* Won a mock trial contest of the International Humanitarian Law hosted by the Korean National Red Cross

* They will be participating in Asia-Pacific mock trial as South Korea's representative. 

(Photo 1) Photography to commemorate the victory of the mock trial competition of the International Humanitarian Law (from right, Professor Hee-eon Lee, Eun-sung Park, Ji-min Yoo, and Do-hyun Lee )

 Students Do-hyun Lee, Ji-min Yoo and Eun-sung Park of Handong International Law School won the 11th International Humanitarian Law mock trial contest held at Seoul National University's Graduate School of Law on Monday. Co-hosted by the Korean Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross, the main competition was conducted under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Justice and in cooperation with the Seoul National University Center for Public Human Rights Law.

The competition was held to reaffirm the importance of the Humanitarian Law through legal approaches and disputes over the application of the law on humanitarian issues arising in times of armed conflict such as wartime. In particular, it seems to have served as an opportunity to address the direction of the Humanitarian law from the perspective of international law and law of war in the special reality of our country, the inter-Korean standoff. 

A total of seven teams were selected in the final round of the competition, which was conducted in English, and in particular, there was a match between the student team of the Handong International Law School and the student team at Handong University in the semi-final. The team from Handong International Law School, reached the final, won the title after a fierce battle with a team from Seoul National University.

As a benefit for the winning team, the team from Handong International Law School will compete as South Korea's representative at the 18th Asia-Pacific regional mock trial of international humanitarian law in Hong Kong, in March next year.

Do-hyun Lee(Male, 27), who is also a graduate of the law department at Handong University, said, "It was a good experience to build up professional knowledge in the field of international humanitarian law. I thank God for giving me such good opportunity and courage at every difficult moment, and I thank professor Hee-eon Lee, other professors and seniors at the Law School who helped me a lot in the preparation process, as well as those who always supported me with prayer. I'm very happy to be given the opportunity to demonstrate my capabilities that I've prepared in Hong Kong, the center of the international legal arena," he said. Meanwhile, Lee competed in the 22nd Stetson International Moot Court Competition for Environmental Law in 2017, when he was an undergraduate at Handong University, and won the best defense award. 

Professor Hee-eon Lee, who coached the team, also thanked the faculty of Handong International Law School, saying, "I am happy to have achieved good results based on oral defense classes taught at school."

The Handong International Law School, which runs the only U.S.-style law school education program in Korea, consists of mostly U.S. lawyers, with lectures on U.S. law and international law taking place in 100 percent English. In addition, Handong International Law School has been active in the domestic and foreign legal markets, with about 70 percent (428 students) of graduates passing the U.S. bar exam.

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