Our three advanced master's programmes provide a solid foundation for careers in the humanitarian and human rights fields with international organizations, NGOs, international courts and tribunals, governments and academic institutions.
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Our two full-time degrees – the LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (LLM), and the Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law – offer a unique combination of high-level academic education and real-world practice.
Via internships, participation in moot courts, public pleadings, extracurricular activities or the study trip, students gather first-hand experience and practical knowledge. These facilitate their integration into the professional world.
Our objective is to produce graduates who will be leaders in the humanitarian, human rights and transitional justice fields.
During the year, our students benefit from the Career Services of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Our LLM students acquire first-hand professional experience via internships with Geneva-based humanitarian and human rights actors
The Master in Transitional Justice combines high-level academic education with real-world practice, allowing students to develop the transferable skills necessary to succeed in the professional world.
During the Spring Semester, I interned at the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), an NGO based in Geneva. Whilst there, I performed several duties which included attending and reporting on relevant meetings and side events at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council and conducting research on UN Treaty bodies. This internship gave me a unique opportunity to view the UN human rights system at work in Geneva as well as the opportunity to contribute to ISHR’s work on human rights defenders and strengthening human rights systems.