The Eugene Scassa Mock OAS Program and Conference
Celebrating our 23rd conference and our 25th year

Current Announcements

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Thank you, volunteers, faculty, and students for another amazing ESMOAS year!  Award winners and photos for 2018 are now posted.

Team Evaluation Forms and IACHR Score Sheets have been emailed to your faculty advisors.

Academic Conference participants, check your inbox!  Information regarding submission of academic conference papers for publication has been emailed to you.  If you have questions, email us at moascentral@gmail.com

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES WORKSHOP 2019 will be held at Baylor University; dates will be announced soon.

The 23rd ESMOAS SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS CONFERENCE will be held at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, from November 14-16 2019.  Information regarding the conference will begin posting in January 2019.  We hope to see you all there!

About the Program

Summit of the Americas Competition

The Summit of the Americas competition is comprised of teams from universities in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean who represent assigned member states of the OAS in a model-UN style format.  Students submit and debate resolutions on assigned topics, and deal with a hypothetical crisis scenario.  General Committee delegates have the opportunity to emulate their country's head of state in a mock Summit of the Americas meeting.

IACHR Moot Court Competition

The IACHR Moot Court competition pits teams of two students each against each other in a moot court format.  Student teams represent both the State and the Petitioner side in separate hearings in front of a panel of judges.  They must try a hypothetical human rights case similar to those heard in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and submit written legal memorials and oral arguments.  The competition culminates in a tournament.

Academic Conference on International Relations

The ESMOAS Academic Conference on International Relations is open to all faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students to present papers in a traditional academic conference format.  Panels on all aspects of international relations and on specific topics pertinent to Latin America are held throughout the weekend.  Publication of the proceedings with respected academic publishers is routine, and panels are open to all participants.

Views from the 2018 ESMOAS Conference and Workshop