The Department of Law & Justice, Southeast University (SEU) has clinched the championship of the 9th National Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition-2013 while the Department of Law, Dhaka University (DU) has become runner up.

The competition was jointly organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with DU held at the DU Senate Bhaban auditorium from September 5 to 7, 2013.

A total of 19 teams including four observer teams comprised of public and private universities took part in the competition.         

In the grand final of the competition, the three member panel of judges was former Appellate Division Judge of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh and chief election commissioner Mohammad Abdur Rouf, Syed Muhammad Dastagir and Md. Miftah Uddin Choudhury, incumbent judges of the High Court Division.

The participants from SEU were Kazi Parvez Jibon and Farzana Sultana Zahid Hussain Sarah as mooters and Md. Shihabuddin as the researcher.

The team was mentored by ABM Imdadul Haque Khan and Tahsin Khan, lecturers of the Department of Law & Justice of SEU.     

The national champion team representing Bangladesh will participate in Regional Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competetiton-2013 at New Delhi, India in the upcoming October 18-19, 2013 to be organized by ICRC and University of Delhi.

The champion and runner-up team from the regional competition will get the opportunity to participate in international competition to be held in Hongkong.       

It is to be noted that National Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition started its journey in Bangladesh from 2001.

The inherent objective of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition is to develop an increased awareness and enthusiasm in International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in academic institutions as well as in practical aspect in a bid to limit the means and methods of warfare.     

Emdadul Haque is a Senior Lecturer of the Department of Law & Justice, Southeast University.