Founded in 1989
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Taking the law out of the books

Jean-Pictet Competition — since 1989

Taking the law out of the books.

One week inside a fictitious armed conflict. Around fifty teams from five continents plead, negotiate and advise — as the lawyers, diplomats and delegates of international humanitarian law.

What is the Competition?

No written memorials, no frozen courtroom: the Jean-Pictet Competition is entirely oral. Teams play the actors of armed conflicts — legal advisers, ICRC delegates, military officers, diplomats — in simulations built around a fictitious scenario. It teaches you to put the law into action.

The concept, the week, the history

Editions

Upcoming editions will be announced here. Follow the Committee for dates and host cities.

The competition in numbers

First edition1989
Editions49
Picteists≈ 5 000
Continents5

Honors.

The Jean-Pictet Prize goes to the best team of each edition, since Clermont-Ferrand 1989.

49th edition · 2026
Lahore University of Management Sciences Pakistan

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The network.

Close to 5,000 former participants — the Picteists — across five continents, reunited every year.

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Support.

Several teams need direct support to join the Competition. Your help counts.

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