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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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Alumni reunion: dinner News

More than 100 Alumni Celebrate our 10th Anniversary!

9 June 2017

On Saturday 27 May, more than 100 alumni gathered together to celebrate our 10th anniversary.

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Portrait of Robert Roth News

Executive Master in International Law in Armed Conflict: What’s New

8 June 2017

Robert Roth, Director of the Geneva Academy and Professor of International Criminal Law tells us about the programme and its novelties for the upcoming academic year.

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Policeman with a TASER X26 News

Use of Force for Law Enforcement Purpose: Focus on Less-Lethal Weapons

1 June 2017

Given the lack of definition of less-lethal weapons in international human rights (IHRL), law, the absence of international standards regulating their use and the lack of clarity regarding their human rights impact and compliance with IHRL, the annual seminar on current human rights challenges related to the use of force concluded with a call to further explore the use of LLW for law enforcement purposes.

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Geneva Academy team with their coaches News

A Geneva Academy Team Will Participate in the 2017 Nuremberg Moot Court

29 May 2017

A Geneva Academy team will participate in the 2017 Nuremberg Moot Court, which will take place on 26-29 July 2017. It will be one of the 42 teams coming from 27 countries.

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Portrait of Florimont Poirier News

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

16 May 2017

Florimont Poirier, a Canadian and French dual-national, joined the Executive Master in 2013, while working in Geneva at the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations. He tells us about the programme and what it brought to his career.

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Guatemala, Quiche Department, Nebaj. A family member looks at a loved one's coffin. News

Séminaire: Projet de Traité sur les Crimes contre l'Humanité

12 May 2017

Pour la seconde année consécutive, Amnesty International et l’Académie ont accueilli le 6 mai 2017 à la Villa Moynier un séminaire consacré au projet de traité sur les crimes contre l’humanité, actuellement sur le métier de la Commission du droit international.

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Autonomous Weapon Systems: Legality under International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

9 May 2017

Our new publication Defending the Boundary analyses the constraints and requirements on the use of autonomous weapon systems (AWS), also called ‘killer robots’, under international humanitarian law and international human rights law.

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An ex-combatant holds up munitions in Attécoubé, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He is one of several to have participated in a Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) operation conducted in the area by the UN mission, UNOCI. News

Disarmament And Today's Threats

9 May 2017

Our Executive Manager, Kamelia Kemileva, will participate on Wednesday, 10 May 2017 at lunchtime in a debate at the United Nations Office at Geneva on disarmament and today’s threats.

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Miloon Khotari, human rights experts, during the training course on UN human rights mechanisms News

First Customized Training Course on UN Human Rights Mechanisms

5 May 2017

During one week, ten Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Iranian university teachers and scholars deepened their knowledge and expertise of UN human rights mechanisms during a customized training course co-organized with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights of the University of Oslo.

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