UGM to Hold Humanitarian Law Debates This Weekend

Universitas Gadjah Mada plans to host the 3rd National Debate on International Humanitarian Law from May 7 to 8, 2011 at its Bulaksumur campus in Yogyakarta. The competition is fully funded by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the winner will represent Indonesia in the international version of the event in Malaysia. Unfortunately, the tournament has restrictions that include a team cap of 16 and a requirement that the debaters are International Relations students who never participated in previous editions of this event. It is unclear whether this means International Law students who concentrate their studies on humanitarian law are also restricted from joining this event, which will use the 3-on-3 Australasian format.