Post by NUS Faculty of Law

Congratulations to Isabelle G. ’26, Chan Shao Wei ’27 and Dorian Han ’28, who have emerged as First Runners-Up at the 49th edition of the Jean-Pictet Competition (JPC) held in Dilijan, Armenia. The JPC is an international simulation-based tournament that differs from traditional mooting by "taking the law out of the books”. The team was required to operationalise International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by adopting the personas of diverse stakeholders, ranging from the Minister of Defence and military commanders to legal delegates for international actors, such as the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross. “Being immersed among 147 participants from diverse legal, cultural, and conflict-affected contexts enabled a rich peer-to-peer exchange, grounding doctrinal discussions in lived experience. This exposure to practitioners and peers from countries where IHL is actively invoked pushed us past the simple academic understanding of international humanitarian law to its underscored immediacy, relevance, and human impact,” shared the team. The trio expressed their gratitude to their coaches: Peide Huang ’16; LLM ’22, Jiaxi Dong ’25 and Rachel Quek ’24, as well as their tutor, Mr Emil Sahakyan, and the Committee for the JPC for their support and facilitation of their IHL journey.