CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 4 avril 2008

.s800EAC49 { font-size:12pt } .sFE10DC93 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:center } .s29100277 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold } .s40F41F73 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right } .s32563E28 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial } .s83BE5C30 { font-family:Arial; font-size:8pt; vertical-align:super } .s7ED160F0 { text-decoration:none } .s3DC36BA9 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline; color:#0069d6 } .s335E565 { margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:14pt; text-align:left } .sADADF4A7 { font-family:Arial; text-decoration:underline } .sC7EAD8B { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline } .s4DDA3AA3 { font-family:Arial; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic } .sA36B60A1 { font-family:Arial; font-style:italic } EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS   241 4.4.2008   Press release issued by the Registrar   2008 René Cassin European Human Rights Competition   Students representing universities in six countries will compete against each other on the topic of new technologies in secondary schools during the 22 nd René Cassin European Human Rights Competition, to be held at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on 7 and 8 April 2008.   The René Cassin competition, which consists of mock legal proceedings in French based on the European Convention on Human Rights, is open to students of law and political science from 25 countries.   This year, 16 teams selected following the written stage of the competition (which entailed drafting a memorial) will argue their case on Monday 7 April before a mock court made up of academics, judicial officers and officials from the European Court. A face-to-face will then take place between the finalists on Tuesday 8 April in the Court’s hearing room, in front of a panel made up of prominent figures (judges of the Court, academics).   After a two-year break the René Cassin competition, one of the foremost French ‑ language legal advocacy contests, has resumed this year with a new advisory board and in partnership with Robert Schuman University and the International Human Rights Institute.   Further information about the competition, including a list of the semi ‑ finalists, can be found on the Internet site: www.concourscassin.eu     ***   Further information about the Court can be found on its Internet site http://www.echr.coe.int ). Press contacts Emma Hellyer (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 15) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 54 91) Sania Ivedi (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 59 45)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.