Each project contributes to one or more of our strategic research areas, combining rigorous legal analysis with practical insights that inform international policy and practice. This research clarifies legal norms, analyses how they are implemented in complex environments, and develops tools, policy briefs, and guidelines that strengthen protection, justice, and prevention.
Through these projects, the Geneva Academy consolidates its role as a centre of excellence for applied legal research in international humanitarian law, human rights law, and accountability for serious violations of international law.
Current and Recent Research Projects
IHL in Focus
Neurotechnology and Human Rights
Digitalization of armed conflicts
Conflict, Security and the Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
Authoritarianism and Human Rights
The Human Rights System and Prevention
IHL Expert Pool
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. This ensures that the Geneva Academy’s research findings reach academic, institutional, and public audiences, and contribute directly to informed policy-making in Geneva and globally.