Alejandro Cruzatti, Consultant for the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.
Marcia Campos Delgado, Advisor on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights (ESCR), DIRAJus Program of the German Cooperation / GIZ.
Paula Borda, IAMOOT Fellow
Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Opening Ceremony
WCL - Claudio Grossman Hall

 

Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodriguez Pinzon, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Nicolas Espejo Yaksic, First Winner of the Inter-American Moot Court Competition 1995-1996.
Paola Rojas, IAMOOT Network of Participants President

Monday, May 19, 2025

Training Session for Judges
WCL - Warren Building, Room Y115
 

Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Lucas Reveco Tardio, IAMOOT Fellow.
Valentina Rosado, IAMOOT Fellow.
Paola Rojas, IAMOOT Network of Participants President

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Discover the WCL Master Programs with the Co-Directors and LL.M. Advisors (Spanish and English)
WCL - Warren Building, Room Y115

 

Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodriguez Pinzon, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Cristina Sunkel, LL.M Program Coordinator, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Discover the WCL Master Programs with the Co-Directors and LL.M. Advisors (Portuguese)
WCL - Warren Building, Room Y115

 

Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodriguez Pinzon, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Cristina Sunkel, LL.M Program Coordinator, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
Gustavo Ribeiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Brazil-US Legal and Judicial Studies Program, American University Washington College of Law. S.J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Announcement of the Semifinalists
Grossman Hall - Warren Building of the Washington College of Law

Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Hiva Amini, IAMOOT Fellow.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Challenges in Access to Justice for Victims of Human Rights in the region - Special Event with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) & Avocats sans frontières - Canada 
WCL - Warren Building, Room NT01
 

Arnaud Cloutier, Legal Advisor, Lawyers without Borders - Canada.
Carlos Andres Perez, Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Program, UNODC.
Jane Piazer, Specialist, Violence and Crime Prevention Section, Department of Public Security, Organization of American States (OAS).
Cristina Sunkel, Program Coordinator, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.
Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.

Thursday May 22, 2025

Coaches Meeting
WCL - Yuma building, Room Y112 (Faculty Lounge)

Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Tifany Alarcon, Technical Committees Staff.
Lucas Reveco Tardio, IAMOOT Fellow.

Special thanks for the universities that joined us: Universidad de los Andes, TEC de Monterrey (Campus Monterrey), Universidade Metodista de Angola, Universidad Nacional del Este, Universidad Autonoma Latinoamericana (UNAULA) de Medellín, Universidad Privada Domingo Savio (Sede Santa Cruz), Universidad Evangélica de El Salvador, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Equipo de Personas Refugiadas de Nicaragua, Universidad del Istmo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Universidad Católica de Santa María, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Announcement of Finalists & Ceremony with Former Participants
WCL - Warren Building, Grossman Hall
 

Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Juan Pablo Alban Alencastro, Rapporteur for the Committee on Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, former IAMOOT participant (Ecuador), and 2025 IAMOOT Coach for Universidad San Francisco de Quito.
Gabriela Rodríguez Huerta, Law Professor from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). Member of the Independent Panel to Evaluate Candidates to the Inter-American Human Rights System (IAHRS) Bodies of AUWCL in 2025. Former IAMOOT Participants (Mexico)
Miguel Barboza, Project Coordinator for Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) under the Rule of Law Programme for Latin America. Former IAMOOT Participant (Peru).
Ezequiel Curcio, attorney at Alvarez Martinez Law Firm LLC and International Human Rights (IHR) Legal. 2022 IAMOOT winner (Argentina). 
Andrea Lloreda, Diplomat Counselor at the Embassy of Colombia in the United States. 2017 IAMOOT winner (Colombia)
Leandro Rebelo, 2023 IAMOOT winner - Fundacao Getulio Vargas University (Brazil). Winner of the AUWCL Human Rights Essay Award in 2024. Researcher for the Center for Technology and Society of FGV Rio's Law School.
Valeria Martinez, Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow in University of Wisconsin-Madison Immigrant Justice Clinic. 2025 IAMOOT Coach for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School Team. Former IAMOOT Participants (US).
Laura Dib, Program Director for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). Best Speaker Overall and Best Speaker in Spanish in IAMOOT 2016. Former Participants (Venezuela)
Andy Van Pachtenbeke, Diplomat Counselor at the Embassy of Belgium in the United States since 2022. Former IAMOOT coach of Ghent University from 2009-2018 (Belgium). 
Luis Eliud Tapia Olivares, Legal Consultant at Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF). Former Technical Secretary in the IAHRS Panel in AUWCL. 2009 IAMOOT winner with Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico).
Sarah Paola Rodriguez Brusquetti, 2020 IAMOOT winner from Universidad Nacional del Este (Mexico). Former intern at the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) and current Judicial Clerk at the Supreme Court Justice of Paraguay.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Closing Ceremony
WCL- Warren Building, Grossmann Hall

Claudia Martin, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Diego Rodriguez Pinzon, Co-Director and Professorial Lecturer in residence, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
Gabriel J. Ortiz Crespo, Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition Program Coordinator.
Jorge Meza Flores, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) Assistant Executive Secretary for the Petition and Case System. Author of the IAMOOT 2025 hypothetical case 
Verónica Gómez, Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, President of the Global Campus of Human Rights, Director of Education in the Centro Internacional de Estudios Politicos (CIEP) of the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM), and Co-Director of the Master’s degree program in Human Rights and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean (CIEP-UNSAM)
Osvaldo Zavala Giler, Registrar of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since April 17, 2023 after holding several positions in the ICC. Founding member of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Network of ICC (ICCQ). Former IAMOOT Participant (2001)
Maria Clara Nazar, Human Rights Specialist in the Section on Technical Cooperation and Public Policy of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. LL.M American University Washington College of Law alumni on the International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law program.
Miguel Barboza, Project Coordinator for KAS under the Rule of Law Programme for Latin America.
Robert Guitteau Jr, Former and First IAMOOT Coordinator.
Amanda Bartels, Former IAMOOT Coordinator
Kristin Viken, Former IAMOOT Coordinator.

Friday, May 23, 2025

Meeting with the Authors of the hypothetical case
WCL - Warren Building, Ceremonial Classroom

Jorge Meza Flores, Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) Assistant Executive Secretary for the Petition and Case System. Author of the IAMOOT 2025 hypothetical case 
Marina de Almeida Rosa, Advisor to the Court of Justice of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Co-author of the IAMOOT 2025 hypothetical case
Nydia Maria Juarez Gonzalez, Human Rights Consultant Rapporteurship on the Rights of Migrants of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Co-author of the IAMOOT 2025 hypothetical case.