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Aerial view of the mountains in the Tigray region, Ethiopia News

A Non-International Armed Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

21 January 2021

Our Rule of Law in Armed Conflict (RULAC) online portal provides a detailed analysis of this conflict, including information about parties, classification and applicable international law.

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Maud Bonnet Appointed New Executive Director of the Geneva Academy

19 January 2021

In this new position, she will work closely with Professor Gloria Gaggioli, Director of the Geneva Academy. Ms Bonnet will manage the daily functioning of the institution and will notably be in charge of the financial management of all programmes, as well as of the administrative management of the staff.

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Portrait of Ely Cossio in from of the broken chair at the Place des Nations in Geneva News

MAS in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: What Our Students Say

18 January 2021

In this interview, Ely Cossio, currently enrolled in our MAS in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law, tells about the programme and life in Geneva

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The Guidelines on Investigating Violations of IHL are now available in Arabic, French, Spanish and Russian

14 January 2021

Co-published with the ICRC, they provide key guidance to States aiming to conduct investigations of IHL violations, but also to other bodies and individuals seeking a more detailed understanding of investigations in armed conflict.

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LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: What our Alumni Say

12 January 2021

Ezequiel Heffes works as a Thematic Legal Adviser at Geneva Call, a humanitarian NGO that engages armed non-State actors to increase their level of compliance with humanitarian norms. In this interview, he tells about the programme and what it brought to his career.

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Portrait of Sahar Ammar News

MAS in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: What Our Alumni Say

11 January 2021

Sahar Ammar is a  Project Associate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) department of the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD) in Geneva. In this interview, she tells about the programme and what it brought to her career.

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The Treaty Body Members Platform in 2020: A Special Year

18 December 2020

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, most meetings and exchanges had to take place online.

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How Can the Land Community Use the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants to Protect the Right to Land?

17 December 2020

Two years have passed since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas. On this occasion, we are launching, together with the International Land Coalition, an easy-to-use manual that looks into how this historical declaration can be used to protect the right to land.

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Experts Discuss Strategies for more Effective National Human Rights Systems

17 December 2020

Experts from Geneva-based human rights mechanisms and representatives from more than 20 different national human rights systems discussed in an online meeting the implementation of human rights standards through national human rights systems.

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Portrait of Tamara Aburamadan News

LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights: What our Students Say

16 December 2020

Tamara Aburamadan, currently enrolled in our LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, tells us about the programme and life in Geneva.

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