Reference :
V-P-KR-E-00002
Date :
09/10/2010
Caption :
Seoul, Kyunghee University Law School. Moot court competition on international humanitarian law. Competition organized jointly by the law school, the Republic of Korea National Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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public
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publication without restrictions
Description :
Seoul - Her face serious and focused, the student begins to argue her first case in a courtroom scenario. "Your honour, if it may please the court…," she says and then goes on to present a list of war crimes allegedly committed by the accused.
Before a panel of judges, sixteen students from seven universities in the Republic of Korea acted both as prosecutor and defense for a commanding officer charged with violating specific rules of international humanitarian law (IHL), such as the Geneva Conventions, in a fictional situation of armed conflict.
The first mock trial experience for many of the students, the 2nd International Humanitarian Law Moot Court competition took place on 9 October 2010 at the Kyunghee University Law School in Seoul. It was organized jointly by the law school, the Republic of Korea National Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
"We are very happy that many more students and eminent judges have taken a profound interest in the 2nd Red Cross IHL moot court competition compared to last year," said Mr. Kim Yong Hyun, Secretary General of the national Red Cross society. "We hope that the awareness of humanitarian issues and IHL can be promoted nationwide through this competition."
For many students, the competition was their first close encounter with IHL. While some were armed with the texts of the Geneva Conventions in the courtroom, participants worked hard to prepare their cases long before the day of the event.
"I had to put lots of time into studying customs, conventions and cases. And writing memorials and preparing the speeches were much tougher than I imagined," said Choi Chul Ho, a 30-year-old law student from Anyang City. He would later be named one of the two "Best Mooters" of the competition.
The winning team, from Ewha Womans University, will participate in the Asia-Pacific regional IHL moot court competition, to be held in Hong Kong later this year.
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