Faculty support extends graduate’s human rights law experience

Gabriel Kielty (left) seated with his fellow judges with the law students (standing) that participated in the opening sessions of the IBA ICC Moot Court Competition.

An LLM graduate invited to judge at this year’s IBA ICC Moot Court Competition has returned to Scotland with new perspectives and insights on how human rights law is being applied and evolving across a rapidly shifting landscape in Europe.

 Gabriel Kielty’s trip to The Hague in the Netherlands was made possible through support from the Faculty of Advocates, which allowed him to represent the University of Strathclyde’s Mooting Society at the competition.

“I had the pleasure of joining some very esteemed colleagues to judge four rounds of the competition and hear some excellent submissions from law students from all over the world.

 “I also had the opportunity to visit the Kosovo Specialist Chambers to hear from a sitting judge and judicial clerk about the chamber’s mandate, jurisdiction and operation. This trip was a unique and exciting chance to meet and work with a range of accomplished international lawyers and experts to discuss what the future holds in this area of the law.

“My thanks to the Faculty of Advocates for its generous support of this trip. It exposed me to a wide range of advocacy styles, and I was able to network and work with some of Europe's eminent human rights law academics and practitioners and attend seminars and conferences on a variety of related topics,” he said.