Recently, the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition 2021 (ICCMCC) and the International Criminal Court Chinese Moot (ICCCM) was held. After a fierce competition, the Wuhan University team finally won the first prize in both competitions and advanced to the global finals of the Chinese competition, with Tian Mengsha winning the honour of the top ten debater for the defence.

The 2021 Wuhan University International Criminal Court Moot Court Debate Team was formed in October 2020, with Prof. Feng Jiehan of Wuhan University Law School and Wuhan University Institute of International Law as the head coach, Wang Jinghang, a Postgraduate Student of Wuhan University Law School and Wuhan University Institute of International Law, as the executive coach and captain, and team members including Liu Yanqi, Tian Mengsha and Zhang Funa, Postgraduate Students of Wuhan University Institute of International Law, and Wei Anning, Huang Chuying and Guo Yuchen, Undergraduate Students of Wuhan University Law School.

The ICCMCC is a professional moot court competition organised by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cooperation with legal organisations or universities around the world in the six official languages of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). It is one of the highest level moot court competitions in the world today, as the three current judges of the International Criminal Court sit on the court for the annual finals. The event is divided into two progression tracks in China, English and Chinese, with the ICC English competition being organised by the China Society of International Law, the International Criminal Court and China University of Political Science and Law, and hosted by the organising committee of the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition (English) of China University of Political Science and Law. And the ICC Chinese Competition is organized by the Center for the Promotion of International Law, the China International Criminal Law Young Scholars Alliance, the International Criminal Court and the School of Law of Renmin University of China. The first prize team that reaches the final 12 will qualify for the global finals at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.

The excellent results achieved by the WHU team in this competition could not have been achieved without the strong support of Wuhan University Law School and the Institute of International Law, fully demonstrating the achievements of our university in the cultivation of high-end foreign-related rule of law talents.

Edited by Yuan Yuhang & Wu Liuqing