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
PRELIMINARY ROUNDS (Virtual)
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
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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
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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
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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 5th 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.