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| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Every semester |
| Lecturers |
Onur Dur (onur.dur@unibas.ch)
Anna Petrig (anna.petrig@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Jean-Pictet Competition is one of the oldest and best-known competitions in the field of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). The competition is a unique training in international law for students whose objective is to take the law out of the books. In a first phase, the nearly fifty selected teams, usually stemming from five continents, receive a remote training in IHL from the organizers of the competition. At the same time, the University of Basel team receives a weekly training from Prof. Petrig and Mr. Onur Dur during the entire preparation phase, which lasts from the beginning of the fall term until shortly before the competition, which takes place in spring. In a second phase, all teams meet for one week to compete against each other; the place of the competition changes every year. The selected teams compete in the context of simulations and role-plays built around a fictitious armed conflict. Teams play the role of various key actors of armed conflicts (e.g., members of the armed forces, legal advisers of governments, NGO workers, delegates of the ICRC) and are constantly assessed by a jury and supported by a tutor. For more information, please visit: www.concourspictet.org and https://ius.unibas.ch/de/concours-jean-pictet-moot-court/ |
| Comments | Information about the competition and the internal selection process will be provided during an online meeting (Zoom) on Monday, 25 September 2023, 12h45-13h45 Swiss time: https://unibas.zoom.us/j/64418996943 ¦ Meeting-ID: 644 1899 6943 Please do not submit any application before the information session has taken place; and please do not register for the course before you have been selected by Prof. Petrig as a team member. Thank you! |
| Admission requirements | For students, who have not yet attended a course on international humanitarian law, it is highly recommended that they take the course "Humanitäres Völkerrecht" at the Law Faculty of the University of Basel during the respective fall term. |
| Course application | PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE, WHICH IS A MOOT COURT, CAN ONLY BE SELECTED IN THE FALL TERM AND LASTS FOR TWO SEMESTERS (fall term 2023 and spring term 2024) The team of the University of Basel will be composed of 3 students; the three team members will be selected by Prof. Petrig based on a written application (motivation letter of 1 page and CV of maximum 2 pages) and a short interview at the beginning of the fall term. Information about the competition and the internal selection process will be provided during an online meeting (Zoom) on Monday, 25 September 2023, 12h45-13h45 Swiss time: https://unibas.zoom.us/j/64418996943 ¦ Meeting-ID: 644 1899 6943 Please do not submit any application before the information session has taken place; and please do not register for the course before you have been selected by Prof. Petrig as a team member. Thank you! |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Methoden der Rechtswissenschaften (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Specialization module: Criminal Law (Master's Studies: Law) Specialization module: Generalis (Master's Studies: Law) Specialization module: Generalis (Master's Studies: Law (bilingue)) Specialization module: International Law (Master's Studies: Law (bilingue)) Specialization module: International Law (Master's Studies: Law) Specialization module: Public Law (Master's Studies: Law) Specialization module: Public Law (Master's Studies: Law (bilingue)) Wahlbereich Master Rechtswissenschaft (EUCOR): Empfehlungen (Master's Studies: Law (Eucor)) |
| Assessment format | lecture examination |
| Assessment details | All tests and simulations during the one-week competition are oral; the competition does not feature a written phase as many other moot courts do (except for the team's application to the competition, which comprises a motivation letter and short essays on substantive law questions). This is the reason why the competition is graded on a pass/fail basis at the University of Basel (if the team is selected for the competition, attends the preparatory meeting and the one-week competition, the participating students receive a "pass" for the course and are awarded 12 ECTS credit points). |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Registration: course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Law, studiendekanat-ius@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Öffentliches Recht |