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Law Event
Bangladesh wins the Regional Moot Court Competition
 Bangladesh has won the award and certificates as the winner of the Second Regional Moot Court Competition held in New Delhi, India, during 27-29 October organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL). The competition is named in memory of Mr Henry Dunant, the co-founder of the ICRC in 1863 and spiritual father of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. On the basis of the criteria set by the ICRC for the eligibility of the participants in the Regional Moot Court competition, students from Iran and five SAARC countries namely Bangladesh, Srilanka, Nepal, Pakistan and India participated in the Competition. Each participating country nominated the team who became the champion at the National Moot Court Competition consisting of three student members and a coach from the faculty of the University that they represent. From Bangladesh, University of Dhaka, being the Champion at the national level competition, participated in the Regional one. Taslima Yasmin, Christabel Randolph and Md. Azharul Islam Habib were the members of the Dhaka University team. Mr. Nazmuzzaman Bhuian, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Dhaka University, guided them as the Coach. The eminent Judges who were selected from the different categories such as academicians, senior legal officers of the ministry of the external affairs, serving and retired judges and the senior advocates of the High Court of Delhi judged the teams. Each team had to prosecute and defend the other five teams before reaching the final round on the basis of a hypothetical case provided by the organisers. After the daylong mooting, only the top two teams namely Bangladesh and India reached the Final round. On the very next day, Bangladesh defeated the Indian team in the final round and became the winner of the Competition. Mr. Justice Madan C. Lokur, Hon'ble Judge of the Delhi High Court was present as the chief guest at the award giving ceremony. Mr. Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, Hon'ble Judge of the Delhi High Court, Mr. Vincent Nicod, Head of the Regional Delegation of ICRC, Mr. Larry Maybee, Legal Advisor of the Regional Delegation of ICRC and Dr. Manoj Kumar Sinha, Director, the Indian Society of International Law, were present on the occasion. As the winner of the regional competition for South Asia, Bangladesh team will now participate in the International Moot Court Competition to be held in March 2007 in Hong Kong. Undoubtedly, Dhaka University team deserves congratulations for winning such a prestigious award for Bangladesh.
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