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2015-16PRICE MEDIALAW M OOT COURT

COMPETITION

PCMLPTHE PROGRAMME INCOMPARATIVE MEDIALAW AND POLICY

The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS

30th March – 2nd April 2016

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COMPETITION

INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS

30th March – 2nd April 2016

WELCOMEOn behalf of the University of Oxford’s Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, I am pleased to welcome you to the 2016 International Rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition.

In the next four days, you will address and deepen your understanding of cutting-edge questions in media law and policy, including the very timely issues of free speech, incitement to violence and the regulation of social media.

This competition year, we have been particularly impressed with the quality of teams’ arguments throughout the Regional Rounds and by the growing number of countries represented. The selective International Rounds promise to be as challenging and exciting: you will not only be making your cases before benches of highly-qualified experts, but will also spend time getting to know fellow students from around the world who share your passion for the essential questions around freedom of expression and media law.

We hope that your time in Oxford will be an enjoyable and rewarding experience, and that the learning and memories from it will stay with you in your future studies and careers.

Above all, we would like to emphasize that the Price Media Law Moot Court Programme is more than a moot court. It is a vehicle for discussing and studying some of the most complex issues of media law, which are shaping the lives of people across the globe. Together with our partners, we are committed to building research around the questions raised in the moot court case and beyond. The competition, the conferences and workshops, and the growing network of individuals and institutions involved in the Programme provide numerous opportunities for different players to come together and discuss contentious issues while working towards shared goals of effective policy development.

We are delighted to have you as part of this Programme and we look forward to welcoming you back at future events.

Warm wishes and best of luck for the competition!

Dr NICOLE STREMLAU, Programme in Comparative Media Law and PolicyCentre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford

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The Price Media Law Moot Court Programme was founded in 2008 by the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. Over the past several years, its Competition has grown significantly and has established itself as a high-profile event on the media law and policy calendar.

Though the Competition began only with Finals in Oxford, it now has Regional Rounds in South Asia, Asia-Pacific, South East Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. Every year outstanding students from around the world come to Oxford to participate in the International Rounds of the Competition to argue a case before benches of top lawyers, academics and industry practitioners serving as judges.

The Price Media Law Moot Court Competition aims to foster and cultivate an interest in freedom of expression and the role of media and information technologies in our societies by challenging students to engage in comparative research of regional and international standards and to develop their arguments (in written and oral forms) on cutting-edge questions in media and ICT law.

PRICE MEDIA LAW MOOT COURT PROGRAMME

MONROE E. PRICE founded the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy in 1998. He established the Programme as a place to encourage a network of practitioners and scholars from around the world, who would contribute to an understanding of the role of media in society.

A graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, Professor Price is a member of the faculty of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where he directs the Center for Global Communication Studies. Professor Price chairs the Center for Media and Communications Studies at Central European University and is the author of many books and articles on the subject of media and society.

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PARTNERS

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ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATIONThe Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS) at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication is a leader in international education and training in comparative media law and policy. It affords students, academics, lawyers, regulators, civil society representatives and others the opportunity to evaluate and discuss comparative, global and international communications issues.

CGCS provides research opportunities for graduate students; organizes conferences and trainings; and provides consulting and advisory assistance to academic centers, governments, and NGOs. The Center’s research and policy work addresses issues of media regulation, media and democracy, measuring and evaluation of media development programmes, public service broadcasting, and the media’s role in conflict and post-conflict environments.

Since its establishment in 2005, CGCS has regularly been called upon to provide assistance in training and capacity-building, and to comment on legislation and regulatory matters related to media, with recent work carried out in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Hungary, Thailand, and Iraq.

THE PROGRAMME IN COMPARATIVE MEDIA LAW AND POLICY (PCMLP) is part of Oxford University Law Faculty’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. PCMLP is a research and policy programme that brings together

scholars, policymakers and practitioners to study contemporary issues in global media law and policy. The Programme has a particular interest in understanding media and governance in transitioning and fragile states.

PCMLP explores the vast changes in media policy across the world from multiple disciplines: law, politics, international relations, economics and anthropology, among others. We achieve our objectives through conducting academic and policy relevant research; supporting and developing our network; and offering academic training and support.

More information on PCMLP can be found on our website: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk


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Ms KAMILLE ADAIR MORGANAn Attorney-at-Law and Jamaica Rhodes Scholar, Kamille is reading for the D.Phil in Law at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. She describes herself as a moot court enthusiast, having participated in various moots as a competitor, judge, coach and organiser. Kamille provides technical support for the Price Moot Court Regional Rounds and coordinates the International Rounds in Oxford.

Ms NEVENA KRIVOKAPIĆ Nevena Krivokapić, Attorney-at-Law, is the Moot Court Coordinator for the Regional and International Rounds of the Price Moot Court Competition. She was a member of the University of Belgrade winning team of the Price Moot in 2011. In addition, she holds the position of coordinator for online media and freedom of expression in the digital environment at SHARE Foundation, Serbia. Her activities are mostly focused on the regulation of online media and third-party content on the Internet.

THE ORGANISERS

Ms SARAH NORMAN Sarah has been involved in education for the past 20 years, first as a history teacher and head of department, and then as an Assistant Principal Examiner on public examinations. She has also worked in digital resourcing for schools and higher education institutions. Based in Oxford, she works with the team on the organisation of the International Rounds as well as providing support for the Regional Rounds.

Dr NICOLE STREMLAUNicole is Head of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy and is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Her research is on media policy in post-war situations with a focus on the Africa.

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CASE SUMMARY FOR 2015-16 COMPETITION

Omeria gained its status as an independent State in 1952 after a war with its neighbour, Brinnah, of which it was once a province. After the War, many ethnic Brinnans emigrated from the province of Omeria, and many ethnic Omerians left the country of Brinnah for the newly established Omerian state.To this day, particularly along the border of the countries, there are enclaves of ethnic Omerians living in Brinnah, and ethnic Brinnans living in Omeria. Tensions remain high between the two nations, particularly regarding these settlements. From time to time there are incidents of violence, typically perpetrated by radical militias seeking to rid their country of the settlers from their cross-border rival. The militia in Omeria is known as The Night Watch, and has been designated an extremist and terrorist group by the governments of both Omeria and Brinnah.

In response to increasingly frequent violent acts of terrorism near the border region, principally perpetrated by The Night Watch, Omeria enacted the Anti-Terrorism & Extremism Law of 2012, which criminalises acts of extremism (expressly including calls for the death of individuals living with Omeria’s borders). Notably, the Act makes it an offence (section 3) to intentionally

or recklessly publish, or permit another to publish, a statement likely to be understood by the public as a direct or indirect encouragement of any terrorist act or a statement of extremism. Following a campaign to bring free high-speed Internet access to the public, Omeria has become one of heaviest users of Internet bandwidth per capita in the world. The most popular social platform for communication is Chatter, a web-based and mobile application which allows users to broadcast messages of no more than 150 characters per post. Chatter users can interact with and respond to other users’ posts by “chatting @” another user and commenting on their messages.

The No Hate Act of 2011 was passed in large part due to the growing problem of “trolls” on Chatter and other social media sites who would anonymously bully other users and make shocking and offensive statements meant to cause distress to their targets. The Act makes it an offence to publicly disseminate any statement or information threatening, insulting or degrading a group of persons on account of their race, color, national or ethnic origin, belief or sexual orientation. Additionally, a person or entity responsible for facilitating another’s statement prohibited under the Act may be held liable for a monetary penalty.

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Umani, Deputy Justice Minister of Omeria and one of the country’s most influential young politicians, is very active on Chatter. In addition to his official account, Umani maintains a very popular anonymous Chatter account under the name @TheVigilanteInsider, which had 844,056 followers as of July 2015.

As @TheVigilanteInsider, Umani spreads gossip about political figures and cracks jokes and writes witty poems at many public figures’ expense. It is widely suspected that the person behind the account is a high-level government insider.

Umani has posted a number of controversial statements as @TheVigilanteInsider. These included many diatribes against citizens of Brinnah. Among the anonymous controversial posts are the following:

Post #1: “News Flash! Brinnah’s economy on brink of collapse due to rampant godlessness.” @TheVigilanteInsider, December 3, 2009, 18:49

Post #2: “We fried the Brinnans in the war of ’74, Fly their shameful flag, we’ll burn you some more.” @TheVigilanteInsider, May 21, 2010, 15:21

Post #3: “Roses are red, violets are blue, and Brinnans are child killers. Heh, see not all poetry has to rhyme! ;-)” @TheVigilanteInsider, November 5, 2013, 00:45

Post #4: “Another Armistice anniversary approaches… would be a shame if those brutes within our borders magically disappeared… kaboom! I mean poof!” @TheVigilanteInsider, April 19, 2014, 23:06

Umani’s anonymous account was suspended by Chatter for 1 day in response to complaints about Post #2. Post #3 was deleted 4 minutes after it was posted, but not after several thousand Chatter users had “re-chatted” it to their own followers. Post #4 was re-chatted 3.500 times by other Chatter users.

Additionally, the following post was made:

Post #5: “Do your part to purify Omeria—your country will thank and pardon you—our leaders can’t say what they’re thinking, but I can…”@TheVigilanteInsider, May 22, 2014, 15:55

A Chatter user named @Nightwatcher00 replied to this message, writing, “@TheVigilanteInsider -- hearing you loud and clear!”

To this, @TheVigilanteInsider wrote back, “@Nightwatcher00 … God willing.”

While Umani’s controversial posts had always prompted complaints to Chatter, the outcry in response to Posts #4, 5, and 6 was particularly strong. Following this outcry, the Omerian Government sought and obtained a court order pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism & Extremism Law of 2012 to force Chatter to delete Posts #4-6 and to reveal the identity of @TheVigilanteInsider. Chatter deleted these posts and eventually delivered to the Government the IP addresses from which the posts were made. Using this information, the Government quickly identified Umani as the user.

Charges were brought against Umani and Chatter for Posts #1-3 under the No Hate Act of 2011 and against both for Posts #4-6 under the Anti-Terrorism & Extremism Law of 2012. Umani was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 2 years in prison. Chatter was found liable for all posts except Post #2 over which it had temporarily suspended Umani’s anonymous account. Chatter’s liability was assessed at the equivalent of US$ 5 million.

Both Umani’s sentence and Chatter’s fine were upheld on appeal to Omeria’s Supreme Court, exhausting their domestic appeals. Umani and Chatter now challenge these verdicts in the Universal Court of Free Expression, contending that their respective prosecutions violate international principles, including Articles 12 and 19 of the UDHR and Articles 17 and 19 of the ICCPR.

REGIONAL ROUNDS

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This is something we will carry forward to the International Rounds. All in all, it was one wonderful experience, and exceptionally memorable.”

Overall Winner:Jindal Global Law School, Sonepat

Runner-up: National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)

Best Memorials:National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)

Best Oralist:Gaganjyot Singh from NLSIU, Bangalore Qualifying Teams:Jindal Global Law School, SonepatNational Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

SOUTH ASIAThe sixth annual South Asia Regional Rounds, hosted in partnership with National Law University, Delhi, took place from the 26th - 29th November 2015.

“Our experience at the South Asia Rounds of the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition was a holistic one. The judges that we met and interacted with were extremely helpful in giving us succinct and well-rounded feedback. Interaction with other teams, both within and outside the courtroom, gave us new perspectives.

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say that the competition has offered my teammates and me an excellent opportunity to approach the front line of the development of media law.”

Overall Winner: National Law University, Delhi

Overall Runner-up: Shandong University

Best Memorials:National Law University, Delhi

Best Memorials Runner-up: University of the Philippines

Best Oralist: Jose Angelo Manuel from University of

the Philippines

Best Oralist Runner-up:Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj from National Law

University, Delhi Qualifying Teams:Shandong UniversityChina University of Political Science and LawRenmin University of ChinaUniversity of the PhilippinesNational Law University, Delhi

ASIA–PACIFICThe third Asia-Pacific Regional Rounds (formerly China National Rounds) hosted in partnership with Renmin University, took place on the 21st to 23th December 2015 in Beijing.

“The moment it was announced that we were the champions of the National Rounds in China of the Monroe Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition, all the things I went through in the last two months came back to me. Media law is not a major concern in most law schools in China. To me, it was like a journey to explore the unknown world. After successfully completing the National Rounds in China, I can K The overall winners in the Asia-Pacific Rounds.

PAST REGIONAL ROUNDS

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the participating teams in the SEE Regional Rounds was quite high and I was happy to share the passion of mooting with other young scholars.

Overall Winner:University of Zagreb

Runner-up: Faculty of Law Union University, Belgrade

Best Memorials:University of Nis

Best Memorials Runner-up:Faculty of Law Union University, Belgrade

Best Oralist:Matea Perica, University of Zagreb

Best Oralist Runner-up:Tihana Krajnovic, University of Zagreb Qualifying Teams:University of Zagreb, Croatia Faculty of Law Union University,

Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Nis, Serbia

SOUTH EAST EUROPEThe fourth annual South East Europe Regional Rounds, hosted in partnership with the University of Belgrade, took place from the 4th - 6th December 2015 in Belgrade.

“The Monroe Price Media Law Moot Court is a fantastic experience. The Regional Rounds in South-East Europe gave me the opportunity to expand my knowledge in the fields of media law and human rights. The experience at the Regional Rounds enhanced my motivation to try harder for the upcoming International Rounds. The standard of competition amongst

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K The winning team from the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Best Oralist in the Final:Sandra Alcaide, Regent

Best Memorials:Regent University School of Law

Best Memorials Runner-up:York University, Osgoode Hall Law School

Best Oralist:Terel Watson, Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law

Best Oralist Runner-up:Noorain Shethwala, York University, Osgoode Hall Law School

Qualifying Teams:Brooklyn Law School, USABenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, USAEugene DuPuch Law School, BahamasFlorida International University College of

Law, USA Regent University School of Law, USAValparaiso University Law School, USAFaculty of Law of the University of São Paulo, BrazilYork University, Osgoode Hall Law School,

Canada

THE AMERICASThe fourth annual Americas Regional Rounds, hosted in partnership with the Annenberg School (University of Pennsylvania) took place from 27th to 31st January 2016 at Cardozo School of Law in New York.

Overall Winner:Regent University School of Law

Runner-up: Valparaiso University School of Law

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Best Oralist:Mr Mohammad Zafir Afghani,

Herat University

Best Memorials:Herat University, Afghanistan

Best Memorials Runner-up:Ain Shaims University, Egypt

Best Oralist:Ms Nahed Bassam, Ain Shaims University

MIDDLE EAST The fourth annual Middle East Regional Rounds, hosted in partnership with Arab Academy and Ain Shams University, took place from the 1st to the 4th February, 2016 in Cairo.

Overall Winner:Herat University, Afghanistan

Runner-up:Ain Shaims University, Egypt

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Best Oralist Runner-up:Ms Celine El-Hajje, Notre Dame de

Louaize University, Lebanon

Spirit of the Competition Award:Ain Shaims University, Egypt with a

special mention for coach Dr Doaa Abd Elrahman.

Qualifying Teams:Herat University, AfghanistanAin Shaims University, EgyptJordan University, Jordan

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International Media Support and Antonina Cherevko who also supported this event.

all those involved. The judges for the national rounds were carefully chosen and underwent professional training for their role. These judges came from various backgrounds including, judges, lawyers, professors of law and previous media law moot court participants.

FIRST PRE-MOOT IN KIEVIn March this year we had a first pre-moot in Kiev,Ukraine. Two teams, the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine and the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law practiced for the International Rounds in Oxford. The pre-moot took place at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy as a one day event. The teams had 4 rounds with 7 different judges. We would specially like to thank the coaches of the teams Ms Agneta Rumpa and Ms Alina Pravdychenko for making this happen. We would also like to thank the Media Law Institute, Taras Shevchenko,

NATIONAL ROUNDS IN AFGHANISTANThe fourth Afghanistan National Rounds involved ten universities, including the universities of Alberoni, Balkh, Parwan, Takhar, Kunduz, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Khost and Paktia, representing wide geographical diversity from across the country. Each team consisted of four participants, with one professor serving as a coach and mentor. The winning team progressed to Middle East Rounds and won the rounds in Cairo. The Afghan National Rounds have been conducted in Persian, reflecting the adaptability and flexibility of the Price Moot Court and a desire to be as relevant to the Afghan legal system as possible. The moot court has offered a training opportunity for

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INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS 2015

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OVERALL WINNERUniversity of the Philippines, The Philippines

OVERALL WINNER RUNNER-UPSingapore Management University,

Singapore

SEMI-FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)Florida International University, USANational Law University, Jodhpur, India

QUARTER-FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)Ghent University, BelgiumNew York University School of Law, USAUniversity of São Paulo, BrazilRegent University School of Law, USA

OCTO-FINALISTS (in alphabetical order)Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, USAQueen Mary, University of London, UKCairo University, EgyptMoi University, KenyaLahore University of Management Sciences,

PakistanUniversity of Oxford, UKUniversity of Technology, Sydney, AustraliaUniversity of the West Indies at Mona,

Jamaica

BEST ORALISTMs Taylor Dougherty, Brooklyn Law School,

USA

BEST ORALIST RUNNER-UPMs Jessica Krentz, Regent University School

of Law, USA

TOP ORALISTS3rd – Mr Zachary Kaufman, Brooklyn Law

School, USA4th – Ms Pauline Marie Gairanod, University

of the Philippines, The Philippines5th – Ms Geraldine Kuah, Singapore

Management University, Singapore6th – Mr Nicholas Koutsoukos, University of

Technology, Sydney, Australia7th — Ms Letícia Machado Haertel,

University of São Paulo, Brazil8th – Mr Samuel Acquah-Bartels, Queen

Mary, University of London, UK9th – Ms Tafina Hines, University of the

West Indies at Mona, Jamaica10th – Ms Lindsey Brower, Regent

University School of Law, USA11th – Mr Jhade Lindsay, University of the

West Indies at Mona, Jamaica12th ex aequo – Ms Izzah Ejaz, Lahore

University of Management Sciences, Pakistan

12th ex aequo – Ms Kun Hang Li, Singapore Management University, Singapore

14th – Ms Yashna Mehta, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India

15th – Ms Juliana da Cunha Mota, University of São Paulo, Brazil

BEST ORALIST IN THE FINALMs Pauline Marie Gairanod, University of the

Philippines, The Philippines

BEST MEMORIALSRegent University School of Law, USA

BEST MEMORIALS RUNNERS-UP (ex aequo)Brooklyn Law School, USANational Law University, Jodhpur, India

JONATHAN BLAKE SPIRIT OF THE COMPETITION AWARDZeina Ayyad and Wafaa Saadeh, Birzeit

University, Palestine

OTHER PARTICIPATING TEAMS (in alphabetical order)Ain Shams University, EgyptAristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreeceBelarusian State University, BelarusBirkbeck, University of London, UKBrooklyn Law School, USAEugene Dupuch Law School, The BahamasIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University,

GeorgiaLondon School of Economics and Political

Science, UKMakerere University, UgandaNational Law School of India University,

Bangalore, IndiaNational University of Kyiv-Mohyla

Academy, UkrainePeking University, ChinaShandong University, ChinaUniversity of Dar Es Salaam, TanzaniaUniversity of International Business and

Economics, ChinaUniversity of Nairobi, KenyaUniversidad San Francisco de Quito, EcuadorUniversity of Sarajevo, Bosnia and

HerzegovinaUniversity of Zagreb, Croatia

NOTE: The results from the 2014-15 Price Moot Court Regional Rounds are available at www.pricemootcourt.socleg.ox.ac.uk.

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Singapore Management UniversityMr Siyuan Chen (coach) Mr Jevan LiMr Eugene Neo Ms Beverly Lim Ms Zi En Chow Mr Sampson Lim Mr Daniel Ho

National University of Singapore Mr Zhida Chen (coach) Mr Xie Shern Kong Mr Wei Jie Timothy Yong Mr Junting Basil Lee Mr Zhe Xu Lee Ms Li Wen Chui

University of LatviaMr Artūrs Kučs (coach)Ms Agneta RumpaMs Kristīne GailīteMr Mārtiņš BirģelisMs Eva Vīksna

Queen Mary University of London, UKMr Robin Callender Smith (coach) Ms Paulina Smykouskaya Ms Gowri Janakiramanan Mr Florian Poncin Mr Vondez Phipps Ms Deyna Dimitrova Ms Olga Grygorovska

Ghent University, Belgium Ms Eline Kindt (coach) Mr Johan RoggemanMs Myrtle Gevers Ms Pernille Hildebrandt Nielsen Ms Julie Joergensen Aasand

Makerere University, Uganda Mr Moses BagumaMs Jacintah Akino Ms Denise Kukundakwe Mr Emmanuel Okiror Ms Sharon Atim Kinyera Mr Bennet Alinda Francis Xavier

Kampala International University, Uganda Mr Ssekabira IsaacMr Mulondo Ronald Mr Obadia Ismail Otim

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine Ms Alina Pravdychenko (coach) Mr Maksym DvorovyiMs Yulia Uhorska Ms Halyna Vasylevska Ms Iryna Saiko Ms Mariia Hrynyshyn

University of Oxford, UK Ms Grace Cheng (coach) Ms Chen ChenMr Oliver Mills Mr Matthew Ward Mr Paul Fradley

Vilnius University, Lithuania Ms Gintarė Pažereckaitė (coach) Mr Dovydas GudžiūnasMr Justas RupšysMs Simona Budreikaitė Ms Karolina Pociūtė

University of Melbourne, Australia Dr Jeannie Marie Paterson (coach) Mr Justin BrowneMs Anna Saunders Ms Elizabeth Flatley Mr Joshua Quinn-Watson

The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya Ms Freda Kabatsi (coach) Mr Kivindyo MunyaoMr Alexander Mwendwa Munene Mr Dennis Munene Njiru

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Judge Willem Korthals Altes (coach) Mr Tim de GrootMs Dafne de Boer Ms Berber van der Wansem Ms Jennifer Crama

Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Mr Sven Asmussen (coach) Ms Johannah Joy BittenbinderMr Philipp Hentrich Ms Róza Grzybowska Ms Paulina Frank Ms Céline Mercedes Lalé Ms Katja Schickl

University Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia Dr Nazli Ismail (coach) Mr Mohamad Afiq Hakimi Badrul Hisham Mr Galvin Wei Ming Loo Ms Man Yee Lai Ms Karen Christine Markus

University of Technology Sydney, Australia Ms Sage NemraMr Jake Bailey Ms Cecile Bester Ms Neeharika Maddula

University of Lagos, Nigeria Ms Andrea Ajibade (coach) Mr Daniel JayeobaMr Jonathan Ezeumeh Mr Daniel Olika Ms Ilamosi Ekenimoh Mr Bolaji Ogalu

Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan Mr Ali Qazilbash (coach) Ms Izzah EjazMs Khadijah Ahmad Mr Mirza Moiz Baig Mr Fakhruddin Ali Valika

Jindal Global Law School, IndiaMs Asmita SinghviMr Gautam Sundaresh Ms Aarti Aggarwal Mr Rishabh Bajoria

National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India Ms Twinkle ChawlaMs Suriti Chowdhary Ms Shivani Vij

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University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Mr Mohammad Nazmuzzaman Bhuian (coach) Ms Nusrat JahanMs Romana Afroze Mr K M Ashbarul Bari Mr Atikul Haque

Universtity of Nis, SerbiaMr Dejan Vucetić (coach) Mr Petar Pešić Mr Dimitrije IlićMr Luka AnđelkovićMs Gala BončićMs Milica Nesić

Faculty of Law Union University, Serbia Ms Andreja Španjević (coach) Mr Nikola StanojevićMr. Stefan FilipovićMs. Ivana Vukcević

University of Zagreb, Croatia Mr Marko Jurić (coach) Ms Mirta Horvat Ms Tihana KrajnovićMs Matea PericaMs Valentina Jakopec

Shandong University, ChinaMr Xiangdong Qi (coach) Ms Wenqi XiaMs Mina Zhang Ms Yangyang Cui Mr Qiaoli Huang Ms Xin Xie Ms Mengyu Peng

China University of Political Science and Law Mrs Weizhi Yin (coach) Ms Yueming RenMs Huaqian Chen Ms Yongze Cui Ms Dan Luo

Renmin University of ChinaMs Haina Lu (coach) Ms Wenhui HeMr Zhenbin Zuo Ms Qianwen Wang Ms Lianshi Liu

Mr Kai Wei Mr Zhuolin Li

University of the PhilippinesProf Nicholas Felix Ty (coach) Ms Dawn Clarisse Chua Ms Ma. Jiandra Bianca Deslate Mr Jose Angelo Manuel Ms Kathleen Felise Constance Tantuico Mr Hilton Lazo

National Law University, Delhi, India Ms Kainaz TanveerMr Shrutanjaya Bhardwaj Ms Veda Handa

Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada Prof. Jamie Cameron (coach) Ms Ekaterina BogdanovMr Timon Sisic Ms Noorain Shethwala Mr Mike Maodus

Eugene DuPuch Law School, Bahamas Mr H. Patrick Wells (coach) Ms Raven Role Ms Fania Joseph

Valparaiso University Law School, USA Ms Clare Nuechterlein (coach) Mr Michael SanchezMr Brandon Mason Mr Robert Swaby Ms Marcya Burden Mr Gurhan Heinert Mr Carlos Del Rio

Regent University School of Law,USA Mr Jeffrey Brauch (coach) Mrs Christina StierhoffMs Sandra Alcaide Mr Palmer Hurst

Brooklyn Law School, USA Ms Nicole Mormilo (coach)Mr Zachary Kaufman Mr Sebastian Asaro Ms Shieva Salehnia Ms Taylor Lietz Mr Sung Kang Ms Taylor Dougherty

Florida International University College of Law, USAProf. David Walter (coach) Ms JoanisBenitez-Ruiz Ms Fatima Akbar Ms Kimberley Laica Ms Amanda Torres

University of Sao Paolo, Brazil Ms Fernanda NemrMr Bernardo Fico Ms Leticia Carvalho Ms Carolina Martins Ms Priscila Cottarelli

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, USA Mr Benjamin Little (coach) Mr Brett BaconMr Terel Watson Mr Elliot Rahimi Ms Jinah Roe Ms Linden Miller Ms Jaimie Lerner

Ain Shaims University, EgyptDr Doaa Abdelrahman (coach) Mr Mohamed Afify AliMs Nourhan Khalid Ali Mr Abdelrahman Gamal Yakoub Ms Merna Talat Kamel Sadek Nasralla Ms Nouran Osama Ibrahim Abutaleb Ms Nahed Bassam

University of JordanDr Laith Nasrawin (coach) Ms Leen MasadehMs Rahaf Shneikat Ms Lylaic Al-Assadi Ms Yasmine Alami

Herat University, Afghanistan Mr Abdul Monir Ahmadi (coach) Mr Mohammad Edris Tawakol Ms Fasiha Amini Mr Mohammad Zarif Afghan Mr Zmarai Noori

JUDGES

Shama Banoo Hussain Abbasi completed her Bachelors in Arts and Law at the O.P. Jindal Global University in India. She was granted the University’s first scholarship for her best performance in International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice. She was on the Dean’s list and among the top five students in all five years of the degree course. Shama has interned for the Delhi office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Arusha). She is currently reading for the BCL at the Oxford University.

Omolola Agbaje-Williams is a specialist in media, entertainment and intellectual property law. She was the recipient of the 2014 IBA Scholarship in the Intellectual Property, Communication and Technology section, and currently serves as a member of the section’s Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law Committee. Lola holds an LLM degree in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary University of London. She was a member of the Queen Mary team who were Semi-Finalists at the 2014 International Rounds of the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition. She is called to the Nigerian bar and currently consults for leading media and entertainment firms, IP owners and technology-based business start-ups in Africa on intellectual property law matters.

Gil Anthony Aquino holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines and a B.S. Chemistry degree from the

Ateneo de Manila University. He was the co-captain of the team from the University of the Philippines that won the Asia-Pacific Championship and the World Championship of the 2015 Price Media Law Moot Court Competition.

Thiago Alves Pinto holds an LLB (Hons.) from Centro Universitário Curitiba (Brazil) and a Masters Degree in International Human Rights Law from Abo Akademi University (Finland). He is currently in the second year of his DPhil in Law, researching on the topic of offence to religious belief in International Human Rights Law, and is the Graduate Teaching Assistant for Human Rights Law (2015-16) at the University of Oxford. Thiago has been actively involved with NGOs and international organizations, having worked with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and at the International Organization for Migration on human rights projects. In 2015, he co-authored the UNESCO report: “Countering Online Hate Speech”.

Nathaniel L. Bach is an associate attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles, where he specializes in commercial litigation, government investigations, and information technology and data privacy. He spent two years seconded to Gibson Dunn’s London office.

Clive Baldwin is Senior Legal Advisor of Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 2007, Clive

practiced law with the human rights law firm, Bindman and Partners, worked on European human rights litigation at the AIRE Centre, working for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Kosovo, and served as the Head of Advocacy for Minority Rights Group International.

Robert Balin is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in New York, where he specializes in media law litigation and counselling. He also teaches media law as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School. Rob frequently writes and lectures on international media law topics. He currently serves as co-chair of the Media Law Committee of the International Bar Association and co-chair of the International Media Law Committee of the Media Law Resource Center.

Monika Bickert is Facebook’s head of product policy. Her global team manages the policies for what types of content can be shared on Facebook and how advertisers and developers can interact with the site. Monika originally joined Facebook in 2012 as lead security counsel, advising the company on matters including child safety and data security. Prior to joining Facebook, Monika served as Resident Legal Advisor at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, where she specialized in Southeast Asian rule of law development and response to child exploitation and human trafficking. She also served as Assistant United States Attorney for eleven years in Washington, DC, and Chicago, prosecuting federal crimes

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ranging from public corruption to gang-related violence. Monika received a B.A. in Economics and English from Rice University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Jon Blake is a communications and media lawyer at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC. He practiced in that field for over 50 years, headed the firm’s practice group in this field for several decades, was President of the Federal Communications Bar Association, served as Chairman of the Firm’s management committee for six years and was named to the list of American outstanding lawyers in that field and more generally over a period of several years. His practice included legislation, agency rulemakings and adjudications, major court cases, deal making and strategic advice. It also included advising foreign governments on their media and communications issues. He helped pioneer digital television for which the group received an Oscar and mobile phone services. He represents the Public Broadcasting Service and has taught classes at various American law schools. Jon has served as a judge for the Price Moot Courts in Oxford, New Delhi and Cairo. The Spirit of the Competition Award is named in his honour.

Enrico Bonadio holds a JD from the University of Pisa and a PhD from the University of Florence. He currently lectures in Intellectual Property and EU Law at City University London and serves as a Visiting Professor at Université Catholique de Lyon in France and the University of Turku,

Finland. Enrico has been admitted as a solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales and practiced for several years as an IP litigator at international law firms.

Ian Burton is Senior Counsel in the Central Litigation Team at Google. Prior to joining Google in 2011, he served as Senior Litigation Counsel at Nokia, and as an Associate in the IP Litigation Department of London-based IP Specialists, Bristows.

Damian Carney is a Senior Lecturer in Media Law at JOMEC, Cardiff University’s School of Journalism. He has previously taught in the Law Schools of Portsmouth, Buckingham and Sheffield. He writes in the area of Media Law and Ethics with a particular interest in the protection of journalists’ sources and internal accountability mechanisms within news organisations. He is currently completing a book Journalists, Anonymous Sources and the Law: A Theoretical, Comparative and Critical Analysis.

Paolo Cavaliere is a Lecturer in Digital Media & IT Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where he teaches courses in Communications Law, International Media Law and Electronic Commerce Law. Paolo is also a Research Associate with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP), Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford, and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Media, Data and Society at Central European University, Budapest.

Kristina Cendic is the Annenberg Local Program Coordinator at Internews in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kristina is a PhD candidate in media law and holds a MA degree in human rights. She was the coach of the Sarajevo team at the 2013 Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, and currently leads media law clinics in Bosnia, as well as the national media law competition in Bosnia.

Benarji Chakka is a Chevening Scholar at SOAS, he graduated with B.A.L, LL.B from Andhra University and MPhil, PhD,, in international law from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Prior to joining SOAS, he was Associate Professor and Registrar of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam; worked as a Lecturer at School of Law, National University of Ireland, Galway and worked as a Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross. He has been a judge at the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition for Asia-Pacific Round; the Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition and he organised and acted as a judge in Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition in South Asia.

Chintan Chandrachud is pursuing a DPhil in Law at the University of Cambridge on a Judge Evan Lewis-Thomas Scholarship. He holds a BCL and MPhil from the University of Oxford and an LL.B. from the Government Law College, Mumbai. He has worked as a trainee with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India.

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Sydney Chawatama was called to the Bar in 1994 and is a barrister at 1 Crown Office Row in London. His practice includes clinical negligence and personal injury. He is developing a specialist interest in international arbitration and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He holds an LL.B first class honours degree in English and European Law from the University of Essex and was an Erasmus scholar at Copenhagen Business School.

Antonina Cherevko is a media lawyer and works for International Media Support coordinating its programme in Ukraine. She graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine where she obtained an Master of Law with a specialisation in media law. She was a 2010 participant in the Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute.

Steven Crown is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel inside Microsoft’s Corporate, External and Legal Affairs group. He serves in a cross-company role with responsibility for policies and practices that advance human rights, including the rights to freedom of expression and privacy on the global Internet. Away from the office Steve is a director of the Global Network Initiative, President of the Association of American Rhodes Scholars, and an officer of the International Bar Association Media Committee. Steve read Modern Languages at Oxford, receiving First Class Honours with Distinction in the Colloquial Use of Russian, and earned his JD from the Yale Law School.

Ge Chen is a research associate at the Mercator Institute for China Studies. He obtained Dr. iur. from the University of Göttingen. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate the University of Cambridge. He was a Visiting Academic of the PCMLP at the University of Oxford. He has been a research fellow and Konrad Adenauer scholar at the University of Göttingen. He is the author of Copyright and International Negotiations: an Engine of Free Expression for China?, a monograph to be published by Cambridge University Press. His research article “Piercing the Veil of State Sovereignty: How China’s Censorship Regime into Fragmented International Law Can Lead to a Butterfly Effect” recently appeared in the journal Global Constitutionalism. He has provided legal consulting service to both Chinese and European governments in a variety of legal projects under the framework of Sino-EU-Dialogue on the state of rule of law over the past years.

Richard Danbury is a Research Associate in the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. He has a background in law and broadcast journalism. He is currently the research associate on the AHRC- funded study: “Appraising Potential Legal Responses to Threats to the Production of News in the Digital Environment”. He qualified as a barrister, and practised, briefly, in criminal law at 9-12 Bell Yard, before spending a decade at the BBC, working mainly in TV news and current affairs, including extended periods on Newsnight and Panorama. He was the Deputy Editor of the BBC’s 2010

Prime Ministerial Debate. His doctorate is in media law, and he is a researcher at Oxford’s PCMLP.

Ms Claire De Than BA, LLB, LLM, is Director of Student Experience and Senior Lecturer in Law at City University London, and a member of various committees including Senate and Academic Governance. A graduate of the University of London, she is the author or coauthor of more than 15 books, as well as many legal articles in refereed journals. Claire has advised various governments on human rights issues and law reform. She has been a moot coach for many years and is a former National Adjudicator for the English Speaking Union.

Hilina Berhanu Degefa is a student at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London where she is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Law and Gender (LLM) on a Mo Ibrahim Scholarship. She is currently serving on the editorial board of the SOAS Law Journal as an executive editor. She is also an active women’s rights advocate who cofounded The Yellow Movement AAU and Women For Change-Ethiopia- youth-led campaigns and projects based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her areas of interest are Human Rights, International Law and politics, policy and good governance in Africa and grassroots Advocacy.

Hala Salah Eddin is an Administrative Prosecutor at the Public Administrative Prosecution Authority in Egypt, where she investigates administrative and financial

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contraventions committed by public officials. She is also an instructor for the American Bar Association in Egypt, training young lawyers in key professional skills. Before her appointment to the Public Administrative Prosecution Authority she was a Legal Consultant at Trowers & Hamlins, where she advised international clients on Egyptian law issues. She holds an LLB from the English Section of Cairo University and an LLM in International and Comparative Law from Indiana University School of Law. She is one of three Egyptian women judges participating in a judicial training programme organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the University of Oxford, funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Magna Carta Partnerships Fund.

Beheshteh Engineer is an aspiring barrister, currently studying for an LLM in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice, at SOAS. She has experience of public speaking in a range of settings, including at NUS Conferences and when lobbying MPs. Beheshteh has also participated in debates: last year in front of Mr Justice Mitting, and this year, she has taught debating to students for ‘Vocalise’ – a pro bono project for law students to teach debating to prisoners. After teaching prisoners herself last year, she was appointed as one of the Directors of Vocalise. Beheshteh also volunteers at the Howard League.

Ugochukwu Ezeh is currently reading for an MPhil in the Faculty of Law of the

University of Oxford. His research explores the intersection between legal and political systems with a particular focus on the construction of legal norms and security measures. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from Oxford, and an LLB from the University of Lagos where he graduated with first class honours. Deeply interested in leadership, youth participation, and democratisation processes in Africa, he was selected as a youth facilitator at the World Economic Forum on Africa in 2014, and is currently the Deputy-Chair of Oxford Pro Bono Publico an organisation that promotes the principles and practice of public interest law.

Francesca Fanucci is a lawyer in international and EU law, specialising in freedom of expression and media pluralism. She is a member of Internews’ Internet Freedom Expert Register and has consulted, inter alia, for ARTICLE 19, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the Open Society Foundations, Access Info Europe and International Media Support. She is also a surveyor of e-governance policies for the E-Governance Institute at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University-Newark, New Jersey, US. She has been a legal analyst and researcher in corporate law for global and European public affairs consultancies in Europe, North and West Africa, the United States and South America.

Mara Festoff is a graduate student at theBenjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. She is currently an academic visitor at Oxford’s Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy. She has previously held a summer associateship at Eigen Technologies, an artificial intelligence and data science start-up based in the heart of London’s Shoreditch tech cluster.

Nilfa Abdullahi Gambo is from Kano State, Nigeria. She was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2013. She later worked for the Department for Legal Drafting of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Kano. She is currently an LLM student at SOAS, University of London, specialising in International Economic Law with particular reference to Africa.

Ana Garcia is a law graduate from the University of São Paulo. She has worked at the United Nations Office on Crimes and Drugs and at the OAS Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation, both as an intern and is now a Human Rights and Humanitarian Law masters student at Sciences Po Paris. Ms. Garcia participated in moot court competitions during her law studies – including the American and International rounds of the Price Media Law Moot Court - both as a speaker and team coach and has also cooperated with the preparation of teams from her University as a judge in mock trial competitions.

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Stephen Gillespie has been a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP since February, 2014. He is co-chair of the firm’s Global Finance Practice, and a member of the firm’s Corporate and Private Equity practice groups. He is a graduate of Trinity College, Oxford (BA (Hons) Jurisprudence, 1984, MA 1989) and of the College of Law, Guildford (LPC, 1985). Stephen headed the European Debt Finance practice at Kirkland & Ellis from 2006 to 2014, was a banking partner, and co-head of the global banking practice, at Allen & Overy from 1991 to 2006, and an associate with Freshfields from 1987 to 1991. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales having been an articled clerk with Stephenson Harwood. He is a founding member of the advisory board for the Oxford University Masters in Law and Finance programme.

Clive Gringras is Head of the technology team at Olswang having joined the firm in 1996. A coder of a best-selling computer game, “Elite” for Acorn RISC computers, and author of all three editions of The Laws of the Internet, Clive combines this deep, practical expertise with twenty-years of practicing technology law advising the likes of Microsoft on a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Letícia Haertel has significant mooting experience. She has received the “Overall Winner” prize at the Nelson Mandela Moot Court Competition and the “Best Memorial” prize at the Inter-American Human Rights

Moot Court. She also competed in the American and International rounds of the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, where she was considered a top oralist. She is currently a recipient of the DAAD “Junge Juristen aus Brasilien” scholarship and a double-degree student at University of São Paulo and Ludwig-Maximillian Universität München. She is a founder and director of the study group “International Organizations Study Lab” and a director of the study group “Mooting and Human Rights” at USP. Her research focuses on religious freedom, discrimination, freedom of expression and terrorism.”

Shruti Hiremath holds an LLM in global business laws from New York University, an LLM in corporate and financial services laws from National University of Singapore and a B.A., LLB (Hons.) from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. She is admitted to practice in India, England & Wales and the State of New York. She has also been a member of the Brussels Bar. She works in the competition law team at Slaughter and May in London, having previously worked with Allen & Overy LLP in London and Brussels. She was a member of the winning team of the 2010-11 the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition Regional Rounds in South Asia.

Jacquie Hughes is an experienced journalist and academic whose career spans print, radio, television and includes more than a decade at the BBC, including as a Commissioning Editor. She has held senior

management roles in the independent sector, and has practiced as a reporter, producer/director, executive producer and editor across all broadcast formats including live, documentaries, investigative current affairs and drama-documentaries. She has worked on strategy and standards at the BBC Trust, and authored various reports on the state of British media practice. She is a visiting lecturer in Strasbourg, Bournemouth and Durham and sits on the social media action group of a number of civic institutions. She runs the Masters Journalism programme at Brunel University.

George Hwang is an intellectual property and media lawyer in Singapore. He has been involved in high-profile media cases in Singapore. The recent ones include: successfully defending a journalist’s right to keep his sources confidential in Singapore’s apex court, in the landmark case of Dorsey v World Sports Group (2014); defending blogger Roy Ngerng in a defamation suit brought by the Prime Minister of Singapore last year, Lee Hsien Loong v Roy Ngern, (2015); and advising the editors of “The Real Singapore” against a copyright infringement suit brought by Singapore Press Holdings for infringing more than 200 articles. His firm has been awarded Singapore’s “Boutique Entertainment and Media Law firm of the Year” by Corporate INTL Magazine for the second year running. He has taught Intellectual Property and Media Law in tertiary institutions in Bulgaria, the West Indies and in Singapore. LexisNexis has commissioned him to write the Halsbury’s

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Laws of Singapore’s inaugural volume on Media Law.

Vanja Jurić is a Croatian lawyer, specializing in media law. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb and continued her education by enrolling in the European Studies Masters Programme at the Faculty of Political Science. Vanja served as a Legal Assistant at the International Criminal Tribunal for ex Yugoslavia and in 2010 started her own law firm. She represents Croatian publishers, journalists and non-profit organizations. In 2015 Vanja participated in founding of the Center for Protection of Freedom of Expression, operating within the Croatian Journalists’ Association, where she continues to serve as a legal counsel.

Bianca Kabel is currently a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford, reading for the Bachelor of Civil Law. She holds a LLB (Hons) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland, Australia, where she worked as a solicitor before coming to the UK. Bianca has extensive mooting experience, having competed at the national level and won at the international level during her undergraduate degree. She has also coached and assisted with the preparations of numerous mooting teams competing at national and international levels.

Alexander Kashumov is a human rights lawyer working in the field of access to information, freedom of expression, privacy

and personal data protection since 1997. He is Head of the Access to Information Program - Bulgaria Legal Team. He has litigated hundreds of cases before national and international tribunals including the European Court of Human Rights (Kasabova, Idakiev, Sashov, Hadzhiev cases and amicus briefs on behalf of AIP). He is also author and co-author of five books, chapters in books, many analyses, articles, handbooks. Alexander Kashumov was recognized as “Attorney of the Year” in 2008 by the Legal World magazine.

Ahmed F. Khalifa is an Assistant Professor of Law at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He obtained his PhD in International Criminal Law from Poitiers University, France after finishing his LLM in Temple University, USA. For years Ahmed has served as a consultant with several UN organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross on various issues of human rights, violence against women and International humanitarian law. He is the Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Penal Law.

Fatma Khalifa is a Counsellor in the Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority and is an Adviser in the Judicial Department of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the latter role she is involved in cases concerning procedures before foreign courts and international tribunals. She holds an LLB from the English Section of Cairo University and an LLM in International Business Law from King’s College London. She is a former

lecturer at the British University of Egypt, where she taught English business law. She has received numerous scholarships and awards, including the prestigious Chevening Scholarship from the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office to fund postgraduate study in the UK. She is one of three Egyptian women judges participating in a judicial training programme organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the University of Oxford, funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Magna Carta Partnerships Fund.

Surendra Kumar is Master of Laws student in SOAS, University of London as Chevening Scholar specialising in international law and human rights. He was awarded an honours certificate from H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, President, International Court of Justice in recognition of outstanding performance. He is an advisor and trainer to schools in international law and foreign policy across Lucknow and Jaipur. He is founding President of ‘Foundation for Peace Studies and Diplomacy’ which seeks to promote international law and diplomatic understanding for better informed youths.

David Kwok is a DPhil candidate in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. He is a qualified lawyer in Australia and Hong Kong. He is a graduate of the Universities of New South Wales, Tsinghua and Oxford. In his legal practice, he specializes in arbitration matters including international commercial, maritime and energy arbitrations.

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Linda Lakhdhir is a legal advisor in the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch, where she focuses on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. She is a former criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Justice Department in New York, where she served as coordinator of civil rights prosecutions and then as Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force. She has taught U.S. criminal, constitutional, and civil rights law at Gakushuin University in Tokyo; served as the president of the Foreign Women Lawyers Association of Japan; and co-headed a program to provide pro bono legal services to foreign workers in Tokyo. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard Law School.

Wenlong Li is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on big data and data protection. He is currently a research assistant on advertising law and commercial communications. Prior to pursuing his doctorate, Wenlong was previously a research fellow at the Center for Media Law Studies, a research associate at Tencent Research Institute, and an editor of Legal Theory in China. He earned his LLM (with distinction) from China University of Political Science and Law, where he had been trained in a cross-disciplinary programme in law and journalism. Wenlong is also an ex-mooter of Monroe E. Price Moot Court, and in 2014 he led his University team to the quarter-finals.

Morris Lipson is currently a consultant for foundations, providing advice on monitoring and evaluation. As a lawyer, he has advised

foundations on universal jurisdiction litigation, and has brought cases to the UN Human Rights Committee on freedom of expression and association. Earlier, he was at the American Civil Liberties Union in the United States, where he worked on freedom of association and privacy cases, including at the United States Supreme Court. He has a JD from the Yale Law School and a PhD in philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley.

Laurence Lustgarten is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford. He was formerly Professor of Law at the University of Southampton, and Commissioner at the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). He has authored or co-authored numerous books and articles on national security, policing, defamation, and public law.

Heba Mansour is a judge of the Judicial Authority of Egypt, where she sits in the Family Court. Prior to her appointment to the Judicial Authority, she was an Administrative Prosecutor, where she was a member of international cooperation office. In this role she reviewed requests for international cooperation on corruption issues. She holds an LLB from the English Section of Cairo University and a Master’s Degree from the Arab Academy of Science and Technology. She is one of three Egyptian judges participating in a judicial training programme organized by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the

University of Oxford, funded by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Magna Carta Partnerships Fund.

Jonathan McCully is the Junior Legal Officer at the Media Legal Defence Initiative, an NGO that helps journalists, bloggers and media outlets around the world defend their rights. Jonathan is currently involved in strategic litigation on media and journalistic freedom before the European Court of Human Rights, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and a number of domestic courts around the world. He has also delivered training workshops on freedom of expression and media law to both lawyers and students. Jonathan graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from Trinity College Dublin in 2012, and completed a Masters of Laws in Information Technology, Media and Communications Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2013. He has published widely on freedom of expression, privacy, open justice, human rights and intellectual property.

Lawrence McNamara is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law. He joined the Centre in 2013 after working in Australian and then UK universities for fifteen years. He is the author of Reputation and Defamation (Oxford University Press, 2007) and from 2009-2013 held an ESRC/AHRC Fellowship in Ideas and Beliefs for a research programme titled “Law, Terrorism and the Right to Know”.

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Gregory Mappledoram is currently VP Legal, General Counsel & Company Secretary with executive management responsibilities within the Truphone group of companies which operates in twelve countries globally. Gregory joined Truphone in 2009 following twelve years in various in-house legal positions across IT / communications organisations including BT Plc. and Intec Plc. Gregory is a practising Solicitor in England & Wales and has an LLM in International and Comparative Business Law. Gregory is also a Notary Public dealing with all aspects of English notarial work.

Kaveh Moussavi is an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), University of Oxford. Kaveh was called to the Bar in Tehran in 1978. He studied at the Universities of London, Leeds and Oxford and between 2003 and 2009 served as Head of the Public Interest Law and Policy Programme of CSLS.

Beatriz de los Mozos is a Spanish qualified lawyer. She studied law at the University of Valladolid and Université Paris V - René Descartes, finishing in the top three of her cohort. She was subsequently an Associate lawyer at White & Case Madrid office, where she worked in the department of capital markets and Mergers and Acquisitions. She is currently reading for a postgraduate Msc in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Ana de los Mozos studied law at the University of Valladolid. She is studying for a LLM of International and Comparative

Commercial Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Her areas of interest are: international trade law, multinational enterprises and the law, international commercial and investment arbitration and comparative commercial law.

Rebecca Murtha is a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, specialising in defamation and reputation management. She also advises clients on privacy, data protection, and crisis response issues.

Heather Newton is a lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, specialising in intellectual property law and litigation. She has a first class law degree from University of Oxford and an IP Diploma from Bristol University.

Harjinder S. Obhi is a Legal Director for Google UK. He has worked on many Google litigation cases in Europe and Asia in which principles of freedom of expression and the right to receive and impart information play a central role. Prior to joining Google in 2006, he was Senior Legal Counsel at Network General (a silicon valley based technology company, now NetScout). He qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and his private practice experience was at law firms Lovells and Bristows.

Longe Oluwatoyin Oyindamola is a Legal Practitioner and Legal Officer at the Legal and Compliance Department of a corporate organization in Lagos, called KBL Insurance.

She holds a LLB degree from the University of Lagos. She is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. A GFK Verein, Scholar with the prestigious School of Media and Communication, Pan Atlantic University, Lagos Nigeria.

Egemen Ozhan is Director of Egemen Ozhan Legal Consultancy Ltd and a qualified media and e-discovery lawyer based in London. She received her LLB from the University of Ankara and was admitted to Istanbul Bar Association. She worked as a research assistant in Turkey during which time she was a visiting academic at the University of Oxford. .Before establishing her own law firm in London, Miss Ozhan worked for Dogan TV Holding AS, a leading media company based in Istanbul that owns CNN Turk and Kanal D TV channels.

Oliver Persey is a researcher in the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at Oxford University, where his work focuses on hate speech and dangerous speech. He read law at Oxford University before an LLM in International Legal Studies at New York University School of Law. At NYU he specialized in US constitutional law, particularly First Amendment law, and international human rights law. He is a moot court enthusiast, having represented NYU in the Price Media Law Moot Court Programme and the Williams Institute Moot Court Competition and Oxford University in the OUP-BPP Moot. He also set up the Oxford Legal Assistance Public Law Moot and the LSE-

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Featherstone Moot. He has worked for the Media Legal Defence Initiative, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Human Rights Program.

Peter Petkoff is a Law Lecturer at the Brunel Law School. He is also Director of the Religion, Law and International Relations Programme, a collaborative international research network at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, and Managing Editor of the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion. He is Legal Consultant on Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression for the Representative on Freedom of the Media at the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a TEPSA consultant of the European Parliament as well as a consultant for the All Party Parliamentary Group on International Freedom of Religion or Belief at the House of Lords. Gillian Phillips is Director of Editorial Legal Services for Guardian News & Media Limited, publishers of the Guardian and Observer newspapers. She qualified in 1984 and joined the BBC as an in-house lawyer in 1987, later working for News Group Newspapers and Times Newspapers, where she advised on pre- and post-publication legal issues, including around defamation, open justice, contempt of court, privacy and national security. She moved to Guardian News & Media in May 2009 and has advised on phone-hacking, Wikileaks, the Leveson Inquiry, the NSA leaks from Edward Snowden and the HSBC files. She also sits as

a part-time Employment Tribunal Judge and co-authors the College of Law Employment Law handbook.

Oreste Pollicino is Professor of European Constitutional Law and Media Law, Bocconi University, Italy where he teaches Media Law and Constitutional Law and of Counsel of Portolano Cavallo Studio Legale, a law firm leader in the TMT sector in Italy. He is author, or co-author of many books, including: Internet and Constitutional Law; Modeling the Liability of Internet service providers. Google versus Vividown : A Constitutional Perspective; Towards a Bill of Rights for Internet?; and the forthcoming Judicial Dialogue and Protection of Fundamentals Right in Internet: a Comparative Perspective.

Bamidele Popoola is studying for an LLM in International and Comparative Commercial Law at SOAS, University of London, where he recently led his team in arbitration moot. He is a barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, and has practiced in leading commercial law firms. He works as a freelance editor at LexisNexis UK. Until recently, he was Executive Editor of the SOAS Law Journal. Bamidele has worked as a law reporter at the Guardian Newspapers, one of the most widely read newspapers in Nigeria. While at the newspaper, he covered the attempted murder trial of the newspaper’s editor by aide’s to the former Nigerian military leader, Sani Abacha. As an undergraduate, he was as student journalist

and rose to become the Editor-in chief of the Kuti Hall Press Organisation at the University of Ibadan.

Zachary Press is a JD candidate at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is currently pursuing an LLM degree in French and European Law at Université de Paris I – Sorbonne. During his studies, he was a visiting academic at the Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford. At PCMLP, he researched legal issues relating to hate speech online and incitement to violence. He is also a recipient of the Howard M. Squadron Fellowship in Law, Media and Society.

Lynn Pype obtained a Master in Law in June 2008 from the University of Ghent Belgium. In June 2009, she also obtained a complementary Masters degree in Economic Law from the ULB in Brussels. In October 2009, she undertook the LLM program at Queen Mary University in London, with a focus on Intellectual Property and Media Law. That same year, she participated in the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court International Rounds with the Queen Mary team.

Giovanni Maria Riccio is Associate Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Salerno, where he teaches IT & IP Law. Former consultant of the EU Commission for the revision of the e-commerce directive, he has been an academic visitor at the Univrseity of Oxford’s

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Intellectual Property Research Centre and a research fellow at Birbeck College of the University of London. He is a founder and co-director of MediaLaws, the first international blog on IT and media law. He also practices as a lawyer and he is the founder and one of the naming partner of the law firm E-Lex – Belisario Scorza Riccio & Partners, based in Rome.

Jacob Rowbottom is CUF Lecturer in Law at University College, University of Oxford. He is also the author of Democracy Distorted (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Bratin Roy is Legal Counsel at Ion Trading in London. He was previously Litigation Counsel at Google, and an IP litigator in private practice.

Sourav Roy is an LLM candidate at the University of Cambridge. He was awarded the Commonwealth Cambridge Shared Scholarship for the year 2015- 16 He was a member of the winning team at the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court International Rounds in 2012. Sourav has a keen interest in comparative constitutional law, jurisprudence and policymaking concerning the right to privacy and free speech and the exercise of those rights in a technology driven landscape

Akash Sachdeva is a partner in the IP department of the newly opened London office of Cooley (UK) LLP. Akash is a qualified barrister and has over 15 years

of experience in all aspects of intellectual property litigation. He has acted for companies such as Nikon, BlackBerry, eBay and Williams Formula One.

Sanya Samtani is a BCL student at the University of Oxford on the Rhodes scholarship. She completed her undergraduate degree in law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India where she has participated in a number of moot court competitions - including the South Asia rounds of the Oxford Price Media Law Moot in 2013. She was ranked 16th best oralist and was a quarter finalist in the international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2015. She recently participated in running the Pathways to Law mooting workshop at Oxford, which introduces 6th form students to legal education through mooting. Her other areas of interest include comparative constitutional law, jurisprudence and political theory, and discrimination law.

Christopher Sargeant is currently completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge analysing how persons are held to account following a death in prison custody in England and Wales. He has extensive experience of mooting, most recently finishing second globally in the International Air and Space Law Association Space Law Moot Court and winning the European competition. He is also the Managing Editor of the UK Supreme Court Review and a supervisor in criminal law.

Pia Sarma is the Editorial Legal Director of Times Newspapers Limited, the publisher of The Times and The Sunday Times. She advises the Editors of both publications on all content issues and leads the litigation against the publications. In 2014, Pia was selected as one of the ten top in-house media lawyers in The Lawyer magazine’s Hot 100. She advised the titles during the Leveson inquiry and has worked closely with the industry and government on press regulation issues and on law reform affecting journalism and free speech.

Jixuan Si holds an LLM in international and comparative commercial law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He also holds an LLB from Southwest University of Political Science and Law (SWUPL), China and was an exchange student in Soochow University, Taiwa,. He has served in Renmin Court in the Weidu District as a clerk and in Henan Junzhihe Law Firm as a paralegal.

Smita Shah has been a Barrister at Garden Court Chambers with a specialist practice in international human rights and humanitarian law. She has consulted on international projects both domestically and internationally in countries such as Nigeria, Myanmar, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Colombia with both civil society organisations and UN agencies such as UNDP and UNICEF. She was a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge University in 2011 and holds a Masters

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in Understanding and Securing Human Rights from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and an LLM in International and Comparative Law from Columbia University, New York. She is currently on sabbatical from private practice.

Frances Smithson is a barrister at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP’s London office, and a former tenant of 18 Red Lion Court, with a practice encompassing commercial litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory investigations, international sanctions and criminal proceedings. She was called to the bar in 2010, and holds a BA in law and an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Oxford.

Mansi Sood is postgraduate student at the University of Oxford where she studies for the BCL . She is also a 2015 Rhodes Scholar. She graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India in 2015 with first-class honours and several medals including Best All Round Graduating Student. She has previously participated in several moot court competitions and most recently, she represented Oxford at the 11th ICC International Mediation Competition in Paris. Her primary interest lies in commercial law, particularly international commercial arbitration. She aims to continue her studies in Oxford, before building a career that combines legal practice with academia/policy work.

Iain Stansfield is a partner at Olswang LLP and is the head of the firm’s international commercial law group. Qualifying as a

solicitor in 1995, he has been with Olswang for most of his legal career. Iain provides strategic advice to clients involved in the development, protection and exploitation of intellectual property. This includes brands, content and technology. His focus is on transactional and advisory work, and his clients are drawn in large part from the advertising and marketing, publishing and retail sectors.

Benjamin Spagnolo is the Penningtons Student (Fellow) and Tutor in Law at Christ Church and a member of the Law Faculty of the University of Oxford. He teaches constitutional law, administrative law and Roman law and assists in the Faculty’s Mooting Programme. He is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and a graduate of the Universities of Western Australia and of Oxford.

Rishika Taneja is an Indian qualified lawyer currently reading for the BCL at the University of Oxford where she is the recipient of the ‘Dr. Mrs. Ambriti Salve Scholarship’. In her pentultimate year of law school, she was among the youngest authors to have published a book on Privacy Law in India. Her interest in privacy and data protection law has led her to serve as a co-convenor of the OxPILS. Her wide array of internship experience in constitutional and commercial areas of law include the office of Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Attorney General for India; Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Solicitor General of India; law firms such as Luthra & Luthra Law Offices and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Washington DC.

Tarık Gökhan Tosun is a qualified Turkish lawyer and graduate of the İstanbul University Faculty of Law. He began to work at aninternational law firm in 1999 as a lawyer and he practiced media law, tax law, commercial law, intellectual property law and labor law. In this period he spent most of his time for Dogan Media Group which is is the one of the largest media groups in Turkey including Dogan Music Company, Kanal D, CNN Turk, Dream TV, and Dsmart. Since 2012 he has worked as an in-house lawyer at Dogan Media Group and he is head of Litigation Group.

Divya Venugopal is a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, London. She graduated from NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad and holds an LLM with distinction from the London School of Economics.

Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include EDI and the Law (1989), Information Technology and the Law (1990), EDI Audit and Control (1993), Cross-border Electronic Banking (2nd ed., 2000), Telecommunications Law Handbook (1997), E-Commerce Law and Practice in Europe (2001), Media Law and Practice (2009), Telecommunications Law and Regulation z(4th ed., 2012), Free and Open Source Software (2013) and Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations (2007, 2nd ed. forthcoming 2016). Ian has been

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involved in law reform projects for the World Ian leads Queen Mary’s qLegal initiative and is a principal investigator on the Cloud Legal Project.

Patrick Walsh is General Counsel of the ION Group, a market leader in the provision of financial technology solutions to industry, financial institutions and central banks worldwide. In addition to expertise in technology and intellectual property law, he has extensive experience in complex commercial and mass tort litigation. He is an attorney-at-law admitted to the New York Bar and holds the degree of Juris Doctor (magna cum laude) from the Brooklyn Law School in New York.

Nathan Webb is a previous winner of the Best Oralist award at the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition. He holds a BA in Law from the University of Cambridge and an LLM from University College London.

Andrew Wheelhouse is a paralegal at Bates Wells Braithwaite LLP specialising in media law with a strong interest in public and regulatory law. Previously he worked as a Foreign Law Clerk at the Constitutional Court of South Africa and as a researcher for the Commission on a Bill of Rights set up by the UK Ministry of Justice. He is also a regular contributor to the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog. He was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2013 and holds a BA in law from St John’s College, Cambridge and an LLM in public law from University College London.

Alexander Willingham is a postgraduate student studying at BPP Law School for a MA. He holds an undergraduate LLB degree and an LLM in Commercial and Corporate Law from Queen Mary, University of London, which focused heavily on Media and Privacy Law. He was a member of the Queen Mary Semi-Finalist team at the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition International Rounds 2014, and sat on the Organising Committee in 2015. Xander has a strong interest in Media Law related concerns and is currently working for the Citizens Advice whilst seeking a training contract to qualify as a solicitor.

Lois Cole Wilson is a barrister at 1 Gray’s Inn Square. She has developed a specialist media and information law practice with a particular interest in defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, freedom of expression, contempt of court, trademark and copyright law. She regularly gives pre-publication advice to The Times and The Sunday Times, as well as to various professional and lay clients.

Boštjan M. Zupančič is a Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from Slovenia. He was elected assistant professor while he while he continued his studies at Zagreb University Law School and at Université de Montréal, Département de criminologie. In 1973, he obtained the LLM Degree from Harvard Law School and was accepted, as one of three candidates, into the S.J.D. Program. His Harvard doctorate was awarded in 1980. For

ten years he taught criminal law and criminal procedure in various universities in the United States and was unanimously voted to receive tenure in 1985. In 1986, he returned to his native Slovenia and was elected Full Professor for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Philosophy of Law. He was Vice-Rector of Ljubljana University and Vice-Chair of the U.N. Committee against torture. While a Judge of the Constitutional Court (1993-1998), he was elected Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in 1998. For four years he was President of Section III of the Court. He has published numerous books, treatises, and separate opinions. The latest two books are The Owl of Minerva and the sequel case-book entitled The Owlets of Minerva.

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MORE THAN A MOOT COURT

The Price Media Law Moot Court Programme is more than a moot court. More broadly, the Programme is a tool for raising the profile of media law and freedom of expression by encouraging informed and constructive discussion and debate on significant issues of information flows and technology around the world.

The Moot Court rounds themselves are a training exercise for all involved. Students must do extensive research on relevant cases and law, and participants that come to serve as judges (including actual judges, as well as members of advocacy organizations and practicing lawyers) are required to familiarize themselves with the issues at hand before they adjudicate. Since the moot cases reflect current events, they offer participants the opportunity to grapple with emerging and intricate issues, enabling them to become better versed in legislation relating to new technology and its uses, such as crisis mapping, online discussion boards, SMS messaging or social media.

The competitions are also accompanied by seminars or workshops on issues of global importance. Examples of past topics include

the Wikileaks controversy (led by a lawyer who had previously been part of the defense of Julian Assange), the question of “Edward Snowden: Saint or sinner, whistle blower or traitor?”, and comparative perspectives on media regulation and society in India. In 2013 and 2014, the International Rounds hosted a workshop on the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression delivered with the Media Legal Defence Initiative (MLDI) and Garden Court Chambers.

Additionally, the Price Media Law Moot Court Programme has contributed to developing other academic and training programmes in the field of media law. For example, this year it launched a pilot Law Clinic focused on freedom of expression – in partnership with the University of Zagreb, MLDI and Garden Court Chambers – aiming to provide in-depth, experiential media law training to students, especially those who previously competed in the Moot Court.

Through its various initiatives, the Price Media Law Moot Court Programme helps to build and inspire an international network of engaged and skilled media law practitioners, experts and advocates.

K The 2013 workshop on the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression

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We would like to extend a warm thank you to all of the judges who took time out to judge the moot court oral rounds, and to those scoring the written arguments who invested their time and effort to evaluate and comment on each of the memorials for the International Rounds: Mr Chintan Chandrachud, Mr Olliver Persey, Ms Adriana Minovic and Mr Paolo Ronchi, as well as all of the dedicated Regional Rounds memorial judges. Thank you as well to all of our Organising Committee volunteers for their invaluable help during the competition: Alexander Willingham, Soumya Anakkavur Katchi , Ola Nagy, Zachary Press, Mara Festoff, Oliver Persey, Sonia Anwar-Ahmed Martinez, Jessica Margaret Foxwell and Gareth Rhys. This competition would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We have many willing partners around the world, and particularly lending support to the regional competitions. In addition to many of our long-standing regional round sponsors, we are delighted to welcome the support of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as a global law firm partner and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Magna Carta Fund. Several individuals have had a central role in furthering the programme, and we are very appreciative for their continued support: Mr Mark Stephens, Mr Jonathan Blake, Mr Alan Weiler, Mr Stanley Cohen, Mr Matt Weldon and Mr Ted Rogers. Last but not least, we are very thankful to our Regional Rounds partner institutions – National Law University, Delhi, Renmin University School of Law, the University of Belgrade, the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Arab Academy and Ain Shams University – and to all of our colleagues there whose invaluable work makes the Regional Rounds possible: Dr Ruhi Paul, Mr Dhruv Garg, Ms Chinmayi Arun, Professor Huanqing Yao, Ms Xu Fei, Mr Vuk Cucic, Professor Monroe E Price, Ms Jocelyn Hackett, and Dr Ahmed Khalifa.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM OUR NETWORK OF COLLEAGUES AND SPONSORS

The Price Media Moot Court is not only a competition where students try to win, it is a formatting process; at least in the Middle East where I had the chance to see, over the past four years, how it transforms the participants’ lives. It is a life experience that allows students to think critically, research, learn drafting and presentation skills and above all learn tolerance. It infiltrates in the participants, in their very young age, the great lesson of realizing that life is a question of perspective where you can see everything from different angles and always carry parts of the truth, while others from different perspectives may also carry parts of it. Mooting is not a competition, mooting is a life style.Ahmed KhalifaMiddle East Regional Rounds Co-ordinator

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