ISISC specialization course (23 maggio- 2 giugno 2010)

1. Participation in the Moot Court Competition is a requirement of the Specialization Course in International Criminal Law. Each participant will be assigned to a three or four-person team. The side assigned to each team will be chosen by lot and may be changed as the competition proceeds. Each team will assign arguments to its members. Designations of team members assigned to specific arguments shall be communicated to the Supervisor in writing by May 29. In the preliminary rounds, participants will be evaluated as individuals, without affecting the overall ranking of each team. The semi-final rounds shall consist of 4 teams composed of 16 persons: the 4 best oralists per issue (2 on the Applicant teams and 2 on the Respondent teams). These teams will be chosen on the basis of each person’s role in the preliminary rounds.

2. The judging criteria for each presentation will be: knowledge of the law; knowledge of the facts; legal analysis; oral presentation skills; and time management. The judges will rate the presenters on a scale of 0 to 2 points for each one of the five factors mentioned above. This gives a possible total of 10 points to each presenter.

3. The Moot Court Competition will be supervised by Mr. Steven Becker, Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender - Illinois. Selection of teams for the preliminary rounds will be announced on May 25 from 19:30 - 20:30. The preliminary rounds can only be attended by the members of the two competing teams. The semi-finals and finals are open to the attendance of all participants, who are required to attend. After the preliminary rounds, new teams will be composed for the semi-finals. Participants will meet in the hotel lobby after the end of the preliminary rounds to hear the announcement of the results and the composition of the semi-finals teams.

4. Participants are encouraged to prepare for the Moot Court Competition in advance. The issues raised in the competition correspond to the themes addressed in the sessions of the course. The problem will be sent by e-mail to those who have been accepted to the course.

Distinguished Research Professor of Law and President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law; President, International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Sciences; Honorary President, International Association of Penal Law

Lawyer; collaborates with UNICRI in the "Preventing and Combating Trafficking of Minors and Young Women from Nigeria to Italy" program

Lawyer; Deputy Executive Director, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul College of Law

Fellow on Human Trafficking, JFK School of Government, Harvard University

Vice President, Global Centurion; Founder of the Protection Project at the JFK School of Government; Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law

Programme Coordinator, Emerging Crimes and Counter Human Trafficking Unit, UNICRI

Southern African Counter Trafficking Assistance Program (SACTAP), International Office of Migration (invited) 9

Professor, John Cabot University Di Roma, Holder of a Post-Doc Research Grant in International Human Rights Law, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa

Independent Consultant: European Commission Realising Rights Project (RRS) - Violence Against Women and Children: 2008-2011; National Expert (Violence Against Women and Children, and Sexual Identity Violence): European Commission Feasibility Study -Legislation (FSL) 2010

Professor of Criminal Law, Ghent University; Head of Department Criminal Law and Criminology; Director, Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy

Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the State Department

Assistant Appellate Defender, Office of the State Appellate Defender, Illinois, United States; Senior Research Fellow, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law; Deputy Editor in Chief, "Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal" (AIDP)