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Archive for May, 2012

Telders Competitors From Georgia & Prof. Dr. Detter de Frankopan Next to Peace Palace

In April 2012, Prof. Dr. Detter de Frankopan served as judge in the prestigious Telders moot court competition that takes place each year in the Peace Palace in the Hague.  While she was in the Hague, Prof. Dr. Detter de Frankopan met the Mayor of the Hague.  Both of them are pictured below in a photo taken in April 2012.  The Telders competition attracts the best student moot court competitors from Europe, Russia, Belarus, and Georgia.  The Telders competition began in 1977 and is, now, considered the most prestigious moot court competition in Europe.  You can read more at the website of the Grotius Center.  Teams from over 40 universities have participated in the competition.  The Norwegians won this year’s competition on behalf of the appellants, and the English team won on behalf of the respondents.  After the competition, a reception took place at the town hall in Leiden where Prof. Dr. Detter de Frankopan met the Mayor of the Hague.

Mayor of the Hague & Prof. Dr. Detter de Frankopan

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