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Applications for the 2021–2022 Academic Year are Open!
Yulia Mogutova (Henry Dunant Research Prize), Berta Fernández-Rosón (Best LLM Paper Prize) and Camila Ruiz Segovia (Best MTJ Paper Prize).
For this academic year, and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, courses will be taught simultaneously in-class and online.
This new section of our website provides information for current and incoming students about the organization of teaching and classes during the COVID–19 pandemic.
Discover what students and alumni say about this programme!
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Geneva Call
Ezequiel Heffes works as a Thematic Legal Adviser at Geneva Call, a humanitarian NGO that engages armed non-State actors to increase their level of compliance with humanitarian norms. In this interview, he tells about the programme and what it brought to his career.
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Tamara Aburamadan, currently enrolled in our LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, tells us about the programme and life in Geneva.
Director of the Geneva Academy and Associate/SNF Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Geneva
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
President of the Board and Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Swiss Chair of International Humanitarian Law at the Geneva Academy and Professor of International Law and Security at the University Of Glasgow
Swiss Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy , Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow and UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca
Senior Research Fellow and Strategic Adviser on International Humanitarian Law
The Geneva Academy offers a unique opportunity to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the main international law branches that are relevant for the protection of individuals in armed conflict and other situations of violence. The strong academic level of the students, the diversity of cultures represented in the programme and the richness of in-class discussions on contemporary legal issues makes teaching at the Geneva Academy a true pleasure.
Core courses provide a solid legal basis and understanding of public international law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international refugee law and international criminal law.
This unique series of events relating to military institutions and the law aims to improve our students’ knowledge of military actors and operations.
Our LLM students can participate in two moot courts, the prestigious Jean-Pictet Competition on international humanitarian law and the Nuremberg Moot Court Competition.
Our LLM students have the opportunity to acquire first-hand professional experience via internships with Geneva-based humanitarian and human rights actors
