Team Preparation Materials

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Team Preparation Materials

Below you can find some resources that may provide useful guidance for a Team's Preparation. Materials include the evaluation forms used by judges for scoring both, Memorials and Oral Rounds, and the webcast for the 2019 Final Round. You can also check out winning memorials from previous editions of the Competition, as well as a link to a section of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law filled with research resources dedicated especially to the Competition.

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OAS & OAS-related information

Organization of American States (OAS)
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Research Links

American Convention on Human Rights:
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights "Protocol Of San Salvador"
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man:
Cases Published By the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Cases Published By the Inter-American Court on Human Rights

Memorial Evaluation Form Click here to see a sample of the form that judges use when grading Team Memorials. The form includes technical criteria to evaluate a Memorial's content, as well as grade ranges to inform the judges in their evaluation process.

Oral Rounds Evaluation Form Click here to see a sample of the form that judges use to evaluate individual Team Members during the Oral Rounds. The form includes criteria that judges should use to evaluate a Competitor's performance, as well as grade ranges to inform the judges in their evaluation process.

The Final Round of the 24th Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition took place on May 24, 2019. The Finalist Teams were FGV Direito SP and Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná from Brazil.

2023 Winning Memorials Every year, after each Competition, the Academy publishes the best Memorials for the Representatives of the Victims and the State in each of the Competition's three languages. These documents can be used as examples to orient Team members in their preparation.

The UN AVL is a virtual training and research center with more than 400 leading international law scholars, judges and practitioners. Their newly launched “Moot Courts” section includes a tab exclusively dedicated to the Competition and is a great preparatory resource for Teams. Just click the IAMOOT tab on their website to check out the materials they've selected!