Dr. Marianne Roth on initiative of Zuzana Kliska and Aziza Avizova. The members of the Team are international students at the Salzburg University: Aziza Avizova, Veronika Tahchieva, Jelena Orlić and Vasily Burmistrov. In charge of our Team is Dr. Eugen Salpius. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is a prestigious international moot court competition for law students. Since 1994, it is an
nually being held in Vienna, Austria. The Moot involves a dispute arising out of a contract of
sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The contract provides that any dispute that might arise is to be settled by arbitration in Danubia, a country that has enacted the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. The arbitral rules to be applied rotate yearly among the arbitration rules of co-sponsors of the Moot. The oral arguments take place in Vienna, beginning on the Saturday a week prior to Easter and closing on Thursday of Easter week. The general rounds of the oral arguments take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (Juridicum) on Saturday through Tuesday. Elimination rounds among the highest ranking teams take place on Wednesday and Thursday, culminating in the final argument.
