4th Continental Edition • 2025

Fourth FIAE International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition

Held in a hybrid format with preliminary rounds virtually (19th – 27th May 2025) and advanced championship courtroom rounds physically at Cavendish University Uganda in Kampala (16th – 21st June 2025).

Official 2025 Host Institution

Hosted in Partnership with Cavendish University Uganda

School of Law, Kampala, Uganda • Advanced Rounds: 16th – 21st June 2025

Current 2027 Edition
35 Participating Teams
10 African Nations
4 Compromis Topics
Moi Univ Grand Champion (Kenya)

2025 Moot Compromis Topics

Thirty-five law faculties registered across 10 African countries to dissect complex issues of modern armed conflict jurisprudence:

Protection of Women & Children

Safeguards against gendered violence & child soldiering

Climate Change & Armed Conflict

Environmental degradation & warfare multipliers

Marine Warfare

Naval blockades & maritime civilian protections

Law of Occupation

Sovereignty, civil administration & Fourth Geneva Convention

Official Competition Results

Top Ten Teams

  • 1
    Moi University (CHAMPION) Kenya • Lawrer Bina & Jacob Mwendwa
  • 2
    Africa Nazarene University (RUNNER-UP) Kenya
  • 3
    Cavendish University Uganda Uganda
  • 4
    Starford International University South Sudan
  • 5
    American University of Nigeria Nigeria
  • 6
    Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) Uganda
  • 7
    Mount Kenya University Kenya
  • 8
    Bahir Dar University Ethiopia
  • 9
    University of Calabar Nigeria
  • 10
    University of Ilorin Nigeria

Top Ten Oralists

  • 1
    Lawrer Bina (Best Oralist) Moi University, Kenya
  • 2
    Masolo Adrian Cavendish University Uganda
  • 3
    Jacob Mwendwa Mutuku Moi University, Kenya
  • 4
    Abigael Shali Africa Nazarene University, Kenya
  • 5
    Bilkisu Abdulkadir Alkali American University of Nigeria
  • 6
    Cyrus Kariuki Africa Nazarene University, Kenya
  • 7
    Glenn Bassey Eno University of Calabar, Nigeria
  • 8
    Otoabasi Ime Johnson University of Calabar, Nigeria
  • 9
    Nicole Tanyaradzwa Bwanya University of Lusaka, Zambia
  • 10
    Muheebudeen Bushra Ayegbami American University of Nigeria

Top Ten Best Memorials

  • 1
    Uganda Christian University (UCU) Uganda • Best Memorials Overall
  • 2
    University of Calabar Nigeria
  • 3
    American University of Nigeria Nigeria
  • 4
    Riara University Kenya
  • 5
    Mount Kenya University Kenya
  • 6
    Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
  • 7
    Islamic University in Uganda Uganda
  • 8
    Africa Nazarene University Kenya
  • 9
    Cavendish University Uganda Uganda
  • 10
    University of Lusaka Zambia

Final Round Highlights & Grand Championship

Watch the intense final oral pleadings between Moi University (Kenya) and Africa Nazarene University (Kenya) adjudicated by international jurists.

35 Participating Law Faculties

1. Starford International University (S. Sudan)
2. Victoria University (Uganda)
3. Wollo University (Ethiopia)
4. Madonna University (Nigeria)
5. Cavendish University (Uganda)
6. Somali National University (Somalia)
7. University of Calabar (Nigeria)
8. Makerere University (Uganda)
9. Dilla University (Ethiopia)
10. Islamic University in Uganda
11. Hawassa University (Ethiopia)
12. International Univ of East Africa
13. Gulu University (Uganda)
14. Mekelle University (Ethiopia)
15. Raya University (Ethiopia)
16. King Ceasor University (Uganda)
17. Ambrose Alli University (Nigeria)
18. Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia)
19. Mount Kenya University (Kenya)
20. University of Ilorin (Nigeria)
21. University of Lusaka (Zambia)
22. Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia)
23. Uganda Christian University
24. Africa Nazarene University (Kenya)
25. Niger Delta University (Nigeria)
26. St. Augustine Univ of Tanzania
27. Bishop Stuart University (Uganda)
28. Riara University (Kenya)
29. Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Nigeria)
30. American University of Nigeria
31. Uganda Pentecostal University
32. Adekunle Ajasin University (Nigeria)
33. Kampala International University
34. Moi University (Kenya)
35. University of Benin (Nigeria)