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Current Information

New Team for the Helga-Pedersen-Moot-Court

The English-language Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition (formerly ELSA Human Rights Moot  Court Competition) is entering the next round. We are delighted to welcome the new team of MLU students: Jasper, Pius and Leon have been working on the new case since September, which can be found here   . They are being supervised by David Stauss, research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel and former participants of the Moot Court. The team members will spend a semester intensively studying human rights and the proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. We wish them every success!

Moot Court Team 2024/25
f.l.t.r.: Jasper, Pius, Leon
photo by Josefine Wendlinger

New Team for the Helga-Pedersen-Moot-Court

The English-language Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition (formerly ELSA Human Rights Moot Court Competition) is entering the next round. We are delighted to welcome the new team of MLU students: Hannah Spittler, Theodora Leithold, Marc-Lukas Markhoff and Hannah Sommer have been working on the new case since September. They are being supervised by David Stauss, research assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel and former participants of the Moot Court. The team members will spend a semester intensively studying human rights and the proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights. We wish them every success!

The Moot Court team 2023/24
f.l.t.r.: Hannah Spittler, Theodora Leithold, Marc-Lukas Markhoff, Hannah Sommer

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The chair congratulates this year's Moot Court team

Yamuna Bochmann, Malte Meyer and Tabea Schicktanz formed the team for the eleventh round of the Human Rights Moot Court in 2022/2023. They first developed their arguments in briefs and then refined them in intensive trial pleadings. In the oral phase of the competition, they were able to compete with other teams from all over Europe in Maastricht. They were supported by Eva Frenz, research assistant at the chair.

The Moot Court team 2022/2023
f.l.t.r.: Malte Meyer, Tabea Schicktanz, Yamuna Bochmann

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ELSA Human Rights Moot Court enters the next round

The English-language ELSA Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition simulates a hearing before the European Court of Human Rights based on a fictitious case. Team members can spend a semester intensively studying human rights and the proceedings before the ECtHR while improving their foreign language skills. Students from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg will again participate in the tenth round of the ELSA Human Rights Moot Court. The team consists of Belana Homann, Elias Zeltner, Tim Borrmann and Manuel Klein and has been working on the new case since September.

Elias Zeltner: "Climate change poses a global threat to human rights. Jurisprudence is playing an increasingly important role in this context. It is all the more exciting to now be able to deal with this topic at first hand. We can expect important decisions from the ECtHR on this topic in the coming years as well."

Manuel Klein: "This year's Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition revolves around state responsibility to protect human rights in the face of the climate crisis and its consequences. We could not have asked for a more timely and exciting topic. I am delighted to be part of this year's team!"

Tim Borrmann: "The HPMCC is an exciting challenge to learn about the regional human rights protection system around the ECHR in a practical and competitive way. This year's case is highly topical and an exposure to it is very timely. All in all, a nice way to add variety to everyday study."

Belana Homann: "The Moot Court offers the unique opportunity to deal intensively with literature, case law, and the legal systems of other countries in English, thereby improving one's own language skills and broadening one's understanding of legal work."

We wish good luck!

The Moot Court Team 2021/2022
f.l.t.r.: Belana Homann, Tim Borrmann, Manuel Klein, Elias Zeltner

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ELSA Human Rights Moot Court team pleads in digital preliminary round in Maastricht

After the Moot Court team submitted the submissions in December, the Regional Round took place in Maastricht from February 5 to 8, 2021. The preliminary round, organized by the ELSA local group, included not only the two online pleadings but also a colorful social program with exciting lectures, for example on Strategic Human Rights Litigation, and casual digital get-to-know-you sessions. In preparation, the team had already been practicing online in internal mock trials since January. Despite their remarkable performance, the team missed out on making it to the final round. We would like to thank the team for their commitment and wish them all the best for their future studies!

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The ELSA Human Rights Moot Court goes into the next round

Also this year, students of the Law Faculty of MLU Halle-Wittenberg participate in the ELSA Human Right Moot Court Competition. Supervised by the chair of Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel, they are working on a fictitious case before the European Court of Human Rights.

Leah Muders and Henrike Cremer, who both study in the 3rd semester, as well as Alexis Reimann, who studies in the 7th semester, are looking forward to the challenges of the coming months: "The European Convention on Human Rights is an outstanding achievement in defending the dignity of all Europeans. This semester, we get a unique chance to dive deep into this important topic and, most importantly, learn practical advocacy skills in a simulated court case."

We wish all the best for the processing!

Das Moot Court team 2020/2021

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Moot Court Team 2019/20 qualifies for the ELSA Human Rights Moot Court finals

After the Halle team had participated with particular success in the preliminary round in Göttingen this year, ELSA International announced the participating teams for the final round in Strasbourg at the beginning of March. This year, the team from Halle is again among the best 18 of more than 60 teams from all over Europe, who qualified for the final round through excellent performances in the briefs and oral pleading. The final round, which is usually held in April each year at the premises of the European Court of Human Rights, will take place online in June 2020.

We congratulate very warmly and wish good luck for the final!

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The ELSA Human Rights Moot Court Team travels to Göttingen for the Preliminary Round

After submission of the briefs in December, the team will participate in the Pre-Round of the Moot Court in Göttingen from February 21-23, 2020. This year, for the first time, the pre-rounds, which are organized by ELSA local groups, will be included in the overall evaluation and thus, in addition to the written submissions, will determine 50% of the team's entry into the final round, which will take place in Strasbourg at the beginning of April. In preparation, the team has already been completing university-internal trial pleadings since the beginning of January.

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The ELSA Human Rights Moot Court goes into the next round

Under the supervision of the chair of Prof. Dr. Dirk Hanschel, students of the Faculty of Law are participating in the ELSA Human Rights Moot Court again this year.

The team, consisting of Annika Aumüller, Eve-Svenja Callies, Hendrik Gollmann and Min-Ju Seo, has been working on the case since September. The pleadings will be submitted in December.

We wish them every success!

Moot Court Team
from left to right and back to front
Annika Aumüller, Eve-Svenja Callies, Min-Ju Seo, Hendrik Gollmann

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The Human Rights Moot Court team qualifies for the final round in Strasbourg

On March 1, 2019, ELSA International announced the participating teams for the final round in Strasbourg.

Good news: The team from Halle is also taking part again! Clara Geilen (5th semester), Johannes Arlt (5th semester) and Max Omarov (3rd semester) reached the final round with the best 20 of a total of 60 participating teams from all over Europe.

From April 14-19, 2019, the three students will now compete in oral proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.

We would like to congratulate them now and wish them every success in their preparations!

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The ELSA Human Rights Moot Court team travels to Odessa for the preliminary round

After submitting the pleadings in December, the team will take part in the Pre-Round of the Moot Court in Odessa from February 23-24, 2019. The preliminary rounds are organized by ELSA local groups and allow the teams to gain important experience in public pleading before the final round in Strasbourg.

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