Chernivtsi students worthily represented their city at the international competition in legal debates on human rights on behalf of Nelson Mandela
the Team of the Chernivtsi national University participated in the 9th international competitions in legal debates on human rights name of Nelson Mandela (9th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition), held on 17 – 21 July at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. This year the competition involved 36 teams from 24 countries. CNU im. Yuriy Fedkovych was represented by the students of the fourth and second courses of the law faculty Elena Shcherbakova and novel Tokarik. This team presented Chernivtsi result is 75.9 points out of 100. She played two games for the plaintiff and defendant. Opponents of Chernivtsi were teams from Oxford, Malawi, Zambia and Kenya (Oxford University, UK , Chancellors College, University of Malawi, University of Zambia, Strathmore University, Kenya). Participants had to demonstrate fluency in international law, detailed knowledge of the plot of the case, the skills of argument and counterargument, the ability to react quickly to the questions of the judges, to give full and informed answers. Elena Shcherbakova and novel Tokarik successfully coped with these tasks and received high marks from the judges, as well as tips and recommendations to further improve the skills of debating. "Part of the team of the law faculty of Chernivtsi national University named after Yuriy Fedkovych in this competition convinced me that talented young people the whole world is open and everyone has many opportunities to hard work to realize themselves in professional field – says the representative of the law faculty of Victoria Vasilchuk, – the participation of Elena and Roman in this debate was preceded by the semi-responsible preparation, which they put a lot of time and effort and provided a decent result for the team in these competitions. They got important experience, convinced in their own abilities, have received helpful advice from the judges. In today's globalized world these professional meetings, communication, exchange of experience with representatives of universities in different countries is extremely important for students, because it gives the opportunity to discuss problems common to all States, to feel unity with the world. With pleasure we can note that the training of law students of the Chernivtsi national University named after Yuriy Fedkovych on the level not inferior to the best universities in the world". Reference: Court competition on human rights name of Nelson Mandela are held for 9 years. Invitations to participate sent to all the universities in the world. The competition takes place in English, is open to applicants of bachelor's and master's degrees. Universities that take part, selected two students, preferably male person and one female. These students send in written work with arguments on the given plots that are evaluated by a panel of experts. The best 5 teams from each region of the world are invited to Geneva to participate in the final rounds of the competition. The team defending the positions of the two parties according to the plot of a hypothetical case. The top two teams in the final round of the evaluating judges of International courts and tribunals. The tournament has become a leading event for the protection of human rights. It is a unique concentration of young and talented law students from universities all over the world who meet to discuss critical issues in the field of human rights on the basis of the General legal system of the UN, taking into account national and regional perspectives and experience. This was reported in the Chernivtsi city CouncilÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
