Epidemic in Focus of This Year’s ELMC: Another Great Success from the Ljubljana Faculty of Law Team at the Competition

From 25th to 27th March 2021, students form University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Law once again took part in a prestigious international competition in Eu- ropean Union law (European Law Moot Court). Due to the pandemic restric- tions, the competition was held via the Zoom platform. This year, the moot co- vered complex competition and asylum law issues. The case assessed whether the production of vaccines against a virus that caused a pandemic was in line with EU competition law, whereas in the second part, it touched upon selec- ted issues of asylum law and the principle of non-refoulement. The analyzed questions were not only interesting for the students but are of general public importance. The team of the Faculty of Law once again achieved great results and placed 3rd to 4th in the Advocate General category and 5th to 8th in the team category.

Keywords: ELMC, European Union law, competition law, asylum law, international competition, students.