The Faculty

LLM students have the opportunity to be taught by leading academics in the fields of international humanitarian law and human rights.

Professors and Lecturers

Gloria Gaggioli

Director of the Geneva Academy and Associate/SNF Professor at the Law Faculty, University of Geneva

Marco Sassòli

Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva

Andrew Clapham

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Vincent Chetail

President of the Board and Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Neus Torbisco-Casals

Visiting Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Andrea Bianchi

Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Gabriella Citroni

Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca

Marco Roscini

Swiss IHL Chair and Professor of International Law at the University of Westminster

Giulio Bartolini

Professor of International Law at Roma Tre University

Ahmed Al-Dawoody

Legal Adviser for Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Jérôme de Hemptinne

Assistant Professor at Utrecht University

Sareta Ashraph

Senior Legal Adviser, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Center for Justice and Accountability

Damien Scalia

Professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles

Vincent Bernard

Senior Policy Advisor at the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA)

Alessandro Chechi

Senior Researcher at the University of Geneva and Lecturer in public international law at the Université Catholique of Lille

Eric Tistounet

Former Chief of the Human Rights Council Branch at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Ibrahim Salama

Chief, Human Rights Treaties Branch at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Michael Wiener

Human Rights Officer at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Domenico Zipoli

Project Coordinator and Research Fellow

Teaching Assistants

Agustina Becerra Vazquez

Teaching Assistant

Shima Esmailian (she/her)

Teaching Assistant

Ralph Loren-Eisendecher

Teaching Assistant

Dor Hai

Teaching Assistant

Victoria Priori

Teaching Assistant

Mina Radončić

Teaching Assistant

Katia Rosenblat

Teaching Assistant

Ashley Stanley- Ryan

Teaching Assistant

Revaz Tkemaladze

Teaching Assistant

To teach International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at the Geneva Academy is a unique pleasure and challenge: nowhere else will you find so many brilliant young people from all around the world, keen to specialize in IHL and to work in this field; nowhere else will I be subject to so many challenging questions on the most cutting-edge IHL issues, many of which I discover thanks to the students, but some of which I am perfectly unable to answer.

Marco Sassòli

Professor of International Law at the University of Geneva

Internships

Our LLM students have the opportunity to acquire first-hand professional experience via internships with Geneva-based humanitarian and human rights actors

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Moot Courts

Our LLM students can participate in two moot courts, the prestigious Jean-Pictet Competition on international humanitarian law and the Nuremberg Moot Court Competition.

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Events

Our events provide a critical and scholarly forum for experts and practitioners to debate topical humanitarian, human rights and transitional justice issues.

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Research

Our research examines issues that are under-explored, need clarification, or are unconventional, experimental or challenging.

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