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MILAN LIPOVSKÝ
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At this point I would also like to thank the Prague office of White and Case for
generous support of the Czech national rounds and White and Case as a whole for
the support of the international rounds.
The Charles University team took part in four matches of the basic preliminary
rounds of the international competition that took place in Washington D.C. from
6 April to 12 April 2014, and the students thus gained experience to remember
and a very interesting point in their curricula. It is also worth mentioning that the
next season’s topic will be secession, annexation and countermeasures. So, not only
current but also very interesting topics that will without doubt raise many interesting
arguments.
The tight results of the national rounds were repeated in the Telders International
Law Moot Court Competition. This time, however, to the detriment of the Charles
University team. The opposing team, consisting of students from Masaryk University,
however, made very fine results in the international rounds in The Hague, and
so it may be said that, when the national rounds results were so close, the Charles
University team has reached a very high level of work and success as well. The topic
of this year compromise in the Telders also presented very interesting issues: use of
force in the context of protection of own nationals, immunities of representatives of
States, treaty law and jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. The Charles
University team consisted of four talented students, and the national rounds were
hosted by Olomouc on 9 March 2014.
There were other competitions that our teams also participated in. For example,
the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition, FDI moot, etc.
From the above list it is clear that the Department of International Law offered a
wide range of moots to take part in, and I would like to congratulate all the students
that have participated for the incredible successes they reached, regardless of whether
just by taking part or by winning. Participation in whatever moot court competition
is not only a very good thing to write in one’s
curriculum vitae
but also a contribution
to the life of academia.
Milan Lipovský
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Mgr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D.,
is a postgraduate student Department of International Law Charles University
in Prague, Faculty of Law.