NILOS Moot Court Competition 2027
The Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) has announced the fourth edition of the NILOS Moot Court Competition. The international rounds are scheduled to take place in person from 14–16 April 2027.
The Competition Case is expected to be published on 16 September 2026, and team registration will be open until 16 November 2026.
Further details will be shared in due course.
About the Competition
The NILOS (Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea) Moot Court Competition welcomes universities from all over the world for the first moot court simulating proceedings under Part XV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The moot court simulates proceedings either before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) or an Annex VII Arbitral Tribunal. The competition is a unique opportunity not only to discuss fascinating issues of the law of the sea, but also to engage with the many procedural facets of international dispute settlement.
About the Organisers
NILOS is an internationally renowned research institute, established in 1984 within the School of Law of Utrecht University. Part of the Utrecht Centre for Water, Ocean and Sustainability Law (UCWOSL) since 2013, NILOS aims at developing and sustaining expertise on the law of the sea and oceans governance, and at enhancing and broadening awareness and knowledge of the law of the sea and oceans governance. Its staff has an extensive expertise in both practicing and teaching the law of the sea and international law, in particular within the Utrecht Master in Public International Law.