NLSIU’s Team Achievements | International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition 2024

We are delighted to announce that the NLSIU team participated in the International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition 2024’s national rounds held in NLU, Delhi in March, 2024. The team comprised of – Akash Vijaya Ganapathy, 3rd year LL.B (Hons.) (2nd year student at the time of the competition), Shwetha Ramachandran, 3rd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), Smriti Jaiswal, 2nd year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), and  Spriha Garg, 3rd year student, B.A., LL.B. (Hons.).

The team qualified for the international rounds at the Hague among the top five Indian teams from the national rounds. At the international rounds, Akash Vijaya Ganapathy, argued all three sides (Prosecution, Victims’ Counsel, and Defence) of the competition’s six prelim rounds, and qualified as Rank 6 among the top 27 teams that made it to the Quarter Finals. In the Quarter Final knockout-qualifier round, where the winning team of each round qualifies for the semi-finals, he was ranked 5 among the top 9 teams that advanced. Akash was additionally awarded the First Runner Up in the Best Victims Counsel Awards from the preliminary rounds.