Past Events

This event, co-organized with the Universal Rights Group and the Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project at the University of Essex, will focus on human rights and artificial intelligence.

This IHL Talk will discuss the legal framework and the main critical questions related to search and rescue in the Mediterranean Sea, using concrete cases and examples to illustrate current issues and challenges.

This annual seminar for diplomats is co-organized by the Geneva Academy and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

This event will focus on the implications of the war on mental health and well-being of Yemenis and will also discuss the previous and upcoming UN-sponsored peace negotiations on the conflict in Yemen.

This public lecture by Philippe Sands QC, Professor of Law, University College London, will close the public symposium on ‘The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Seventy: Historical and Juridical Perspectives’.

This symposium, co-organized with the Department of International History of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, will discuss recent and ongoing research related to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In a context where more than 40 percent of internal armed conflicts over the last 60 years have been linked to natural resources, this IHL Talk will discuss accountability for the pillage of natural resources.

In this Military Briefing, co-organized with Geneva Call, panelists will discuss the operational challenges and opportunities of turning guerrillas into deminers.

The 2018 edition will notably focus on the protection of human rights in the digital age and will include a public conference by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

In the context of the 2018 Geneva Peace Week and in partnership with the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), this event will address forced displacement and demographic engineering in Syria.