1. The 11th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot (2013) (the “Competition”) shall be run under the auspices of an Organizing Committee, comprising representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Hong Kong Red Cross (HKRC), which shall have the power to:
   1. plan and organize the Competition;
   2. set Rules for the Moot, which interpretation should exclusively rest with the Committee;
   3. decide the criteria of participating teams and invite such teams to join the Competition;
   4. invite and appoint writer(s) of Moot problems, judges and other persons who can assist in the Competition;
   5. invite and appoint collaborators for the competition1;
   6. delegate all or any of its power to a Secretary and/or Assistant Secretary(ies) to administer the competition.
2. The date for the Competition shall be 14th – 16th March 2013. The Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) will give due notice on the venue of the Competition.
   1. 14th March 2013 (afternoon & evening) – General Rounds
   2. 15th March 2013 (evening) – Quarter-final Round
   3. 16th March 2013 (morning & afternoon) – Semi-final & Final Rounds
3. Unless otherwise notified by the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies), the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) will convene a meeting in Hong Kong, which all teams must attend (restricted to all participating students, local and overseas alike), on Thursday, 14th March 2013, at a venue to be announced. At the meeting, the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) will provide a briefing to all participating teams.

¹ The collaborating universities of the 11th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot (2013) are:

1. Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong;
2. Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.