-American Court of Human RightsSecretariat Attorney
Katya Salazar, Due Process of Law Foundation Executive Director
Viviana Krsticevic,Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Executive Director
Carlos Ayala Corao, Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists
Silvia Martínez, Inter-American Public Defender
JuanE. Méndez,Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence at the 鶹Ƶ – Washington College of Law
Moderator: Camilo Sanchez,Director, International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law
4:00 p.m. to 6:30p.m., 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Room NT01
Thursday, may 25th
Roundtable: “A pending commitment, the implementation of regional and universal treaties against racism”
Pastor Elías Murillo Martínez, Member of the United NationsPermanent Forum on People of African Descent
Roberto Rojas Davila,Chief of Groups of Situation of Vulnerability Section at the Organization of American States (OAS) and WCL Alumni
Carlos Quesada, Race & Equality Director, and 2023 Hypothetical Case Author
Moderator:Yuri Alexander Romaña Rivas,Ph.D.candidate atMcGill University and WCL Alumni
4:30 p.m. to 5:45p.m., 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Room NT01
Thursday, may 25th
finalists announcement
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Gabriel Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator
Luis Eliud Tapia Olivares, Former IAMOOT winner and Legal Consultant at Fair Trials
Marina de Almeida Rosa, Former IAMOOT participant and Legal Consultant at theInter-American Commission on Human Rights
Andy Van Pachtenbeke, Former IAMOOT participant andDiplomat at the Embassy of Belgium in the United States
7:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., 鶹Ƶ Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall