South African National Schools Moot Court Competition

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The South African National Schools Moot Court Competition is an annual moot court competition established in 2011 aimed at creating greater consciousness and understanding in South African schools and communities about the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa and the values embodied by it through the active participation of learners in a moot court competition.[1][2]

The finalists automatically qualify to represent South Africa at the International Schools Moot Court Competition, hosted in the Hague, in the Netherlands. South African law school.

Format[]

Semi-final oral rounds are held at the University of Pretoria.
University of Pretoria Faculty of Law building
The final oral round is held at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Constitutional Court of South Africa courtroom

The moot is divided into written and oral rounds. All secondary schools in South Africa are invited to send a team of two grade-10 or 11 learners to submit two short essays, each arguing the opposing view of the set fictional question. A panel of experts evaluate the submissions and select the four best submissions from each of South Africa's nine provinces which are then invited to the semi-final oral rounds held at the University of Pretoria, with the winners arguing in the final round at the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Johannesburg. In the inaugural competition, 32 teams competed in the provincial rounds. However, as of 2019, the Moot problem has been made a part of the school curriculum, reaching a potential 2 million learners.[3]

The moot court is organised and supported by the[4] Department of Basic Education, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, South African Human Rights Commission, and University of Pretoria Faculty of Law.

Judges[]

Year Judge Position
2011[5] Justice Dikgang Moseneke (Presiding) Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court
Justice Johan Froneman Justice of the Constitutional Court
Justice Kenneth Mthiyane Supreme Court of Appeal Judge

Acting Justice of the Constitutional Court

Justice Zak Yacoob Justice of the Constitutional Court
Regional representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Southern Africa
2012[6] Justice Bess Nkabinde (Presiding) Justice of the Constitutional Court
Justice Edwin Cameron Justice of the Constitutional Court
Ms Yasmin Sooka Director, Foundation for Human Rights
Dr Zonke Majodina Chairperson of the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Prof Ann Skelton Director, Centre for Child Law, University of Pretoria

Winners[]

Year Winner Runner-up
2011[7] King Edward VII
2012[8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.education.gov.za/Home/NationalSchoolsMootCourtCompetition/tabid/622/Default.aspx National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-11. Retrieved 2011-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  4. ^ http://www.education.gov.za/Home/NationalSchoolsMootCourtCompetition/tabid/622/Default.aspx National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  5. ^ http://www.lssa.org.za/upload/DR%20May%202011%20Schools%20Moot(1).pdf National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  6. ^ http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/47/2011%20Elzet/Final%20Round%20Judges%2029%20April%202012(1).pdf National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  7. ^ http://www.lssa.org.za/upload/DR%20May%202011%20Schools%20Moot(1).pdf National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
  8. ^ http://web.up.ac.za/sitefiles/file/47/2011%20Elzet/Results%20schools%20and%20learners%20that%20participated%20in%20the%20national%20or.pdf[permanent dead link] National Schools Moot Court Competition Retrieved 20 November 2011
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