Cals College Nieuwegein Model United Nations 2027

About the Conference

CalsMUN is the Model United Nations conference of Cals College Nieuwegein, organised by high school students. The first edition took place in January 2016, and it has since grown to include a Historical Council that uses rules adapted from the board game Diplomacy. The 12th edition runs on 16 and 17 January 2027 at the school in Nieuwegein, near Utrecht, in the Netherlands. Its theme is Political Immunity and Abuse of Power, under the slogan Justice Knows No Borders. Registration for school delegations and individual delegates is open until 20 November. It is for secondary school students and offers twelve committees across beginner to expert level, including two historical councils. Formal dress is required. Committees 🛡️ General Assembly 1, Disarmament and International Security (Regulating the Use of Proxy Forces and Private Military Companies in Armed Conflicts; Combating the Role of Political Corruption in Illicit Arms Trafficking) 🕊️ General Assembly 3, Social Humanitarian and Cultural Issues (Addressing the Enforcement of Discriminatory Norms by Institutional and Religious Leaders; Combating Labour Exploitation and Trafficking of Migrant Workers) 🤝 General Assembly 6, Legal Committee (Addressing Nepotism in Public Institutions and Its Impact on Good Governance; Preventing Bribery and Political Influence in Judicial and Electoral Systems) 🌱 United Nations Children's Fund (Ending the Use of Children as Political Hostages; Combating the Immunity of Perpetrators in Child Abuse Networks) 🕊️ Human Rights Council (Addressing Deportation Practices and Due Process Violations in the United States; Countering the Use of Emergency Powers and Anti-Terrorism Legislation to Suppress Political Opposition) 🏛️ Historical Council (Chairs create their own crisis) 🛡️ Security Council (Evaluating Political Immunity and the Prevention of Authoritarian Executive Abuse in Threatening International Security; Addressing the Breakdown of Democratic Institutions and Political Instability in Venezuela) 📚 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Preventing the Abuse of Political Authority in the Erasure of Cultural and Historical Identity; Safeguarding Academic Freedom Against the Persecution of Scholars and Intellectuals) 🩺 World Health Assembly (Addressing Failures in Public Health Governance and Accountability During National Health Crisis; Ending the Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners and Detainees as an Instrument of State Repression) 🏛️ Historical Security Council (Addressing the Escalation of Tensions Between North Korea and South Korea Leading to the Korean War; Addressing the Role of Cold War Proxy Conflict in the Escalation of the Vietnam War) 🕊️ Commission on the Status of Women (Addressing the Situation of Women and Girls in the Middle East and Promoting Their Rights and Empowerment; Balancing the Protection of Women's Rights with Religious and Cultural Traditions) 💊 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Combatting Impunity for High-level Officials Involved in Drug Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime in Latin America; Addressing the Use of Capital Punishment for Drug-Related Crimes)

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CalsMUN 2027