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In the context of our Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020, an academic process contributing to the 2020 review of UN treaty bodies by the General Assembly, we held two regional consultations, for Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Video interview with Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy and new Special Rapporteur on torture.

The 2016 LLM Paper Prize is awarded to Ms Vanessa Murphy for her exceptional academic work.

Congratulations to our LLM and Executive Master Graduates! We wish them all the best in their future endeavors!

The 2016 Henry Dunant Research Prize is awarded to Ms Sabrina Henry.

The UN Human Rights Council appointed  Dr Nils Melzer, Human Rights Chair at the Geneva Academy, the next Special Rapporteur on torture.

We are launching a series of Military Briefings relating to military institutions and the law for our students.

The Geneva Academy, represented by Sarah Gale, Annelies Nachtergaele and Clementine Rendle, won the prestigious 2016 Jean-Pictet Competition. It is the first time in the Geneva Academy’s history that it has won this prominent IHL moot.

Frank Haldemann and Thomas Unger co-direct the Geneva Academy’s new Master in Transitional Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law. They share with us, in this interview, the rationale behind the establishment of this new Master, its specificities and their views regarding the evolving field of transitional justice.