Form and Length

29. Each team shall submit a memorial for the Prosecutor or the Defendant, depending upon whom they are assigned to represent in the draw referred to in Rule 4.
30. Each memorial shall be typed with 1 ½ line-spacing, using ‘Times New Roman' font in size 12.
31. Citations must be in the body of the text or in footnotes (not end notes) and should be in an intelligible form.
32. Each memorial must have two cover sheets:
    1. The first cover sheet must indicate the name of the participating institution, the names of the two mooters of the team in the order of the oral hearings, whether the memorial is for the Prosecutor or the Defendant, and the word count of the memorial; and
    2. The second cover sheet must have on it only the team's individual moot number which was supplied to the contact person of the team (see Rule 16). (The purpose of this requirement is to protect the anonymity of the teams to ensure no prejudice or bias is shown in the assessment of the memorials.)
33. Each memorial (excluding cover sheets) shall not exceed 2000 words in length, which should include everything, like citations, footnotes, endnotes, etc. In the event that any team submits a memorial of a length exceeding 2000 words, the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) shall deduct marks from that team's memorial score out of 100 (calculated pursuant to Rule 74) according to the following scale:
    1. 1-50 words in excess – deduction of 5 marks;
    2. 51-100 words in excess – deduction of 10 marks;
    3. 101-200 words in excess – deduction of 20 marks; and
    4. Over 200 words in excess – deduction of 30 marks.
    5. In the event that any team violates any of the format requirements (pursuant to Rules 29-32), the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) shall deduct altogether 5 marks from the teams' memorial score out of 100 (calculated pursuant to Rule 74).

 
Submission of Memorials

1. Each team shall submit a copy of its memorial via e-mail (to ihl@redcross.org.hk) by 7th February 2011, and must dispatch via speed post or any express mail service on or before the same day (according to post mark) a CD/DVD containing the same memorial, together with 20 hard copies of the same memorial, to the Secretary at the following address:

• The Secretary of the 9th Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot
• Hong Kong Red Cross Headquarters
• 33 Harcourt Road
• Hong Kong S.A.R.

 
The copies of the memorial which are e-mailed and contained in CD/DVD must be in one of the following word processing formats: Microsoft Word (.doc), or Rich Text Format (.rtf). No other data format will be accepted without the express prior consent of the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies). The cover of CD/DVD should be prominently marked with the name of the participating institution, stating whether the memorial is for the Prosecutor or the Defendant, and the word processing format used.
 

1. The 20 hard copies of the memorials must be single-sided (i.e. reproduced on only one side of the paper).
2. The individual hard copies of the memorials must be securely stapled so that the stapling will hold throughout the Competition. Memorials should not be held together by rubber bands, lightweight staples, paperclips, pins or other insecure means, while binding on the edge is not necessary.
3. In the event that any team fails to submit its memorial on time (pursuant to Rule 35), the Secretary/Assistant Secretary(ies) shall deduct 5 marks for each calendar day from the team's memorial score out of 100 (calculated pursuant to Rule 74).

 
Revision of Memorials

1. A memorial may not be revised for any purpose whatsoever once it has been submitted.
2. In view that the General Rounds are the first encounter for participating teams to argue on the mooting problem, participating teams' oral hearings in the General Rounds will be limited to the arguments presented in the teams' memorials, except as permitted by Rule 51.