University of Sarajevo Faculty of Law students European champions in human rights

On the International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2021, students of the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo achieved historic success at the most prestigious international human rights competition. Namely, from 9 to 11 December 2021, the 8th Trans-European Moot Court Competition was held. This competition has been organized by the non-governmental organization Civil Rights Defenders for eight years. The competition brings together the winners of two regional competitions: the Scandinavian and the Western Balkans.

In this year's Competition, the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo and the Faculty of Law of Copenhagen met.

The competition was held in English, in the courtroom of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The Judicial Council consisted of: Arnfinn Bardsen, Judge on behalf of the Kingdom of Norway, Tim Eicke, Judge on behalf of the United Kingdom and Faris Vehabović, Judge on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

After playing two matches, the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo was declared the winner.

This is one of the best successes achieved by the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo (and any other Faculty of Law in BiH) at the international competition.

The Faculty of Law team consisted of: Emina Kukuljac, Delila Islamović, Lamija Dedagić and Anesa Karaman, and they were prepared for the competition by assistants Harun Išerić and Anesa Šećerkadić.

The achieved success testifies to the excellence and prestige of the Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo in the education of future lawyers.