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06/05/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/05/2026 07:45
University of Barcelona wins the 13th ICC Moot Court Competition, Spanish version
Today, 5 June 2026, the University of Barcelona (Spain) won the final round of the 13th edition of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition, Spanish version. The final round was held in the ICC's Courtroom I in The Hague (the Netherlands). The National University of Colombia and the University of Externado (Colombia) won, respectively, the second and third places. The award for the Best Speaker went to Jean Manuel González Herrera of the National University of Colombia.
Members of the winning team are Adrián Agenjo Aguado, Carlota Yxart Gimenez, Ana Karina Torrealba Cholawski and Julián Gregorio Unda Velasco.
ICC Judge Socorro Flores Liera was the presiding judge for this competition.
The teams competed on a fictitious case, presenting oral arguments in the roles of the Office of the Prosecutor, the Defence and Legal Representatives of Victims. The competition was web-streamed live on the Court's website and Facebook account.
The 13th edition of the Spanish version of the ICC Moot Court Competition takes place as part of the annual Ibero-American Week of International Justice, held in The Hague, and is organised by the Ibero-American Institute for Peace, Human Rights and International Justice (IIH), with the institutional support of the International Criminal Court. Top students from 18 universities from 10 countries participated in the preliminary stage of this year's ICC Moot Court Competition.
ICC Moot Court Competitions are part of the ICC Academic programme, and are organized in English, Spanish, French and Chinese with a view to also support an Arabic version in the future. These initiatives play a critical role in gathering interest in the Court's work with academic communities as well as in enhancing promotion and respect for international criminal law.
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