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The Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2022

Organized by
the Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi
and
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition: Rules and Guidelines

1. Introduction

The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) was founded in 1959 and was inaugurated in
the same year by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India.
The principal objective of the ISIL is to “foster nationwide, the study and development of
International Law and to encourage the comparative study of the application of International
Law in other States”. The ISIL has been publishing since its inception, which has attained a
high standard and is held in great esteem the world over. It also publishes the ISIL
Yearbook on Humanitarian and Refugee Laws. The ISIL runs postgraduate diploma
courses in International Law and Diplomacy; Human Rights, International Humanitarian and
Refugee Laws and International Trade and Business Laws. It has been actively
collaborating with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in organizing the
Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court since 2001.
The ICRC is a private, independent humanitarian organization, based in Geneva,
Switzerland. The ICRC has been conferred a mandate by the international community to
protect and assist persons affected by armed conflict.1 This mandate includes the promotion
and development of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), including in times of peace.
Towards fulfilling this responsibility, the ICRC is active in disseminating and promoting IHL
in academic circles. This includes developing IHL curricula for universities, conducting
university teacher training programmes in IHL and organizing events such as the Henry
Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition.

1.1. The Moot Court

In 2001, the ICRC Regional Delegation in New Delhi initiated the Henry Dunant Memorial
Moot Court Competition to promote better awareness of IHL among law students at
universities throughout India. This competition is named in memory of Mr Henry Dunant,
the co-founder of the ICRC and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in 1863.

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The ICRC's initial mandate is derived from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Additional
Protocols. The ICRC's mandate was expanded by the Statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement, which were agreed upon by the States Parties to the Geneva Conventions. To date, 194
countries have ratified the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
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The reputation and status of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition has grown
steadily since its inception in 2001. The national Moot Court has grown to include more than
60 teams representing universities across India. The success of the competition prompted
the ICRC, in collaboration with its partner organization for this activity, the ISIL, to expand
the Moot Court beyond India in 2005. As a result, in 2005, the Henry Dunant Moot Court
Competition was expanded to include a regional competition, drawing teams from countries
across South Asia.

The regional Moot Court competition will follow national and regional competitions (as
applicable) that will take place in each participating country. Winning teams from each of the
respective countries will participate in the regional competition, which will be held in one of
the participating countries approximately one month after the completion of national-level
competitions. Winners of the regional moot court competition will represent South Asia in
the Asia Pacific Moot Court competition in Hong Kong.

1.2. Objectives

The principal objective of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition is to develop
an increased awareness and interest in IHL in academic institutions throughout South Asia.
A further aim is to use IHL to further academic excellence in the student community and to
develop their advocacy skills in an environment of friendly competition.

2. Administration and General Rules

The official name of the competition is The Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition
(the "Moot Court"). The ICRC and ISIL are the official organizers of the National Moot Court
competition in India. National competitions in other participating countries will be organized
by the ICRC in collaboration with partner institutions, including Kathmandu School of Law in
Nepal, Dhaka University in Bangladesh and the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka etc. The
South Asian Regional Moot Court competition will be organized in any of the participating
countries jointly by the ICRC Regional Delegation in New Delhi, the ICRC delegation in the
respective country and a partner organization.

2.1. Eligibility

All universities, colleges, and institutions imparting legal education on a regular or evening
basis in a program of study that leads to a Bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B / BL) or Master’s
in law (LL.M / ML) are eligible to participate in the Moot Court competition. All students
enrolled on a full-time or evening basis in a program of study leading to or equivalent to a
Bachelor’s degree in law (LL.B / BL) or Master’s in law (LL.M / ML) are eligible to
participate. Students who have participated in this Moot Court competition on a previous
occasion are not eligible to participate again.

2.2. Official Language

The official working language of the Moot Court is English.

2.3. Team Composition

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Each participating university/college/institute shall nominate only one team consisting of

three student members. It is optional for the teams to be accompanied by a coach from the
faculty of the university/college/institute that they represent. The three member
composition is mandatory for participating in the competition.

2.4. Assistance to Teams

All research, writing and editing of written memorials for the Moot Court must be the
exclusive product of the team members. Faculty members, coaches and team advisors of
the participating team may only render external assistance to the team. During the oral
presentations, consultation with coaches shall be strictly prohibited.

2.5. Implementation and Interpretation of Rules

Regarding Moot Court practice and procedures, the final decision on the interpretation and
implementation of rules lies with the organizers.

2.6. Application of Rules

Rules contained in this document will be applicable to the Indian National Moot Court
competition and the Regional Moot Court competition.

Except where otherwise indicated, these rules are also applicable to the National Moot
Court competitions that are organized by the ICRC in Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan,
and Sri Lanka, as well as other countries that may participate in the future.

There are rules specified in the addendum which will be applicable to those countries where
the number of participating teams is less than eight. (refer to addendum). With the
exception of rules in the addendum, all other rules and guidelines contained in this
document will apply to the competition.

3. Rules for Oral Pleadings and Procedures

In view of the growing number of teams participating in the Indian national round Moot Court
competition, in 2007, the organizing committee decided to introduce a quarter-final round.
From 2007 onwards, the national round in India shall consist of preliminary, quarter-final,
semi-final and final rounds. In other countries (i.e.) Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka, there will be no quarter-final rounds of the competition. In these countries, the
moot court shall consist of preliminary, semi-final and final round of competition (the top four
teams will qualify for the semi-final in these countries). The method of awarding marks will
be the same as for the Indian competition.

The Moot Court problem for all rounds, including all national competitions, shall be the
same. For the Regional rounds, a new moot problem would be released. The Moot Court
problem shall be prepared annually by a suitably qualified person(s) to be selected by the
organizers. The person(s) selected to prepare the problem shall be provided with
instructions by the organizers concerning the nature, scope and issues that should be
included in the problem.

3.1. Rules for the Preliminary Rounds

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• All participating teams in the competition will be divided by the organizers into various
groups, depending on the number of teams participating..

• Where necessary, more than one courtroom will be provided for all competitions, in
order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the Moot Court competition.

• Teams shall argue cases against each other; the matching of teams will be decided by a
draw of lots prior to the commencement of the competition.

• During the preliminary rounds, each team will have the opportunity to argue both sides,
once as the prosecution and once as the defence.

• Time allotted for arguments will be 10+2 minutes for the prosecution and 10+2 minutes
for the defence. The time will be paused when the judges pose a question to the
speakers. The time taken to respond to the questions will be counted in the time allotted
to the speakers.

• There will be time allotted for rebuttals. Each team will be allowed 3 minutes for
rebuttals during the preliminary rounds.

• Both selected members of the team shall make oral presentations during each round.
The presentations shall be divided equally among the Moot Court participants.

3.2. Rules for the Quarter Final Rounds

• In India, the top sixteen teams from the preliminary rounds shall qualify to participate in
the quarter-final. Selection will be based upon the marks awarded by the organizing
committee after the evaluation of written memorials, plus the marks awarded by judges
for the oral presentations by teams during the preliminary rounds.

• The arrangement of teams selected for the quarter-final rounds shall be as follows:

o In India, those teams that have qualified for the quarter-final will be divided
into four groups – Group A, Group B, Group C, and Group D.

o The team that attained the highest score in the preliminary round will
compete against the team that attained the ninth-highest score.

o The team with the second-highest score will compete against the team with
the tenth-highest score.

o The team with the third-highest score will compete against the eleventh-
highest score.

o The team with the fourth-highest score will compete with the twelfth-highest
score.

o The team with the fifth-highest score will compete with the thirteenth-highest
score.
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o The team with the sixth-highest score will compete with the fourteenth-
highest score.

o The team with the seventh-highest score will compete with the fifteenth-
highest score.

o The team with the eighth-highest score will compete with the sixteenth-
highest score.

• The quarter-final rounds will be conducted during the afternoon session of the 3rd day
of the competition.

• The sides to be argued by teams will be decided by a draw of lots, prior to the
commencement of the quarter-final round of the competition. Each team shall argue
both prosecution and defence during the quarter-final round.

There shall be a break after the first round of arguments. After the break, the teams will
change, switch over their position and will have to argue against a new team, as follows:

o The team that argued on behalf of the prosecution in the first round will have
to argue on behalf of the defence in the second round against a new team.
The team that argued on behalf of the defence in the first round will have to
argue on behalf of the prosecution during the second round against a new
team/new set of judges.

• Each team will be allotted a total of 15 minutes to present its argument during the
quarter-final rounds. There will be a warning bell at the end of 12 minutes, and there will
be a final bell at the completion of the allotted time of 15 minutes.

• There will be extra time allotted to respond to the questions posed by the judges, as
necessary. 3 minutes will also be allotted for each team for rebuttal in each round.

• Participating teams will be required to strictly follow the time limits.

3.3 Rules for the Semi-Final Round

• In India, the top four teams from the quarter-final rounds shall qualify to participate in the
semi-final. Selection will be based upon the marks awarded by the organizing
committee after evaluation of the written memorials, plus the marks awarded by judges
for the oral presentations by teams during the quarter-final rounds.

• The arrangement of teams selected for the semi-final rounds shall be as follows:

o In India, those teams that have qualified for the semi-final round will be
divided into two groups – Group A and Group B.

o The team that attained the highest score in the quarter-final round will
compete against the team that attained the third-highest score.
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o The team with the second-highest score will compete against the team
with the fourth-highest score.

• The semi-final rounds will be conducted during the morning session of the final day of
the competition.

• The sides to be argued by the teams will be decided by a draw of lots, prior to the
commencement of the semi-final rounds of competition. There shall be two rounds of
oral argument during the semi-finals.

• During the semi-final rounds, the teams will be required to argue on behalf of both
prosecution and the defence.

• There shall be a break after the first round of arguments. After the break, the teams will
change, switch over their position and will have to argue against a new team, as follows:

o The team that argued on behalf of the prosecution in the first round will
have to argue on behalf of the defence in the second round against a new
team. The team that argued on behalf of the defence in the first round will
have to argue on behalf of the prosecution during the second round
against a new team.

Each team will be allotted a total of 15 minutes to present its argument during the semi-
final rounds. There will be a warning bell at the end of 12 minutes, and there will be a
final bell at the completion of the allotted time of 15 minutes.

• There will be extra time allotted to respond to the questions posed by the judges, as
necessary. 3 minutes will also be allotted for each team for rebuttal in each round.

• Participating teams will be required to strictly follow the time limits.

• Written memorials marks will not be taken into consideration during the marking of semi-
final rounds. Only the marks awarded by the judges during the oral round of
presentation will be considered to select the finalists.

3.4. Rules for the Final Round

• The top two teams from the semi-final rounds will be selected to compete in the final
round of the Moot Court competition.

• The final round of the competition will take place during the second session of the final
day of the competition.

• The sides to be argued by the teams will be decided by a draw of lots prior to the
commencement of the final round of the competition. There shall be two rounds of
arguments by the final teams.

• There shall be a break after the first round of arguments. After the break, the team that
argued on behalf of the prosecution in the first round will be required to argue on behalf
of the defence; the team which argued on behalf of the defence in the first round will be
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required to argue on behalf of the prosecution during the second round of the
arguments.

• Each team will be permitted to speak for a total of 15 minutes during the final round.
There will be a warning bell at the end of 12 minutes and a final bell at the end of the
allotted time.

• There will be extra time (5 minutes) allotted to each team, as necessary, to respond to
questions posed by judges. Each team will have 3 minutes for rebuttal in each round.

4. Memorials

4.1. Submission of Memorials

Each participating team shall prepare both memorials and counter-memorials in English. All
teams are to submit their copies to the organizers before the deadline specified by the
organizing committee in its invitation letter. As a general rule, this will be one week prior to
the start of the Moot Court competition. Failure to do so will result in disqualification from the
competition. Four copies of each memorial and counter-memorial in a paper (hard copy)
shall be submitted to the organizing committee. During oral presentations, the participating
teams should retain copies of their memorials for their personal use. The copies submitted
to the organizing committee will not be returned to the participants under any
circumstances. There will be an exchange of memorials between the teams during the
competition. All memorials shall be prepared to the following specifications:

• Memorial or counter-memorial shall not be more than 25 typed pages.

• Memorials must be typed and submitted on standard A4 size paper.

• Font and size of the text of all parts of the memorial (excluding footnotes) must be the
same and must be in either Times New Roman 12 or Arial 11 font size.

• The texts of all parts of each memorial must be double-spaced, with one-inch margin on
both sides.

• The text of footnotes and headings may be single-spaced. The font size of footnotes
must be 2 points less than the text font.

• There must be double spacing between separate footnotes and between each heading
and the body text of the memorial.

• Quotations of sources outside of the memorial of fifty words or more in any part of the
memorial shall be block quoted and must be single-spaced.

• The Table of Contents, Index of Authorities and Case Title are not included in the 25
typed pages limit.

4.2. Description of Memorials

The memorial shall consist of the following parts:

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• Table of Contents
• Index of Authorities (including corresponding page numbers)
• Statement of Jurisdiction
• Identification of Issues
• Statement of Facts
• Summary of Pleadings
• Pleadings including the Conclusion and/or Prayer for Relief.

5. Criteria for assessment

The assessment of the teams during the Moot Court competition shall be out of a maximum
of 100 marks, set out as follows:

Written Memorials 30 Marks

Appreciation of Fact and Law 15 Marks

Advocacy (Arguments, Framing of

Issues, expression and articulation) 30 Marks

Use of Authorities and Citations 15 Marks

General Impression and Court Manner 10 Marks

• The written memorials submitted by participating teams shall be evaluated by an

expert(s) appointed by the organizing committee, and marks will be awarded for
them.

• The late submission of memorials will attract a penalty of 3 marks being deducted
from the total marks allocated for memorials.

• The disclosure of the team’s institutional affiliation on the memorial will attract a
penalty of 1 mark being deducted.

• These marks will be taken into consideration, along with marks awarded by judges
for the teams during the oral presentation made by them in the preliminary round of
competition.

• The teams who secured the top eight positions will be selected to participate in
semi-final round competition only.

• Top two teams will be selected based on their performance in oral presentations
made by them during semi-finals. The written memorial marks will not be taken into
consideration to select the teams for the semi-final and final rounds of the
competition.

• Winners of the final round will be selected based upon their oral performance during
the final round of competition. Written memorial marks of the teams will not be taken
into consideration to select the winners of the Henry Dunant Memorial Trophy.
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6. Awards and Prizes

Awards and prizes will be awarded for the National and Regional Moot Court competitions,
as follows:

• The Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition winners will be awarded a
“Running Trophy”, medals for the three participants of the team, and certificates.

• The Runners up team will be awarded individual medals and certificates.

• There will be a Best Advocate prize. This prize will be awarded to the participant who is
judged by the organizing committee to have performed best during her/his oral
presentations.

• There will be a Best Memorial prize. All the memorials, which are submitted to the
organizing committee of the competition, will be evaluated, and the best memorial will
be chosen among them to award this prize.

• There will be a Best Researcher prize.

• Each participant in the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition will be given a
general certificate of participation.

• The coaches and advisers of the participating teams will not be entitled to receive any
kind of certificate or award.

• Since the trophy of the Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition is a "Running Trophy", it
is the responsibility of the head of the institution/college/university of the winning team to
ensure that the trophy is returned to the organizing committee, in New Delhi, within eight
months of the date of award, at the expense of the winning team's institution/college/
university.

7. Miscellaneous Rules of the Competition

• Upon completion of the competition, the organizing committee reserves the exclusive
right to use the memorials submitted to them, as they deem appropriate.

• Participating teams should carry with them required study or reference materials for
their own use during the oral rounds of competition. Electronic equipment such as
laptops, Ipads, tablets etc., if used during oral rounds, will be solely to refer to reference
materials saved on the same. There will be no right granted to participating teams to
access wi-fi/internet to source information or answers to respond to queries posed by
the bench. Any team found violating this rule would be disqualified from the competition.

• Scouting is permitted in the competition in all the rounds.

• Participating teams shall be expected to maintain the proper decorum of the courtroom
during the proceedings and shall conduct themselves in a manner befitting the legal
profession.
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• The organizing committee reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to take appropriate
action for any unethical, unprofessional and wrongful conduct during the entire period of
the Moot Court competition.

• The organizing committee's decision as regards the interpretation of these rules or any
other matters related to the Moot Court competition shall be final and binding. If there is
any situation, which is not covered by these rules, the decision of the organizing
committee shall be final.

• The organizing committee is vested with the sole and absolute discretion to publish or
not publish the scores of any of the oral rounds and memorials.

• The organizing committee reserves the right to amend, modify or repeal any of the rules
if so required and as they deem appropriate. Participating teams shall receive adequate
notice of any/all such amendments or modifications to the rules.

• The organizing committee shall not be held responsible for any loss or non-delivery of
the memorials.

8. Rules Regarding the Judges

8. 1. Judges

• A person appointed as a Moot Court judge should be well versed in the subject of
International Law, in general, and International Humanitarian Law, in particular. Judges
are expected to be aware of the procedure involved in mooting and the rules.

• Judges may be selected from the following categories:

• Academicians,
• Legal advisers to the Government/armed forces/diplomats,
• Serving or retired judges of the Supreme Court or the High Court, or
• Senior advocates of the Supreme Court or the High Court.

• The judges who have presided over the preliminary rounds/quarter-final rounds will not
judge the advanced rounds. If under exceptional circumstances, which will be
determined by the organizing committee, a judge from a preliminary rounds/quarter-final
rounds is required to judge at an advanced round, then he/she will not judge the team
he/she has judged during the preliminary rounds/quarter-final rounds.

• For the final round of the competition, a fresh team of judges will be appointed.

• There should be a full bench of three judges for every session. It is preferable to have a
full bench for all the rounds of the competition.

• No faculty advisers, team coaches or other persons directly affiliated with a team shall
act as judges at any level of the competition. The organizing committee (members of the
ICRC and its partner organizations) shall not act as judges in any of the rounds of the
competition. Students shall not serve as judges.
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• The Bench Memorandum shall be distributed to the Judges for the purposes of briefing
them on the legal issues addressed in the Moot Court competition. The contents of the
Bench Memorandum are strictly confidential.

8. 2. Rules for the Judges

• All written memorials and oral presentations should have a minimum score.

• Judges are instructed to follow the time limit as closely as possible. Interventions from
the judges are permitted at any stage of the presentations; however, these interventions
must be relevant to the issues and be kept to a minimum, so as not to disrupt the
presentations of the participants.

• 3 minutes per team should be provided for rebuttal during the semi-final and final
rounds. 2 minutes per team will be permitted for rebuttals during the preliminary rounds
of the competition.

8. 3. Commentary by Judges
Judges in any round of the competition are encouraged to provide direct feedback to teams
regarding the team's performance at the completion of the round. In providing such
feedback, Judges are cautioned to give due regard to the time limitations and the schedule
of the competition as a whole.

9. Anonymity

To ensure the smooth functioning of the Moot Court and avoid any perception of bias during
the competition, the organizing committee maintains the anonymity of the
college/university/institute names throughout the competition. To ensure this, the organizing
committee will allocate a code number to each participating team in the competition. This
code is to be applied by the organizing committee to the participating teams during the
competition, including on their written memorials.

10. Accommodation and Travel

• The organizing committee will provide accommodation and meals to members of the
participating teams for the duration of the competition, where it is required.

• For the Indian National Moot Court competition and the Regional Moot Court
competition, ISIL will be responsible for coordinating travel, accommodation and meals
for all participating teams.

• The ICRC and its partner organizations will be responsible for coordinating all
administrative arrangements, including travel, accommodation and meals, for
participants in their respective national competitions.

11. Questions, Complaints and Suggestions

Any feedback concerning the organization or conduct of the Moot Court should be directed
directly to the organizers. Formal complaints or suggestions for improvement of the
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competition should be addressed formally, in writing, to the Regional Legal Adviser for
South Asia, ICRC or ISIL.

These Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition Rules and Guidelines were
finalized on the 5th day of June 2006 in New Delhi, India and further amended on
March 2016 in Hong Kong in consultation with the participating countries.

ADDENDUM

Specific Rules for National Moot Court Competitions in Countries2 where

Number of Participating Teams is less than Eight

During the competition, if less than eight teams are participating, the preliminary round of
the national competition will not be held; only the semi-final and final rounds of competition
will be conducted. During these competitions, the general rules which are contained in this
document will applicable, subject to the exceptions and modifications which are prescribed
below here:

• If only one team is participating:

o There will not be a competition to select the winner. The team should,
however, be required to argue before the organising committee to get
acquainted with the competition procedure, court manner, advocacy skills,
etc., which are specified in the rules.3

• If two teams are participating:

o Only one round of competition will be conducted and for this the rules which
are specified for the final round of competition (point 3.4 in this document)
will be applicable.

• If three teams are participating:

o The Competition will be conducted using a round-robin system. Each team

will have the chance to argue against all other teams. The teams will be
selected by a draw of lot to argue.
o After assessment of the three teams’ performances, the top two teams will be
selected to compete for the National Henry Dunant memorial trophy.

2 Countries other than India. 3 Since all participating teams should get sufficient training while competing
in the national competitions, the organizing committee is adopted this practice.
4 This will include marks obtained by the teams in the written
memorials.
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• If four teams are participating:

o The general rules contained in this document for the semi-final round of
competition will be applicable.

o The performance of the four teams will be assessed, based upon the written
memorial marks and the marks obtained in the oral presentations.

• If five teams are participating:

o The first four teams will argue according to the rules contained in the semi-
final rounds of competition.

o The fifth team will be then facilitated by two teams which have already
argued in the first round of arguments. These two teams will be selected by
draw of lots. Here, only the fifth team's performance will be taken into
consideration for marking; the facilitator teams will not be marked.

• If six teams are participating:

o General rules contained in this document for the semi-final round of

competition will be applicable.

o Teams performance will be assessed based upon their written memorial

marks and the marks obtained in the oral presentations.

• If seven teams are participating:

o The procedure adopted will be the same as that used to conduct a five team
competition.
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Rules and Guidelines for

the Henry Dunant Memorial Regional Moot Court Competition

1. Introduction

The Regional Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition was initiated and organised
by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Regional Delegation, New Delhi,
in collaboration with Indian Society of International Law (ISIL) in India during October 2005.
In 2009 for the first time Regional rounds of the competition was organised outside India, in
Dhaka. The venue of the regional rounds is rotated each year.

2. Objectives

The principal objective of the Regional Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition is
to develop an increased awareness and interest in IHL amongst students and academic
institutions throughout South Asia. A further objective is to use IHL to further academic
excellence in the student community, and to develop their advocacy skills in an environment
of friendly competition.

3. Rules for Participation in the Regional Rounds

The following countries organize the Henry Dunant Memorial National Rounds in their
respective jurisdictions- – Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The top 2
teams from the respective countries National Rounds would be eligible to participate and
compete in the Regional Rounds. The following additional rules regarding participation
should
be borne in mind –
a) Electronic participation of teams via skype or any other medium would not be permitted
in the regional round,
b) In case of non issuance of visa by the host countries wherein the Regional Rounds are
scheduled, which prevents a team that has qualified from their national rounds to
compete and participate in the regional rounds of the competition, that team would be
entitled to an automatic qualification to the Asia Pacific round of the competition. This
clause would be operational and the automatic qualification would be granted provided
there has been no omission/fault/lapse by the relevant team in their effort to secure a
valid timely visa. The final decision of accepting or rejecting the plea of automatic
qualification will be vested with the Regional Legal Advisor, ICRC Regional Delegation,
New Delhi.
(If the ICRC deems it impossible to organize the South Asia regional round in
2022, the winning team will automatically qualify for the Hong Kong rounds. You
may have to slightly adapt the rules of the competition for the 2022 rounds to
reflect this point.)

4.Rules for Oral Pleadings and Memorials

Rules regarding the Regional Moot Court Competition will be the same as National Henry
Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition. Refer to the rules of the national competition.

Once the national competitions are concluded within their respective countries, the winning
teams of the national round competitions should submit their written memorials to the ICRC
Regional Delegation, New Delhi and/or the host ICRC Delegation wherein the regional
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rounds would be hosted. The deadline for submission of memorials is at least one week
prior to the commencement of the regional competition. Failure to do so will result in
disqualification from the competition.

5. Rules Regarding the Judges

In the Regional Moot Court Competition along with the categories of persons mentioned in
Rule 8 of the National Rounds, the ICRC officials well versed International Law in general
and International Humanitarian Law, in particular can be included as the Judges. The
Judges in the preliminary rounds will be comprised of national judges of the host country
plus one ICRC judge per panel. For the semi final and final rounds, judges who have not
judged the preliminary rounds would be prioritized. Full attempts would be made by the
organizers to ensure a balance of nationalities of judges on these panels. The prohibition for
the members of the partner organizing institutions to act as Judges will continue as long as
the team from the institution is competing in the competition.

6. Accommodation and Travel

• For participating teams from Bangladesh, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the
ICRC and its partner organisations will be responsible for coordinating all administrative
arrangements, including travel, accommodation and meals, during their stay in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Personal trips such as sightseeing trips, shopping, etc., the ICRC and its
partner organisation will not be responsible.

• The participating teams from countries such as Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan
and Sri Lanka should contact ICRC delegations in their respective countries for their
travel arrangements and visa requirements.

• The ICRC Delegation hosting the regional round will be responsible for administration of
the team representing their home country in the competition.

7. Rules for Participation in the Asia Pacific Rounds, Hongkong.

• The teams that are winners in the Regional Round would be entitled to participate in the
Asia Pacific round in Hong Kong

• Rule 3 (b) would also be applicable for teams to participate in the Asia Pacific Rounds.

These Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition Rules and Guidelines were
finalized on this the 5th day of June 2006 at New Delhi, INDIA and further amended on
March 2016 at Hong Kong in consultation with the participating countries.