缅北强奸 Wins 2009 Charles-Rousseau Moot and Takes Six Prizes
The 25th edition of the Charles-Rousseau public international law moot was held May 2-8 at the Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. Twenty teams from the francophonie participated. The 缅北强奸 team,composed of Louis-Antoine C么t茅, No茅mie B茅gin, Sophie Tremblay and Alice Monet, was awarded the Charles-Rousseau Prize for the 1st place team, winning the final round against Universit茅 Paris I - Sorbonne.
Furthermore, Louis-Antoine, No茅mie, Sophie and Alice were respectively awarded prizes for the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 10th best oralist during the preliminary rounds. No茅mie was also awarded a special prize for best mooter of the final round, a prize which she received from Fran莽ois Rousseau, the son of Charles Rousseau.
The team was coached by alumni Pierre-Olivier Savoie, BCL/LLB'05, who is currently clerking for to Justice Marie Deschamps at the Supreme Court of Canada, and Me Horia Bundaru, BCL/LLB'05, from Ogilvy Renault.
The team would like to extend its warm thanks to alumni Simon Chamberland, BCL/LLB'05, J茅r么me Lussier, BA'97, BCL/LLB'03, Jean-Fr茅d茅rick M茅nard, BCL/LLB'05, and R茅becca St-Pierre, BCL/LLB'05, for judging practice rounds.
The Charles-Rousseau moot in international law was created in 1985 and is named for one of the most eminent authors of post-war French doctrine on international law, Charles Rousseau (1902-1993).
On photo: Alice Monet, No茅mie B茅gin, Louis-Antoine C么t茅, Sophie Tremblay and coach Pierre-Olivier Savoie receiving the Charles-Rousseau Prize in Brussels.