The Jean Pictet Competition on International Humanitarian Law is one of the most prestigious and representative legal competitions in the world of a unique format, annually bringing together teams of students, undergraduates and postgraduates interested in international law from all over the world. The competition is held in various countries in English, French and Spanish. 

The team of the Law Faculty of SFedU successfully passed the qualifying rounds, which were attended by teams from leading universities in the world, was selected from among 500 applications admitted to the last stage and invited to participate in the face-to-face rounds of the 44th Session of the competition in Nepal. Only 18 teams claimed this right from Russia.

The SFedU university team included undergraduate students Nikita Balduk, Julia Kochina and Alexandra Plysenko, who competed with teams from Australia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Belarus and other countries during the week.

Our students met in rounds with the teams of NALSAR University of Law (National Academy of Legal Studies, India), National Law College (National Law College, Nepal), Kenyatta University (Kenyatta University, Kenya), International Islamic University Islamabad (International Islamic University, Pakistan), Jatiya Kabi Kazi Narzul Islam University (Islamic University named after Jatiya Kabi Kazi Narzula, Bangladesh) and others.

The competition, built in the format of a large-scale role-playing simulation game, assumed the application of international law to a variety of situations.

Throughout the competition, the participant could communicate not only with students, undergraduates and postgraduates from different countries, but also with legal practitioners in the field of international law, professors, employees of international organizations, had the opportunity to see how cultural, national, religious characteristics of countries and continents manifest themselves in the course of joint work, deepen their knowledge in the field of international law to improve stress tolerance and improve public speaking skills during daily work with the curator.

The team's participation in the face-to-face rounds in Nepal was supported by the Moscow delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the team's coaches (PhD, Head of the Department of International Law of SFedU Levitskaya E. A., senior lecturer of the Department Kosse A.A.), English teachers.

The participating students especially noted the unusual format of the competition, field assignments on the shore of Lake Fewa in Pokhara, where they found themselves as part of a humanitarian mission of the Red Cross, designed to help all victims in the zone of armed conflict.

The competition became a valuable experience for both students and their mentors, and allowed them to take a fresh look at the various possibilities of applying legal knowledge, cooperation and professional self-realization.