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I enjoy teaching the human rights class at the Geneva Academy tremendously. Discussions with students are always engaging, thoughtful and thought-provoking.

Marko Milanovic

Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham School of Law

Somalia, explosion of a bomb in the Mogadishu's market place.

Short Course

ICRC

The Classification of Armed Conflicts

31 January - 14 February 2020

This short course aims to study, in depth, an emblematic example of the complexity of international humanitarian law and the challenges it raises: the classification of armed conflicts.

Preventing and Combating Terrorism

27 February - 19 March 2020

This short course discusses the extent to which states may limit and/or derogate from their international human rights obligations in order to prevent and counter terrorism and thus protect persons under their jurisdiction.