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Eugénie Duss

Research Fellow

International Humanitarian Law / International Human Rights Law / International Criminal Law / Public International Law / Proxy Warfare / Armed Non-States Actors and De Facto Authorities / Children

Eugénie Duss is a Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, where she currently works on IHL in Focus, RULAC and War WATCH projects. She also serves as a legal expert and research consultant. 

Recently, Eugénie was engaged with the research project ‘Preventing and Combating Terrorism and Violent Extremism: Towards a Legal-Empirical Approach’ as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Prior to this, she was a Visiting Researcher at the University of La Sabana, served as a Researcher for the Mechanism of Moscow’s first Experts Mission for Ukraine, and taught international humanitarian law (IHL) at the University of Lausanne. Her PhD thesis (summa cum laude) on IHL applicable to international armed conflicts by proxy, supervised by Prof. Marco Sassòli, received the 2024 Prize of the Swiss Society of International Law (SSDI).

Resources

War WATCH: A New Platform to Track, Assess and Monitor Armed Conflicts and Civilian Harm

Human Rights International Humanitarian Law Research and Policy
War WATCH brings together the Geneva Academy’s legal expertise and systematic research into a single, user-friendly platform

IHL in Focus

November 2023 – Present
Classification of situations of armed conflict and assessment of civilian harm, combining systematic legal analysis with reliable secondary data to promote compliance with international humanitarian law and accountability for violations.

The Geneva IHL Lab: Bridging Theory and Practice

The Geneva Academy has launched 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.

In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 4: Food Insecurity in Armed Conflict

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In this episode, Yousuf Syed Khan joins Eugénie Duss and Francesco Romani to discuss the legal dimensions of food security in armed conflict, drawing on our recent Spot Report on food insecurity and siege-like tactics.

In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 2: The Prosecution of Ecocide and Other Environmental Crimes

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In this episode, our Research Fellow Eugénie Duss speaks with Jelena Aparac and Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos about current proceedings on climate change beyond the criminal framework.

In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 1: The Weaponizing of Water in Contemporary Armed Conflicts

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Building on the recent IHL Talk on the weaponization of water, Dr Eugenie Duss speaks with Mark Zeitoun and Abby Zeith to explore how water is manipulated in contemporary armed conflicts.

In and Around War(s): Season 3, Episode 0: Introduction

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This third season welcomes a new host, Research Fellow Eugénie Duss, who will meet with experts on a range of subjects related to the work of the Geneva Academy.