SDK Human Rights Moot Competition

5th Edition of the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Human Rights Moot Court Competition - 19th November - 10th December 2024

SEMI FINALS (Virtual)
UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (Applicant) VS UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA (Respondent) Monday 25th November 2024 - 9:30 - 11am
University of Lagos		Points	University of The Gambia		Points
Chidera Okoro	Adedayo Michael A.		Olimatou Senghore	Muhammed Bah
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY (Applicant) VS UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR (Respondent) Monday 25th November 2024 - 12:00 - 13:30pm
Obafemi Awolowo University		Points	University of Calabar		Points
Jesutofunmi Rebecca O.	Omisore Fiyinfoluwa Deborah		Essien Greatness Eyonsa	Nwokeukwu Chidera Royal

UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS (Nigeria) Applicant VS FOURAH BAY COLLEGE (Sierra Leone) Respondent - 19th November 2024@10:00am
University of Lagos		Points	Fourah Bay College		Points
		558			-
Chidera Okoro	Adedayo Michael A.		Participant A	Participant B
UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA (Applicant) VS UNIVERSITY OF MAKENI (Sierra Leone) Respondent - 19th November 2024@10:00am
University of The Gambia		Points	University of Makeni		Points
		465			-
Olimatou Senghore	Muhammed Bah		Participant A	Participant B
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR (Nigeria) Applicant VS MAKERERE UNIVERSITY (Uganda) Respondent - 20th November 2024@10:00am
University of Calabar		Points	Makerere University		Points
		503			-
Essien Greatness Eyonsa	Nwokeukwu Chidera Royal		Participant A	Participant B
OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY (Nigeria) Applicant VS INTERNATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY (Gambia) Respondent - 20th November 2024@10:00am
Obafemi Awolowo University		Points	International Open University		vPoints
		440			376
Jesutofunmi Rebecca Oyodele	Omisore Fiyinfoluwa Deborah		Rashid Sahid Kamara	Abdoulie M. Bah

About the SDKJ Moot Court Competition

The Moot Court is a key activity of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to create a platform for university students across Africa to practice and improve both their written and oral advocacy skills in various fields of human rights.

In realization of its core objective of promoting and creating awareness and respect for human rights through human rights education and studies in The Gambia, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in partnership with the Faculty of Law of the University of The Gambia (UTG), launch the 5^th Edition of the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Human Rights Moot Court Competition in The Gambia.

The Moot Court Competition is named after Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, former President of the Republic of The Gambia, in recognition of his efforts in laying the foundation of the African human rights system. At a time when the African continent was struggling with human rights violations, authoritarianism, and impunity. Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara played a key role in the drafting of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights which today is the foundational document for the protection of human rights in the continent of Africa.

The competition will bring together human rights practitioners, law students, lawyers, parliamentarians, civil society representatives, and school children around human rights themes in Africa.

The theme for the 2024 Moot Court Competition is centered on migration and its related human rights implications including trafficking in persons.

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