2016 Annual Report

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12 June 2017

Our 2016 Annual Report  is out! It provides an overview of our activities and achievements.

An Intense and Busy Year

2016 has been an intense and busy year for the Geneva Academy with:

  • The launch of our new Master of Advanced Studies in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law
  • Our first win of the Jean-Pictet Competition
  • The Launch of a new series of events, the IHL Talks
  • The appointment of our Swiss Human Rights Chair as UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
  • Innovative research projects on universality in the Human Rights Council or armed non-state actors
  • The launch of a new website and visual identity

Having an Impact

Through our distinctive mix of education, research, platforms and convening power, we continued to disseminate legal knowledge, inform policy recommendations, support practitioners, and provide a critical and scholarly forum to discuss and debate topical issues in international humanitarian law, human rights and transitional justice.

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