KDU Mooters Soar High by Clinching the Henry Dunant Moot Court Championship, 2023

The Moot Team representing the Faculty of Law of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University comprising Mr. Chandrika Manamendra, Mr. Ashan De Alwis and Ms. Devmini Bandara emerged as the Champions of the National Rounds of the Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023 on International Humanitarian Law which was organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Mr. Chandrika Manamendra also won the Award for the Best Speaker at the Competition by adding more glamour to the KDU victory.

The Final Round of the Competition was held on the 26.10.2023 at the Senate Hall of the University of Colombo. The KDU team defeated the Colombo University team making their submissions before an esteemed panel of judges headed by Dr. Mario Gomez, the Executive Director of (ICES), Colombo.  The KDU team will now represent Sri Lanka at the Regional Rounds of the Competition which will be held next year in New Delhi, India.  Henry Dunant Moot Court Competition is an annual event facilitated by International Committee of Red Cross with the aim of promoting International Humanitarian Law among the law students.

The Vice Chancellor and the University Administration take this opportunity to appreciate and commend the success achieved by the KDU Moot Team.