The Eugene Scassa Mock OAS Program & Conferences
Celebrating our 28th annual Collegiate Summit of the Americas Conference and our 30th year
ESMOAS Organization News & Announcements:
Upcoming Events
The Clarification Period for the 2024 IACHR Moot Court Competition has closed. The complete hypothetical case, with all responses to clarification questions included, can be found here.
The 9th Annual ESMOAS Inter-American Court of Human Rights Moot Court Competition will be held April 19-20, 2024, at Concordia University in Austin, Texas. All information for registered participants can be found on your university's IACHR dashboard page (url address provided by your faculty sponsor, or you can request it by emailing the Program Office at moascentral@gmail.com).
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Thank you, ESMOAS 27 participants, for making this one of our best summits ever! Stay tuned throughout the coming months for information on the upcoming IACHR Moot Court Competition (April 19-20, 2024), the annual Parliamentary Workshop (September 28, 2024), and Summit of the Americas 28 (November 2024)!
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The Components of the ESMOAS Program
Summit of the Americas CompetitionThe Summit of the Americas competition, held each November, 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. Each team of 4-7 students represents one country across four topical committees. 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.
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IACHR Moot Court CompetitionThe IACHR Moot Court competition, held every spring, 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 begins with oral arguments presented online to a panel of judges one week before the conference. This seeds a double-elimination tournament held during the Conference.
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