The Faculty

LLM students have the opportunity to be taught by leading academics in the fields of international humanitarian law and human rights. The LLM faculty featured on this page represents our faculty for the current academic year.

Professors and Lecturers

Foluke Adebisi

Professor of Law, University of Bristol

Ahmed Al-Dawoody

Legal Adviser for Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Sareta Ashraph

Senior Legal Adviser, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Center for Justice and Accountability

Giulio Bartolini

Professor of International Law at Roma Tre University

Andrea Bianchi

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Vincent Chetail

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Gabriella Citroni

Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca

Gloria Gaggioli

Former Director of the Geneva Academy and Associate Professor and Vice-Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Geneva

Jérôme de Hemptinne

Assistant Professor at Utrecht University

Claudia Martin

Co-Director at American University Washington College of Law

Marco Roscini

Swiss IHL Chair and Professor of International Law at the University of Westminster

Clara Sandoval

Professor at the University of Essex School of Law and Director of the Essex Transitional Justice Network

Damien Scalia

Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles

Sandesh Sivakumaran

Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge and Director, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Hélène Tigroudja

Law Professor at Aix-Marseille University and a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee

Eric Tistounet

Former Chief of the Human Rights Council Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Neus Torbisco-Casals

Visiting Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Stefan Ziegler

Humanitarian Advocate and Practitioner, Educator and Filmmaker

Domenico Zipoli

Project Coordinator and Research Fellow

Teaching Assistants

Agustina Becerra Vazquez

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Shima Esmailian

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Ralph Loren-Eisendecher

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Dor Hai

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Victoria Priori

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Mina Radončić

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Katia Rosenblat

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Ankita Shanker

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Revaz Tkemaladze

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Tihao Zeng

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The international environment of the LLM offers a unique opportunity to confront different realities and cultures. The size of classes for optional courses facilitates an interactive dialogue between the professor and students, which in turn produces a vibrant exchange and enables a practical analysis of the subject besides the traditional theoretical one.

Gabriella Citroni

Adjunct Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca

Internships

Our LLM students acquire first-hand professional experience via internships with Geneva-based humanitarian and human rights actors

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Moot Courts

Our LLM students can participate in two moot courts, the prestigious Jean-Pictet Competition on international humanitarian law and the Nuremberg Moot Court Competition.

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Events

Our events provide a critical and scholarly forum for experts and practitioners to debate topical humanitarian, human rights and transitional justice issues.

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Research

Our research examines issues that are under-explored, need clarification, or are unconventional, experimental or challenging.

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