[COLPI-SLClinics] Concours René Cassin

Freedom of association and political parties - Theme for the René Cassin
Competition 2002

Strasbourg, 22.03.2002 - The eighteenth René Cassin European Human Rights
Competition will take place from 25 to 28 March 2002 at the Council of
Europe. One of the leading mock-trial debating events in the world, the
competition is open to French-speaking law and political-science students.
This year, representatives of 58 universities from 19 countries will debate
the theme of Freedom of association and political parties

Teams will first present a written report analysing the problems posed by a
fictional case referring to the European Convention on Human Rights and the
jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg. Then they will be pitted against
each other in a mooting competition, culminating in the final, on 28 March
at 14h30 in the Hearing Room of the Human Rights Building, which will be
broadcast live on www.coe.tv/cassin.html

More information on the Cassin Competition can be found in our special file:

http://www.coe.int/CassinCompetition2002

The panel of judges for the final will be chaired by Michel Gentot (France),
President of the French Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des
Libertés (CNIL), and will include Hans Christian Kruger, Deputy Secretary
General of the Council of Europe and Alvaro Gil-Robles, the European Human
Rights Commissioner.

The competition, which was won last year by Bonn University (Germany), is
inspired by and named in memory of the former President of the United
Nations Commission on the Rights of Man (1947-48), European Court of Human
Rights (1965-68) and Nobel Peace Price Winner (1968) René Cassin. The Juris
Ludi Association, which was set up to create the event, has jointly
organised the competition  with the Council of Europe since 1984.

For more information, see also : http://www.concourscassin.org/