AHRI Conference 2026 – Enduring Contributions and Challenges: The 60-Year and 20-Year Legacies of the International Covenants and the Human Rights Council The 2026 Annual Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) coincides with the 60th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, … Continued
Applications are now open for our two full-time LLM – Master of Advanced Studies programmes (MAS): the LLM – Master of Advanced Studies in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the new LLM – Master of Advanced Studies in International Crimes, Justice and Human Rights, which will supersede the MAS in Transitional Justice, Human … Continued
From 17 to 20 June 2025, eleven participants from six countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region took part in another edition of our customized training on the Geneva-based United Nations human rights mechanisms. Organized by the Geneva Human Rights Platform (GHRP) in partnership with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR), … Continued
On 8 July 2025, the opening day of the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, the Geneva Human Rights Platform (GHRP) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Human Rights Hub co-hosted the workshop ‘AI for Human Rights: Smarter, Faster, Fairer Monitoring‘. The event brought together human rights practitioners, data scientists, and AI experts … Continued
On 4–5 June 2025, sixteen diplomats from fifteen Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) participated in a two-day Practical Training on Human Rights Council Procedures in Geneva, led by Eric Tistounet, former Chief of the Human Rights Council Branch at OHCHR. Organized by the Geneva Human Rights Platform, and co-organized with … Continued
International armed conflicts have nearly doubled in just one year, prompting our Head of Research and Policy Studies, Dr Erica Harper, to focus attention on the urgency of conflict prevention. Speaking at a United Nations Economic and Social Council panel on June 16 focused on Humanitarian Aid Under Siege, Dr Harper drew on the Geneva … Continued
In recent weeks, the Geneva Human Rights Platform (GHRP) has taken its work on strengthening the international human rights system to the heart of European policymaking. Guided by the recognition of the central role that EU institutions and the Council of Europe play in safeguarding fundamental rights and democratic values, particularly in times of heightened … Continued
Legal experts, UN officials, diplomats, students and human rights advocates gathered Tuesday 20th May 2025 at Villa Moynier to tackle a pressing global concern: Is the arms trade above international law? Organized by the Geneva Academy with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva (QUNO), and … Continued
This year, the Geneva Academy has launched the Geneva IHL Lab, a practice-oriented course designed to equip our Master of Advanced Studies students with skills in open-source research and legal analysis under international humanitarian law (IHL). With the first edition now underway, we spoke with Paola Gaeta, Director of the Geneva Academy, and Chris Gosnell, … Continued
On the occasion of the 77th session of the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Geneva Academy convened an expert consultation on the CESCR’s General Comment on the Application of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in Situations of Armed Conflict. Around 20 individuals from the UN and … Continued