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Telders International Moot Court Competition - European competition in which annually teams from more than 25 European countries compete. The final of this competition is held in The Hague (Netherlands) in the building of the International Court of Justice. Moot Court on international law after Ben Telders was founded in 1977. It is now considered the most prestigious competition on international law in Europe. Each year student-teams are presented with a case involving a fictitious dispute between two states. This dispute is put before the United Nations' most important legal organ, the International Court of Justice. It is up to the student-teams to defend the two states to the best of their ability. Each student-team has to represent the states substantively both in writing and through pleadings before so-called moot courts. Its aim is to provide law students with practical experience of performing at the court session, improve the legal knowledge of English, introduce to the principles of rule of law and civil society, promote the scientific activity of young lawyers in the field of international law. The event promotes the development of knowledge about international law and of judicial debate in Ukraine, as well as improves the image of Ukraine as the legal and democratic state in Europe. In 2011, the Ukrainian national round was organized by the Centre for International Law and Justice and was held in Odessa in the Odessa-based Economic Court of Appeal. |


