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8 March 2022

On International Women's Day, meet the women who teach and work at the Geneva Academy and discover what this day represents for them via two galleries featuring:

Women who are part of our faculty and who teach in our master's programmes
Our women staff: researchers, teaching assistants, directors and administrative staff.

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Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict: What Participants Say

25 March 2024

María Elizondo, a Mexican lawyer enrolled in our online Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict, tells about the programme and what it brings to her career.

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Apply to our LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights!

27 November 2023

Applications for the 2024–2025 academic year of our LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights are open. They will run until 26 January 2024 for applications with a scholarship and until 24 February 2024 for applications without a scholarship.

Afghanistan, Parwan detention facility. Inside a room where detainees of the prison, separated by an acrylic glass, are allowed to meet with their families a couple of times per year with the help of the ICRC employees who facilitate the programme.

Short Course

ICRC

Preventing and Combating Terrorism

25 April - 17 May 2024

This online short course discusses the extent to which states may limit and/or derogate from their international human rights obligations in order to prevent and counter-terrorism and thus protect persons under their jurisdiction.