Past Events

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Film et Débat: La jeune fille et la mort

15 May 2018, 18:30-20:30

Le film de Roman Polanski, La jeune fille et la mort sera suivi d'un débat modéré par le Professeur Riccardo Bocco, en présence de Sévane Garibian et Valeria Wagner.

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Academic Platform on the 2020 Treaty Body Review: Launch of the final report

7 May 2018, 12:30-14:30

The report details proposals for strengthening the treaty body system for 2020 and beyond and is the outcome of a three-year consultative process.

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Picture of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Japan Event

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons: Prospects and Challenges

2 May 2018, 18:30-20:00

This event proposes to discuss the international law principles governing the threat or use of nuclear weapons, as well as the significance of the nuclear weapons ban treaty for nuclear disarmament.

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Tana Delta region, Kipao village. Haduko benefits of a cash assistance programme of the ICRC for people affected by the drought. The assistance is sent through a mobile money service, and the receiver then makes a cash withdrawal from a mobile money vendo IHL Talks

Cash transfer programming in emergencies: implications for protection, rights and International Humanitarian Law

27 April 2018, 12:30-14:00

This IHL Talk will discuss the key principles which underpin the selection of cash as the means of assistance and how it aligns with core principles of international human rights and humanitarian law.

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A soldier examines components of an improvised explosive device. Improvised Explosive Devices

The 2018 UN Secretary General Report on Improvised Explosive Devices

19 April 2018

This event aims at discussing the  the United Nations Secretary General report on improvised explosive devices.

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Duch, le maître des forges de l’enfer Event

Film et Débat: Duch, le maître des forges de l’enfer

17 April 2018, 18:30-20:30

 La projection du film de Rithy Panh, dans lequel il interroge Kaing Guek Eav, dit Duch, sera suivie d'un débat modéré par Sévane Garibian, Professeure de droit (FNS) à l'Université de Genève.

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Destructions due to Nargis cyclone Event

International Disaster Law: Towards a Universal Convention?

16 April 2018, 12:15-14:00

This lecture by Giulio Bartolini will address the Draft Articles on the 'Protection of persons in the event of disasters' adopted by the International Law Commission in 2016.

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Rights, Faith and Fights - Legal Systems and Contemporary Conflicts

11 April 2018, 12:30-14:00

This UN Library Talk explores how political and faith considerations may affect the interpretation of the law, and how ‘faith’ and ‘rights’ could work together in creating better rights protection and better compliance with IHL.

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Syria, 2016, outhwestern Aleppo. The ICRC meets displaced families living in collective shelters. Event

Extraterritorial Non-International Armed Conflicts: Classification and Applicable Law

4 April 2018, 18:30-20:00

This event proposes to discuss these current issues on classification and applicable law under international humanitarian law.

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Somalia, Anjaraale village, 15 km outside Baidoa. A man, beneficiary of the ICRC cash grants programme, plants sorghum that is a popular crop amongst farmers and the staple food in most homes in Anjaraale village. Event

THE FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO FOOD: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

27 March 2018, 18:30-20:00

Panelists will share good practices and challenges in supporting the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the right to food at national and global levels.

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