The oral rounds of the 2022 China International Law of the Sea Moot Court Competition (2022 CHINA ILOSMCC), co-organized by the Chinese Society for the Law of the Sea and Wuhan University China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, were held online on November 11-12, 2022. The 2022 CHINA ILOSMCC took place during the 40th anniversary celebration of the adoption of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), thus drawing wide attention from universities, colleges as well as relevant authorities across China. A total of more than 30 teams from famous universities participated in the competition. After written submission round, 16 teams stood out for the oral round, including China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL), Wuhan University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xiamen University, Ocean University of China, Shandong University and etc.
After the two-day intense competition, CUPL Team won the national championship of the 2022 CHINA ILOSMCC. Our team also won all the individual awards, including Best Written Submission for the Applicant, Best Written Submission for the Respondent, Best Individual Oralists, and Best Coach. CUPL set its new record in 2022 China LOSMCC since participating in the high-level English moot court competition.
The CHINA ILOSMCC is the world’s first moot court competition of international law of the sea with English as its official language. It consisted of simulated trial procedures of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The judges for the competition were ITLOS judges, senior officials of relevant ministries and commissions under the State Council of the PRC, as well as renowned experts and scholars from both home and abroad. On the one hand, the competition helped to further shift the attention of university and college students at home and abroad to disputes over territories as well as maritime rights and interests. On the other hand, it is of great significance to promote the spread of the knowledge on the law of the sea, facilitate the selection of dispute settlement talents in this field, as well as empower CUPL’s cultivation of the law of the sea talents and foreign-related legal talents.
