A team from the Department of Law of East West University has emerged as the runner-up of the 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition, Bangladesh National Rounds 2023.
The national rounds of the 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition were organized by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in collaboration with Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB).
It was held on IUB premises from October 5 to 7, reads a press release.
This year a total of 30 teams participated in the competition, representing different public and private universities in the country.
The team of East West University consists of RKM Rabin Ahmed, Tanzila Islam, and Saima Haque along with Nadia Rahaman, senior lecturer, Department of Law, EWU as coach.
EWU faced the University of Dhaka in the finals. In the finals, the bench consisted of High Court Justice Naima Haider, Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury and Brigadier General (Rtd) Muhammad Sajjad Siddique.
It is mentioned that each year two top teams are qualified to participate in the international rounds of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition.
Prof Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser of EWU and former governor of Bangladesh Bank, congratulated the EWU team on their outstanding achievement.
