Targeted to youth and young adults, the IHL team hosts annual contests throughout the academic year to engage and excite students, inspiring them to bring their creative thinking to topics related to IHL.
Targeted to youth and young adults, the IHL team hosts annual contests throughout the academic year to engage and excite students, inspiring them to bring their creative thinking to topics related to IHL.
The Clara Barton Competition is an annual simulation-based, experiential legal competition designed to expose rising professionals to the practice of IHL and to real world challenges facing IHL practitioners during armed conflict. Participants will engage in a variety of practical role-playing exercises, during which they will be asked to assume various professional roles and accomplish a wide range of tasks reflective of those performed by practitioners in the field. The Competition will test participants’ knowledge of international humanitarian law and public international law, as well as their ability to present, advocate for, and defend legal positions to a diverse range of stakeholders in different simulated environments.
This competition occurs annually in March and is open to law students and cadets from US military academies.
Each year entrants are challenged with creating thoughtful and insightful entries around a specific IHL theme. This competition is open to junior high (8th grade), high school, undergraduate, law school, and graduate students. Winners are eligible for prizes, including publication of their work in a special American Red Cross digital magazine.
The competition is now closed for entries—thank you to all participants for submitting their talented entries. Winners will be announced in March 2024!
The 2nd Annual IHL Youth Action Campaign pin design competition is officially open! Participants are invited to showcase their creativity by designing the official Youth Action Campaign pin for 2023-2024. Designs should reflect this year's campaign theme of Nuclear Weapons and Armed Conflict. The competition is open to anyone, even those who are not participating in the Youth Action Campaign. The winning design will be voted on by current Youth Action Campaign Advocates and will be produced into this year's official pin.
The competition is now open for entries! Entries will be accepted through March 13th, 2024. Please see the competition rules and submission guidelines below for more information.