The Philippine oral round of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition will be hosted by Silliman University in Dumaguete City, Oriental Negros, on Feb. 18.

It will be the first time the competition in the Philippines will be held outside Metro Manila, organizers said. The contest deals with international law and has gained the reputation as being the largest and most prestigious international law moot court competition in the world.

About 1,500 students from more than 300 law schools in almost 50 nations on six continents will participate in the competition.

The participating law students will write memorials to be submitted in theory to the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and argue them before lawyers and jurists well-versed in various fields of international law.

SU College of Law dean, Myles Nicholas Bejar, who has been appointed as the National Administrator for the Philippine round of the competition, said the participating Philippine schools are Ateneo de Manila University, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Far Eastern University.

The competition will revolve around the International Human Rights Law.

The winner in the Philippine round will represent the country in the international competition to be held in Washington, D.C. in March this year, to be sponsored by the International Law Studies Association and the American Society for International Law.*MG

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