SMU and NUS once again teamed up to send a joint team for the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Moot held this year.  The SMU-NUS joint team comprised SMU’s Sui Yi Siong and Hilda Foo, and Chia Yaru from NUS.  As Singapore's IHL team has been a joint team since 2011, the coaching duties are alternated between the two universities.  NUS assumed coaching duties this year, with Ms Megan Chia and Ms Emily Choo taking the reins.

This year's tournament, the moot competition’s 12^th edition, saw a record turnout of more than 50 teams from the Asia-Pacific region.  Following a series of national rounds, the top 24 teams converged in Hong Kong for the international rounds in March.  Our joint team defeated University of Hong Kong, KDU University College, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Law before bowing out to eventual champions University of Adelaide in the semi-final.

This was the third time in four years that our joint team made the semi-final, but this was our best performance yet – Yi Siong and Yaru came in first and second respectively for the Best Oralist award.  The team was also ranked third for Best Defendant Memorial!

[Photo: Hilda, Yaru and Yi Siong outside the Hong Kong High Court after receiving their awards.]

[Featured Photo: The SMU-NUS team comprising (L-R) Sui Yi Siong, Hilda Foo and Chia Yaru, pictured here with one of their coaches, Ms Emily Choo.]