Anna Maria Urbanova and Aurelien Lorange -
Notable partners:
Presentation 2nd semester 2023
Proposition and discussion about the 7th English speaking law debate competition (The Hague Inter-University Law Debate Tournament ed. 2024)
A “decathlon” of Inter-University debates.
“World championship of inter-university legal debates in The Hague format”
The Hague – headquarter of operations (with remote network of members)
Professional Growth and Networking
Structure of the Tournament within the Foundation
Director : Anna Maria Urbanova
Vice-Director : Aurelien Lorange
Support the development and growth of Young Professionals, collaboration between universities around the world and provide networking opportunities between established and aspiring professionals and scholars.
- The Hague Inter-University Law Debate Tournament (7th edition in 2024)
- Concours Inter-Universitaire de Debat de La Haye (3rd edition en 2024) (Paris Olympics and Paralympics 2024)
- The Hague International – Academic law Journal
January 2024
Debate Workshops
End of reception of registrations
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In January 2024:
Validation of the Registrations of Teams
Validation of Themes and topics with the sponsors
Scheduling matches
February and March 2024
Tournament
- Opening Ceremony (online)
- Group Phase
Calls between organisers and each team to clarify the rules and answer questions
April 2024
- Networking events and with sponsors
May-June 2024
- Eliminatory Phase
- Visits in The Hague
- Finals
A nice project which will allow :
- Meet without having to go on an exchange – in all participating countries
- Less time consuming in preparing for competition matches than a Moot Court
Universities:
- Watch matches live on YouTube, ability to rewatch matches, use their students' performance content
- Create emulation among students to support their comrades during live matches.
- Promote the university and the students
- Discuss with other universities for New research collaborations, joint events, connect student associations, discover new partners.
- Show student skills and attract employers
- Represent their university and competition with other universities around the world
- Share their performance with their friends, family, Professors and maybe employers
- A chance to become world champions of legal debates in The Hague format
Each team is guaranteed to have a minimum of 3 matches to a maximum of 8 matches (if final reached) – (possible to organize a classification match possibly in the 4th match in June for those eliminated)
January February March April May June
7/8/9th
February 2023
Between 4th and 18th April 2024
Friendly Matches
Opening Ceremony
4th to 8th
March 2024
19th January 2024
Reception of the composition (2 or 3 students)
Receipt of names of judges or participation fees
Announcement of the themes of the Tournament And the groups after the draw
19th to 23rd
February 2024
1st Group Phase Match
2nd Group Phase Match
18th to 22nd
March 2024
3rd Group Phase match
Announcement of the qualified teams for the elimination phase Networking events and with sponsors
19th/20th
April 2024
8th Finals
5th/6th may 2024
Quarter Finals
3rd/4th May 2024 (online or hybrid) Semi-Finals
19th-20th June 2024* Finals Visits of International Organisations in The Hague
Tournament with 32 participating universities
Representing
Africa
Asia
America
Europe
Pacific
Team A
The team will have 4 minutes to conduct the “pro” opening statements.
1st speaker has 2 minutes to present arguments and start rebuttal.
2nd speaker has 2 minutes for rebuttal and to introduce new points.
3rd speaker has 2 minutes for rebuttal and summarize the arguments.
Team B
The team will have 4 minutes to conduct the “con” opening statements.
1st speaker has 2 minutes to present arguments and start rebuttal.
2nd speaker has 2 minutes for rebuttal and to introduce new points.
3rd speaker has 2 minutes for rebuttal and to summarize the arguments.
1 match = 30 minutes
Legal themes for each stage
Examples of past themes:
- Environmental Law
- Space Law
- Public Order
- Law and Society
- Freedom of Press
- Intellectual Property
- Control over the online information serves the need for public order
- Economic exploitation of natural areas should be prohibited
- The freedom of press is compatible with respect for privacy
- The law follows the evolution of society and does not make it evolve
Topics kept secret up to 7 days before each match
The Hague University of A. S. (NED)
Tilburg University (NED)
Reykjavik University (ISL)
University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne (FRA)
Sofia University (BUL)
University of Poitiers (FRA)
University of Bologna (ITA)
Catholic University of Lille (FRA)
Ukrainian Catholic University (UKR)
University of Manchester (GBR)
Universite Francaise en Arménie (ARM)
Queen Mary University of London (GBR)
Masaryk University (CZE)
University of Porto (POR)
Tallinn University of Technology (EST)
Qatar University (QAT)
University of Western Ontario (CAN)
Dom Helder Law School (BRA)
Pontificia University Of Chile (CHL)
University of Antioquia (COL)
University of Manitoba (CAN)
University of the Republic (URU)
University of the West Indies (TRT)
University of Lagos (NGR)
Makerere University (UGA)
University of the Free State (RSA)
University of Lusaka (ZAM)
University of Colombo (SRI)
Kathmandu University (NEP)
National University of Singapore (SGP)
University of Burdwan (IND)
Chuo University of Tokyo (JPN)
University of Melbourne (AUS)
University of the South Pacific (VAN)
- Faculty members, employers with legal background or experiences, professional network, former participants (with a Master's degree level)
- Cannot be judged by judges of the same nationality or of the same university affiliation
- Can be judge of several matches during the competition
- Assesses independently of other judges
- Provides written feedback for teams after each game
- Maximum total score of 300 points (addition of the 3 judges)
- The team with the highest total score wins the match
Communication, notification, information
Emails from organisers to the teams and to their coach(es) if any All matches are broadcasted live : WebEx + YouTube Live
Information and announcements of results by email and: Corax Foundation website
https://coraxfoundation.com/competitions/the-hague-law-debatetournament/ Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/thehaguelawdebatetournament LinkedIn Page
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/the-hague-law-debatetournament/
Certificates of participation
Trophy of the winner
Trophy for the finalist
Trophy of the best oralist (Finals et semi-finals)
Most viewed match on YouTube fair-play Award
