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hnlu.ac.in 1st HNLU ILS National Essay Competition 2015 On International Law : Hidayatullah National Law University

Organization : Hidayatullah National Law University
Competition Name : 1st HNLU ILS National Essay Competition 2015 On International Law
Applicable For : Law Students Pursuing Undergraduate, Postgraduate & PhD. Programmes
Applicable States : All India
Registration Last Date : 10th August,2015
Registration Fee : No

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1st HNLU ILS National Essay Competition 2015 On International Law:
Theme:
Peace And Security In International Law The world as we know today is more global than ever before. In this increasingly homogenous backdrop of seamless liberalization, the seismic upheavals in the world’s political and economic milieu have gained equal traction. The past few years alone have witnessed such enormous activity in the International Law province that forte disciplines like cyber and air and space law have attained full significance. The emerging domains of maritime law, non-state actors, humanitarian law, have become even more relevant. In this piercingly provocative time of rapid changes, the International Law Society at Hidayatullah National Law University perceives an unalloyed opportunity for young scholars and students to participate at the National Level in an essay competition on pertinent aspects of International Law. We seek to encourage students to undertake stimulating independent research while maintaining detail and academic rigor.

Sub Themes:
** Torture under International Law
** Cyber Attacks
** Maritime Disputes under UNCLOS
** Rise of Non State Actors in light of the Middle East and Ukrainian Crisis
** Viability of Arms Trade Treaty
** Drone Attacks
** Surveillance vs. Privacy

Rules For The Competition:
There is no registration fee for the competition.
** The competition is open only for Law students pursuing Undergraduate, Postgraduate and PhD. Programmes.
** To participate in this competition, the students will have to submit the soft copy of the contact details in a separate document along with the essay (soft copy) on or before 10th of August 2015 by 23:59 IST at ilsa@hnlu.ac.in.
** The essay can be submitted in any version of MS Word only.
** The essay must contain an Abstract, not exceeding the limit of 200 words, whereby the keywords are mentioned and the tentative conclusions are set out.
** No part of the essay should contain any form of identification of the participant, and any such information should be provided in a separate document.

Submission Guidelines:
The participants may choose to write on any topic within the ambit of the broader theme of the competition mentioned below.
** The submission must not exceed 3000 words (excluding footnotes) and any violation of the prescribed word limit will result in a penalty of 1 mark per 20 words.
** All submissions must be original and bona fide work of the participants.
** The contestants by entering in the contest agree to indemnify the organizers from and against all claims, suits, and damages based on any claim of copyright infringement or plagiarism or unauthorized use.
** All entries shall be considered to be the property of the HNLU ILS for, which also reserves the right of publication of the same in any book, journal, or in any other manner as it may deem appropriate, without providing any royalty or compensation.
** The essay should not be submitted for any other competition and/or for publication whatsoever.
** Font type should be Times New Roman and Font Size should be 12 for the text and 10 for the footnotes.
** Line spacing between two lines and a paragraph should be 1.5 for the body and 1.0 for footnotes.
** Participants should use Harvard Blue Book 19th Edition as the uniform footnoting style.

Essay Judgement Rules:
The decision of the review board with regards to evaluation of the essay shall be final.

The essay judgment shall follow the following marking rules/scheme:
1. Originality of Idea in Content: 20 marks
2. Quality of Research: 25 marks
3. Argumentation: 25 marks
4. Use of Authorities and Conformity with Citation style: 20 marks
5. Presentation: 10 mark

Important Dates:
Submission Last Date-10th August,2015
Declaration of Results-20th September, 2015

Prizes:
The top three essays shall be conferred with “Merit Certificates” and “Cash Prizes” and all the participants will be awarded “Certificate of Participation”.

The details of prizes are mentioned herein below:-
1.First Prize 12,000/- and Certificate of Merit
2. Second Prize 8,000/- and Certificate of Merit
3. Third Prize 5,000/- and Certificate of Merit

For any queries, please mail at ilsa@hnlu.ac.in.

Hidayatullah National Law University
Post Uparwara, Naya Raipur
Chhattisgarh Pin 492002

Phone: 0771-3057603, 604
Tel-Fax: 0771-3057666

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