2026 Inter - American Human Rights Competition

About 2026 Registration:

Registration for the 2026 #IAMOOT will be open soon. Please be advised that in order to complete your registration, you must have a Google Account. When the Google Forms are open, keep in mind that you will have to click on the upper right button on this screen menu to access the registration forms. The button says: "Registration and other forms". You are required to be logged into your Google Account to provide all the requested information successfully. Furthermore, be advised that besides IAMOOT regular Google Forms, you will be required to fill out mandatory American University forms if you are paying via Credit Card. All relevant links are available on the right side of this menu. If any problem or question arises during your registration process, don't hesitate to get in touch with us at iamoot@wcl.american.edu 

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30th Anniversary - Rules Changes

The Inter-American Moot Court Competition Technical Committee has decided to implement substantial changes to the Competition's rules for our 30th anniversary celebration. These changes are based, among others, on the feedback from the teams, coaches, and judges. The Technical Committee is confident these changes will make IAMOOT a more comprehensive experience for all our participants while providing a more enriching academic journey. It constitutes a celebration of the legacy of more than 4900 students and faculty participants from over 365 universities over the last 30 years that keeps growing.

1. Teams will be assigned to prepare written and oral arguments in both roles: Victims and the State. Teams will remain composed of two speakers and one or two coaches.
2. Teams will be required to prepare two legal memorandums: one for the Victims and one for States
3. Memorandums will be shorter, with a smaller number of words. The memorials will continue to be assessed based on the same system of scores that has been used in the Competition.
4. Each team will participate in at least two preliminary oral rounds. In one round, the team will perform as the Victim; in the other, it will perform as the State.
5. For the preliminary rounds, Judges will deliberate directly after each round and decide which team has won the session and will make the announcement immediately after deliberation. No score system will be used to determine the winner of each confrontation.
6. In the preliminary rounds, teams winning two rounds will automatically qualify for the semifinals. Teams that lose their two rounds will not advance to the semifinals. Teams that lose one round and win another may be advanced based on the average score of the two memorials submitted. Only a limited number of teams in this category will be selected to the semifinal.
7. Individual speakers’ scores will remain awarded based on the criteria for points scores assigned by the judges in the rounds.
8. Scores from the semifinal rounds will remain awarded based on points score criteria, in the same way it has been done in previous years. Only the best Victim and the best State will advance to the Final Round.