The Competition
The Competition’s prizes
Three prizes are awarded at each edition. One goes to a team, one to a person, and the third is awarded by the room itself.
The Jean-Pictet Prize.
The Jean-Pictet Prize goes to the winning team of the edition, at the end of the final. It carries the name of the jurist who agreed to sponsor the Competition in 1989. The full honors list, edition by edition since Clermont-Ferrand 1989, is published on the editions page.
The Gilbert-Apollis Prize.
The Gilbert-Apollis Prize recognizes an outstanding individual performance during the edition — a participant whose work across the week stood out, whatever their team’s result. It may go to more than one person in the same year.
Its laureates appear in each edition’s honors list.
The Michel-Deyra Prize.
The Michel-Deyra Prize is awarded by the participants and the volunteers to the team that best embodies the spirit of the Competition. It is the one prize the jury does not hand out.
Michel Deyra
As the creator of this competition with Christophe Lanord back in 1989, Michel Deyra holds a PhD in law. He specialized in international law and international humanitarian law and has served his career at the Faculty of Law of the Université d’Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand).
His academic career also led him to teach as an associate professor at the Special Military School of Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan from 1999 to 2003. He was also a lecturer at the School of Officers of the National Gendarmerie (EOGN) and at the National School of Police (ENSP). The Vice-President of the French Institute of humanitarian law and human rights, Michel Deyra was also honorary director of the Institute for Preparation for General Administration of Clermont-Ferrand between 1996 and 2006.
He is also the author of several publications on public international law and legal drafting, as well as the co-author of a series of articles presenting the pedagogical approach promoted by the Pictet Competition, which consists of “taking law out of the books” using simulations and role plays relating to fictitious armed conflicts.
Text taken from the 2021 Henry-Dunant Prize citation — prix-henry-dunant.org ↗