Students of IUGNiR for the first time represented Turkmenistan at the International Legal Competition in Vienna

Turkmen students for the first time took part in the Willem S. Vis Competition , a prestigious student competition in private international law and commercial arbitration.

Turkmenistan was represented at the legal competition by the team of the International University for the Humanities and Development (IUGNiR) - 4th year students Shemshat Annageldieva, Altyn Orazberdiyeva, Leyli Dovyeva and second-year students - Begli Atayev, who study at the faculties of international management and private law.

The Willem S. Vis Competition was held in a full-time format in the Austrian city of Vienna and brought together more than 2500 students and 1100 arbitrators from 89 countries.

The MUGNiR team participated in the general round of oral hearings, presenting memorandums on behalf of the plaintiff and the defendant. The Austrian competition allowed future specialists in the field of jurisprudence to "pump" their knowledge and gain international experience and skills for the legal profession.

The competition provides an opportunity for participants to study international commercial law and arbitration, as well as the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods. In addition, in an adversarial format, teams practice the skills of presenting their own position on individual legal issues, the ability to defend their point of view, reflect the arguments of opponents and the questions of arbitrators during a court hearing, develop teamwork and learn how to correctly express their thoughts in English.

The competition has been held annually since 1993 under the auspices of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), a number of international arbitration institutions (ICC, LCIA, CIETAC, SCC, etc.), as well as with the support of Pace University, Queen Mary, Stockholm University, University of Vienna.