The Geneva Academy develops and hosts projects that combine academic excellence, evidence-based research, and policy-oriented engagement in the fields of international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and international law applicable in armed conflicts and transitional situations, including issues related to international responsibility for serious violations.
Supported through institutional funding, grants, and partnerships, the Academy’s projects contribute to advancing legal knowledge, informing policy debates, strengthening implementation, and supporting accountability processes in practice.
Projects are developed within or across the Academy’s thematic platforms and address contemporary legal and policy challenges through rigorous analysis, expert engagement, and collaboration with international organisations, states, academic institutions, research centres, and civil society partners.
The Academy’s projects combine research activities with practical and accessible outputs aimed at supporting policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and broader audiences.
Depending on their objectives and scope, projects may involve:
Workshops, conferences, seminars, and expert dialogues.
- Evidence-based legal and policy research;
- Expert consultations and collaborative initiatives;
- Policy papers, reports, and legal analysis;
- Databases, monitoring initiatives, and digital tools;
- Knowledge dissemination, advocacy, and public engagement activities;
- Workshops, conferences, seminars, and expert dialogues.
Current Projects
Crimes Against Humanity: Shaping the Future Convention
Limits to AI Decision-Making in Human Rights-Sensitive Contexts
Arms TRACK
Persons Belonging to Minorities
War WATCH
IHL in Focus
Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts (RULAC)
Recently Completed Projects
Authoritarianism and Human Rights
Conflict, Security and the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
Digitalization of armed conflicts
The Human Rights System and Prevention
IHL Expert Pool
Neurotechnology and Human Rights
These projects produce a range of outputs, including working papers, policy briefs, guidelines, and expert consultations, with dissemination taking place through podcasts, blogposts, and interviews, as well as conferences, seminars, and expert meetings. Through these channels, the Geneva Academy ensures that its research contributes both to academic debate and to a broader understanding of international law among practitioners and institutions.