CEDH · PRESS;GENERAL;ENG — 9 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 } .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     256 9.4.2008   Press release issued by the Registrar   Grenoble University team wins 2008 René Cassin Human Rights Prize   Grenoble University students have been declared winners of the 2008 René Cassin European Human Rights Competition, one of the foremost French ‑ language legal advocacy contests.   Late yesterday afternoon the winning team beat Strasbourg University in the René Cassin finals held at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.   Students from universities in six countries were involved in the competition, which consists of mock legal proceedings in French based on the European Convention on Human Rights. It is open to students of law and political science from 25 countries. The topic of debate this year was new technologies in secondary schools.   The 16 teams selected, following the written stage of the competition (which entailed drafting a memorial), argued their case on Monday 7 April before a mock court made up of academics, judicial officers and officials from the European Court. The final was held in the Court’s hearing room, in front of a panel of prominent figures (judges of the Court, academics).   After a two-year break the René Cassin competition has resumed this year with a new advisory board and in partnership with Robert Schuman University and the International Human Rights Institute in Strasbourg.   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.