Courses
The CTL (30 ECTS) can be completed in one or two semesters. Students take one required course (6 ECTS) and four optional courses (6 ECTS each).
Required Course
Autumn Semester 2022/2023
- Comparative Methodology: Contract Law (Kadner Graziano)
Spring Semester 2023
- Comparative Methodology: Tort Law (Kadner Graziano)
- Droit comparé: la responsabilité délictuelle (Romano)
Students may choose to take two of these courses on comparative methodology, but must indicate on the exam registration form which they take as the "required course" for the CTL.
Optional Courses
Autumn Semester 2022/2023
Courses in English
- European Competition Law (Bovet)
- International and European Family Law (Romano)
- International Arbitration (Schultz)
- International Capital Markets Law (Darbellay)
- International Commercial Litigation (Romano)
- Introduction to the Law of Trusts (Thévenoz)
- Practice of International Humanitarian Law (Sassòli)
- WTO Law and Practice (Marceau)
Courses in French
- Comparative Legal History of European Private Law (Forster)
- Droit civil européen: les principes de la responsabilité civile (Forster)
- Droit collectif du travail: aspects de droit suisse, international et européen (Lempen)
- Droit de l'art et des biens culturels : aspects suisses et internationaux (Renold)
- Droit des plantes (Ducor)
- Droit international de la santé (Dagron)
- Droit pénal international suisse (art.3-8 CP) et entraide internationale en matière pénale (Ludwiczak)
- Droit suisse et européen de la consommation (Tran)
- L'action extérieure de l'Union européenne (Kaddous)
- La philanthropie et ses principaux enjeux juridiques (Neri-Castracane)
- Légistique - droit suisse et de l'Union européenne (Flückinger)
- Organisation internationale (Boisson de Chazournes)
- Rédaction de contrats (Marchand)
- Droit de l'Union européenne* (Kaddous)
- Droit international privé* (Kadner Graziano)
- Droit international public* (Mbengue)
Spring Semester 2023
Courses in English
- Comparative Human Rights (Hertig Randall)
- Current Issues of International Law Through the Case-Law of International Courts and Tribunals (Mbengue)
- Economic Analysis of Law (Bahar)
- International Intellectual Property Law (de Werra)
- International Sale of Goods (Chappuis)
- Internet & IT Law (Bovet, de Werra)
- Introduction to the Common Law (Landolt, Landbrecht)
- Sociology of Family Law (Cottier)
- Theories and issues of Global Justice* (Levrat)
- International Environmental Law (Mbengue)
Courses in French
- Droit de l'environnement (Vallier)
- Droit du marché intérieur de l'Union européenne (Picod, Cambien)
- Droit fiscal international et comparé (Oberson)
- Droit international de la protection des biens culturels (Chaire UNESCO) (Renold)
- Droit médical (Ducor)
- Droit pénal économique (Villard)
- Droit pénal européen (Ludwiczak)
- Droit pénal international, crimes internationaux et justice transitionnelle (Garibian)
- Droit pharmaceutique (Junod)
- Droits de l'homme (Hertig Randall)
- Histoire comparée du droit privé (Forster)
- La famille en droit international privé (Romano)
- La philanthropie culturelle et le droit (Bandle)
- Les relations économiques en droit international privé (Kadner)
- Services financiers : conseil en placement et gestion de fortune (Thévenoz)
*Courses indicated with an asterisk are only available to students arriving from other Swiss or foreign universities.
Seminars, Moot Courts
Students arriving from other Swiss or foreign universities may opt to replace two optional modules with a seminar (12 ECTS credits). Anyone wishing to participate in a seminar is required to notify the Student Secretariat (Office 3093) as soon as possible. Acceptance of CTL students is subject to availability; students doing their Master at UNIGE are prioritised. Information regarding the availability can be sought at the Student Secretariat.
Please note that the planning for seminars, competitions and moot courts will be determined by the professors once the registrations have been completed.
Year-long Moot Courts
- John H Jackson Moot Court Competition (Marceau)
- Vienna Arbitration Moot Court (concours) (Romano, Neidhart)
- Moot Court in European Law (concours) (Kaddous)
Attention: The call for applications for the Moot Court in European Law in the academic year 2023/24 is now open for exchange students, the deadline is extended to May 7, 2023 at 12pm. Applications are possible even before you are enrolled for the CDT/CTL programme and the work only starts with the semester in September, so there is no need to be in Geneva beforehand. For more information, please follow this link. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sara Notario () or Mateusz Miłek ().
Autumn Semester 2022/23
- Droit international des investissements (Cima)
- Le droit sans l'Etat (Schultz)
- La procédure en droit économique (Bovet)
- Règlement des différends internationaux: problèmes choisis (Tignino)
- Vie professionnelle et discrimination: droit suisse, international et européen (Lempen)
Spring Semester 2023
Courses at the Graduate Institute**
+++ Please note: Information on how to sign up to courses at the Graduate Institute will be shared during the CDT/CTL welcome session at the start of the semester +++
Two of the optional courses may be completed through cross-registration at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID). CTL students are exceptionally admitted to courses at the Graduate Institute after a minimum of two years of studies. Eligible courses (6 ECTS each) may include:
Autumn Semester 2022
- Climate Change and International Law, Anne Saab
- Diplomatic and Consular Law (3 ECTS), Daryna Abbakumova****
- Disarmament and Arms Control: Current Issues (3 ECTS), Cécile Aptel****
- Génocide et responsabilité internationale, Paola Gaeta
- International Trade Law, Jan Bohanes
- International Environmental Law and Policy, Jorge E. Viñuales
- Law of the Sea: Current Challenges, Zachary Douglas
- Law without the State, Thomas Schultz
- Regulating the Internet, Neha Mishra
- Research Seminar on International Law Theories, Andrea Bianchi***
- Research Seminar on the International Law of Energy, Jorge E. Viñuales
- The Law and Practice of International Organizations, Gian Luca Burci
- The Politics of International Law, Nico Krisch
- The Theory and Practice of Treaty Interpretation, Andrea Bianchi***
Spring Semester 2023
- Change, Stability and Resilience in International Law, Nico Krisch
- Compliance with International Law: Theories and Mechanisms, Fuad Zarbiyev
- Global Health Law, Gian Luca Burci
- International Intellectual Property Law: Current Issues (3 ECTS), Edward Kwakwa****
- International Investment Law, Dolores Bentolila, Nathalie Bernasconi & Michele Potesta
- International Law and Development: Global South Perspetives, Luis Eslava
- International Tax Law, Alice Pirlot
- Legal Aspects of International Project and Development Finance (3 ECTS), Jelena Madir****
- Research Seminar on the Use of Force, Andrea Bianchi***
- TradeLab International Economic Law & Development Clinic (9 ECTS), Scott Andersen & Colette van der Ven****
**Admission subject to the case-by-case approval of the course organiser.
***Number of CDT/CTL students limited. Please contact Natalia Henczel ().
****All CDT/CTL courses are worth 6 ECTS, even those which are worth 3 or 9 ECTS at the Graduate Institute.
Courses taught in French
CTL students are free to choose up to two courses taught in French. Students who take a majority of courses in French earn the Certificat de Droit Transnational (CDT) instead of the CTL.