CYIL 2014

MILAN LIPOVSKÝ CYIL 5 ȍ2014Ȏ At this point I would also like to thank the Prague office of White and Case for generous support of the Czech national rounds and White and Case as a whole for the support of the international rounds. The Charles University team took part in four matches of the basic preliminary rounds of the international competition that took place in Washington D.C. from 6 April to 12 April 2014, and the students thus gained experience to remember and a very interesting point in their curricula. It is also worth mentioning that the next season’s topic will be secession, annexation and countermeasures. So, not only current but also very interesting topics that will without doubt raise many interesting arguments. The tight results of the national rounds were repeated in the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. This time, however, to the detriment of the Charles University team. The opposing team, consisting of students from Masaryk University, however, made very fine results in the international rounds in The Hague, and so it may be said that, when the national rounds results were so close, the Charles University team has reached a very high level of work and success as well. The topic of this year compromise in the Telders also presented very interesting issues: use of force in the context of protection of own nationals, immunities of representatives of States, treaty law and jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice. The Charles University team consisted of four talented students, and the national rounds were hosted by Olomouc on 9 March 2014. There were other competitions that our teams also participated in. For example, the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition, FDI moot, etc. From the above list it is clear that the Department of International Law offered a wide range of moots to take part in, and I would like to congratulate all the students that have participated for the incredible successes they reached, regardless of whether just by taking part or by winning. Participation in whatever moot court competition is not only a very good thing to write in one’s curriculum vitae but also a contribution to the life of academia.

Milan Lipovský *

* Mgr. Milan Lipovský, Ph.D., is a postgraduate student Department of International Law Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Law.

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