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Picture of  Alexis Comninos, Elena Engelke and Giovanni Papotti at the end of their journey News

From Geneva to Solferino in Four Days!

31 July 2017

Alexis Comninos, Elena Engelke and Giovanni Papotti cycled from Geneva to Solferino in four days to raise funds for a scholarship to allow a student with limited financial means to enroll in the upcoming LLM programme in September.

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Picutre of the Strathmore Law School in Kenya News

A Regional Consultation for Africa on the Future of the UN Treaty Body System

26 July 2017

Our Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020 held on 20–21 July its fourth regional consultation in Nairobi, Kenya, in partnership with Strathmore University Law School and the Universities of Nairobi and Pretoria.

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Transitional Justice Café on Memorialization in Russia and the Balkans News

Transitional Justice Cafés: Meeting the Actors and Tackling the Challenges

10 July 2017

From the peace agreement in Colombia to the situation in the Central African Republic or the role of armed non-state actors in transitional justice processes, seven Transitional Justice Cafés allowed students of the Master in Transitional Justice to discuss topical issues with leading expert in the field.

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Conference on Current Issues in Armed Conflict: the public listens to a panelists News

Successful First Conference on Current Issues in Armed Conflicts

6 July 2017

On 29 and 30 June 2017 the Geneva Academy, in collaboration with the University of Essex, held the first Conference on Current Issues in Armed Conflicts.

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Portrait of Anh Thu Duong News

Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict: What our Alumni Say

3 July 2017

Anh Thu Duong joined the Executive Master in 2011 while working on human rights and humanitarian issues at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. She tells us about the programme and what it brought to her career.

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Misrata,Tripoli street. Civilians checking the situation after the end of the fighting. News

Libya: A Short Guide to the Conflict

29 June 2017

Our new publication Libya: A Short Guide to the Conflict provides an overview of the current situation in Libya and key developments in 2017. It notably describes the many sources of the instability in the country from 2014 until today and provides an overview of the role and involvement of the various armed groups, as well as a mapping of foreign involvement in the Libyan conflict.

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Homepage of the new portal for the Academic Platform on Treaty Body review 2020 News

A New Portal for the Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020

22 June 2017

The Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020 has an entirely new portal on our website, allowing visitors to easily access key information about this project, its documents, timeframe, regional consultations, annual conferences and the team.

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Paper Plane News

Call for Papers for the Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020: Extension of Deadline

21 June 2017

The deadline to submit papers in the context of the Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020 has been extended until the end of September 2017.

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Coverpage of the 2016 Annual Report News

2016 Annual Report

12 June 2017

Our 2016 Annual Report is out! It provides an overview of our activities and achievements.

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Roundtable discussion during the Regional Consultation for North America and the English Speaking Caribbean on the Future of the UN Treaty Body System News

A Regional Consultation for North America and the English Speaking Caribbean on the Future of the UN Treaty Body System

12 June 2017

In the context of our Academic Platform on Treaty Body Review 2020, Columbia University hosted the regional consultation for North America and the English speaking Caribbean on 1-2 June 2017.

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