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2023 IAMOOT Events

Thursday, March听16th

WHY CONFRONTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IS #IAMOOT2023 TOPIC


Yuri Alexander Roma帽a Rivas,听Ph.D.听candidate at听McGill University and WCL Alumni
Roberto Rojas Davila,听Chief of Groups of Situation of Vulnerability Section at the Organization of American States (OAS) and WCL Alumni

Moderators: Dayana Mosquera,听WCL LL.M Candidate; Gabriel Ortiz Crespo,听Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.

12:00听p.m. to 1:30听p.m., Online Event via Zoom

Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON

SUNDAY, May 21ST

In Memoriam of Elizabeth Abi Mershed

Robert Goldman, Professor of Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
Claudio Grossman, Member, International Law Commission, United Nations, and Dean Emeritus, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodr铆guez-Pinz贸n, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.

Featuring:听Remembrance by Prof. Abi-Mershed鈥檚 Family members, friends, and colleagues

4:30 p.m. to 6:00听p.m., 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall

Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON

SUNDAY, May 21ST

opening ceremony听

Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodr铆guez-Pinz贸n, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Hartmut Rank,听Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin America Director
Gabriel Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator

6:30 p.m. to 9:30听p.m., 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall

Recording (English and Spanish): COMING SOON

tuesday, May 23rd

KAS Book Presentation: Comments on the legal procedure before the Inter-American Human Rights System / Panel 鈥淒emocratic Access to the Inter-American System: Challenges for its strengthening in the occasion of Book Comments.鈥澨

Hartmut Rank,听Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin America Director
Marie-Christine听Fuchs, German Federal Ministry of Justice Desk Officer
Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Lilly Ching-Soto,听OAS General Secretariat Representative in Saint Lucia
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厂别谤谤补苍辞-骋耻锄尘谩苍, Associate Director of the Health and Human Rights Initiative at the O鈥橬eill Institute and Adjunct Professor of law at Georgetown University
Miguel 脕ngel Barboza L贸pez,听Konrad Adenauer Foundation Rule of Law Programme for Latin America听Project Coordinator听
Leonardo Hidaka, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative Program Officer
Alejandra Solano, Costa Rica Permanent Representative听before the OAS
Jean Michel Arrighi, OASSecretary for Legal Affairs
Jorge Errandonea, Inter-American Court of Human Rights听Secretariat Attorney
Katya Salazar, Due Process of Law Foundation Executive Director
Viviana Krsticevic,听Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Executive Director
Carlos Ayala Corao, Vice-President of the International Commission of Jurists听
Silvia Mart铆nez, Inter-American Public Defender
Juan听E. M茅ndez,听Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence at the 小蓝视频 鈥 Washington College of Law

Moderator: Camilo Sanchez,听Director, International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law

4:00 p.m. to 6:30听p.m., 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Room NT01

Thursday, may 25th

Roundtable: 鈥淎 pending commitment, the implementation of regional and universal treaties against racism鈥


Pastor El铆as Murillo Mart铆nez, Member of the United Nations听Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
Roberto Rojas Davila,听Chief of Groups of Situation of Vulnerability Section at the Organization of American States (OAS) and WCL Alumni
Carlos Quesada, Race & Equality Director, and 2023 Hypothetical Case Author

Moderator:听Yuri Alexander Roma帽a Rivas,听Ph.D.听candidate at听McGill University and WCL Alumni

4:30 p.m. to 5:45听p.m., 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Room NT01

Thursday, may 25th

finalists announcement听听

Claudia Martin, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodr铆guez-Pinz贸n, Co-director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Gabriel Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator
Luis Eliud Tapia Olivares, Former IAMOOT winner and Legal Consultant at Fair Trials
Marina de Almeida Rosa, Former IAMOOT participant and Legal Consultant at the听Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Andy Van Pachtenbeke, Former IAMOOT participant and听Diplomat at the Embassy of Belgium in the United States

7:00听p.m. to 9:00听p.m., 小蓝视频 Washington College of Law, 4300 Nebraska Ave, NW, Grossman Hall