International Law Competition “Youth for Peace”

Dear friends,

we hasten to inform you that the preliminary round of the XIV International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” - 2019 is over.
According to the results of the preliminary round, the following teams will participate in the Competition:
1. Azerbaijan – Baku State University
2. Armenia – Russian-Armenian University
3. Belarus – International University "MITSO"
4. Belarus – Belarusian State University
5. Belarus – Belarusian State Economic University
6. Belarus – Brest State University named after A.S. Pushkin
7. Belarus – University of Civil Protection of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus
8. Brazil – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS
9. China – Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
10. Kyrgyzstan - Combined team: Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University and the National Research University Higher School of Economics
11. Moldova – Institute of International Relations of Moldova
12. Poland – SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Poznań
13. Romania - Transilvania University of Brasov
14. Russia – St. Petersburg State University
15. Serbia – University of Belgrade
16. Turkey – Center for International Law in Istanbul
17. Ukraine – Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
The judges will be the leading experts in the field of International Humanitarian and Public Law from Georgia, Spain, Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Estonia, Moldova, Romania and Belarus.
It is expected that this year more than 60 participants from 18 countries will take part in the Competition.
We are looking forward to welcoming you in Minsk!

Dear friends,

we are pleased to inform you that from November 25 to 29 our annual traditional event will take place - the International Law Competition “Youth for Peace”🌍

The main goal of the competition is the active involvement of young people in the political and cultural life of society and the dissemination of knowledge about international humanitarian law. Over the past 13 years of the competition, participants in the competition were representatives of more than 35 countries.

📌Competitive participation.
Participants can be students and undergraduates under the age of 31 years. The team should consist of 2-3 people. The participation of mixed teams (participants from several universities from the same country) is also allowed.
The working language of the competition is English.

The organizing committee determines the selection of participants according to the results of the preliminary round. The main selection criteria are the originality of the materials presented, their relevance to the theme of the competition.

Also, as part of the competition, the International University "MITSO" holds a series of open lectures "Days of International Law" from leading experts of international law.

📌Applications are accepted until October 21, 2019 to the email address [email protected].

We will be very grateful for the dissemination of information about this event among interested students and undergraduates.

You can find the rules of participation, registration card and brief information about the event on our competition page by clicking on the link👇
https://international.mitso.by/international-law-competition-youth-for-patch

Thank you in advance and will be glad to see you among the participants of the XIV International Law Competition “Youth for Peace”😊

See you soon!

Dear friends!
The XIII International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” is over.
Despite the cool weather, the participants were warmed by friendly communication and thrill of the competition. In 2018, 16 teams from 12 countries contested for the right to become winners of the Competition. As the judges – recognized experts in the field of international law from Belarus, France, the Netherlands and the UK – rightly noted all the teams showed brilliant knowledge, high level of public speaking, as well as examples of mutual support and attentive attitude to their adversaries and teammates.
As a result of 3 competitive days, the winner was a team from the MGIMO University, which met in the final with a team from the Ural State Law University. The judges also noted the excellent level of preparation of the semi-finalists of the competition – the teams of the Istanbul Center International Law and the hosts of the competition – the International University “MITSO” team.
The representative of the London South Bank University team Austin Young was announced the Best Speaker of the Competition. A special diploma of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus for the Best Legal Argumentation was awarded to the representative of the team of the International University “MITSO” Hanna Skrypnikava. In addition, judges of the Competition present their special certificates to representatives of the teams of the Istanbul Center International Law (Turkey), the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Russia) as well as the Gomel branch of the International University “MITSO” (Belarus).
We thank all the participants and guests of the Competition for the wonderful time that you spent with us! And we are looking forward to meet you next year – during the XIV International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” 🌞

Dear friends,

Acceptance of applications for participation in the XIII International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” is completed.

We thank all participants of the preliminary round who sent us their applications and essays – these are teams from Armenia, Belarus, China, Finland, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Ukraine.
The jury has carefully studied the submitted contest materials and made its verdict. We will inform each team about the results of the preliminary round, as well as give further instructions for participating in the Competition for those who successfully passed the preliminary round.

Thank you again for your efforts and interest!

See you soon in Minsk!

Dear friends!
Time spins away – and very soon a new meeting awaits us. We look forward to see you at the International University "MITSO" at our traditional Competition. We do not believe in superstition – we are convinced that the new XIII International Law Competition "Youth for Peace" will become a bright, interesting and memorable event for all participants, organizers and guests of the contest. We remind you that applications are accepted until June 30. You can find the rules of the Competition and the application form on our website https://international.mitso.by/international-law-competition-youth-for-peace.

International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” is an annual contest for students from different countries.

Dear friends!
We continue to share with you our pleasant memories of the Competition.
In the very near future we will post a link to the photo database. In the meantime, on the eve of the weekend, we suggest you to share with us the memories in the merry leisure of our participants.
Let's view, tag yourself and your friends, share on your pages! 😉

Dear friends!
So our Competition-2017 have come to an end. It was an unforgettable week - bright, full of events and impressions. And we, the organizers, are very sad now – when such warm and interesting meetings finished. Thus it was.

In 2017, the XII International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” – an annual competition on international humanitarian law for students and undergraduates – was held at the International University “MITSO” from September 25 to 29.

This year 11 teams from Armenia, Belarus, Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine struggled for the right to become the winner of the Competition. Judges of the Competition are recognized experts in international humanitarian law sphere from Belarus, Great Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and France – Lionel Blackman, Michael J. Strauss, Olivier Ribbelink, David Turns, Paulino Pardo, Alena F. Dovgan and Ekaterina Kuznetsova. Traditionally, in the framework of the Competition we held the International Law Days – the honorable judges L. Blackman, M. Strauss, O. Ribbelink and D. Turns delivered open lectures for all comers.

The opening ceremony of the Competition took place on 26 of September. Among guests and University partners who were invited to the ceremony were heads and representatives of the Federation of Trade Unions of Belarus, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the Moscow Regional Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross and the Belarusian Red Cross Society, the United Nations Office in Belarus and others as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Moldova in the Republic of Belarus, representatives of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Belarus and of the Rossotrudnichestvo, of the Department of Military Education of the Belarusian Armed Forces and other honorable representatives.

On September 25, 2017, on the eve of the opening of the Competition, the University with the support of the Information Point of the Council of Europe in Minsk held the II Round Table of the Belarusian Branch of the International Law Association on the theme “Multidimensional protection of individual rights in the modern international law” in which Belarusian and foreign experts in the field of international humanitarian law took part.
In 2017, the emulative part of the Competition was based on the feature film “The Lord of the Rings” in the form of a role-playing game in which the team members acted as advisers and authorized persons on the issues of an armed conflict qualification as well as representatives of the parties at the court on combating mercenaries. They also gave legal qualifications to the armed conflict, defined responsibility for environmental damage and so on.

In order to acquaint participants and judges of the contest with the culture and history of Belarus as well as to deepen the interethnic dialogue and cooperation, we organized the National Cultures Evening, where teams were able to present their countries and educational institutions. In addition, the participants visited the National Library of Belarus, the sights of Minsk and felt themselves combatants in the lasertag battle. The teams also demonstrated their creativity in the essay and posters contest on the current challenges of international humanitarian law.

According to the results of the competitive week, the team of the MGIMO University became the winner of the Competition for the second time in a row. The team of the Russian-Armenian University (RAU) was awarded a runner-up team. Kovalerchik Mikhail, the captain of the semifinalist team from the Higher School of Economics (St. Petersburg), was recognized the best speaker in the contest. The representative of the RAU team Mane Hakobyan was awarded the special prize of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus for the “Best legal argumentation”.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the XII International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” and the International University “MITSO” we thank our respected participants, judges and partners – all of you made these days unforgettable! We were glad to see you within the walls of our University!
See you next year!

Dear friends! Let's start our jorney!

Dear friends! We remind you that very little time left until the end of the submission of applications - deadline is July 31, 2017.
We are waiting for you among the participants of the XII International Law Competition "Youth for Peace" 🙂