Courses
Please note: These courses can only be attended with the COVID Certificate.
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 2021/2022
- Comparative Methodology: Contract Law (T. Kadner Graziano)
Spring Semester 2022
- Droit comparé: la responsabilité délictuelle (G. P. 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
Year-long Course
- Droit international public* (Mbengue)
Autumn Semester 2021/2022
Courses in English
- Comparative Human Rights (Hertig Randall)
- European Competition Law (Bovet)
- International and European Family Law (Romano)
- International Capital Markets Law (Darbellay)
- International Commercial Litigation (Romano)
- International Arbitration (Schultz)
- Introduction to the Law of Trusts (Thévenoz)
- Practice of International Humanitarian Law (Sassòli)
- WTO Law and Practice (Marceau)
Courses in French
- Droit civil européen: les principes de la responsabilité civile (Forster)
- Droit de l'art et des biens culturels : aspects suisses et internationaux (Renold)
- Droit des plantes (Ducor)
- Droit pénal international suisse (art.3-8 CP) et entraide internationale en matière pénale (NN)
- Droit suisse et européen de la consommation (Tran)
- L'action extérieure de l'Union européenne (Kaddous)
- Légistique - droit suisse et de l'Union européenne (Flückinger)
- Organisation internationale (Boisson de Chazournes)
- Droit de l'Union européenne* (Kaddous)
- Droit international privé* (Kadner Graziano)
Spring Semester 2022
Courses in English
- Current Issues of International Law Through the Case-Law of International Courts and Tribunals (Mbengue)
- Economic Analysis of Law (Bahar)
- International Enforcement in Financial Markets (Zulauf)
- International Intellectual Property Law (de Werra)
- International Sale of Goods (Chappuis)
- Internet & IT Law (Bovet, de Werra)
- Introduction to the Common Law (Douglas, Landolt)
- Investment Management Law (Thévenoz)
- Theories and issues of Global Justice** (Levrat)
- International Environmental Law** (Mbengue)
Courses in French
- Droit de l'environnement (NN)
- Droit du marché intérieur de l'Union européenne (Kaddous)
- Droit fiscal international et comparé (Oberson)
- Droit international de la protection des biens culturels (Chaire UNESCO) (NN)
- Droit international et européen de la sécurité sociale (Dagron)
- Droit pénal économique (NN)
- Droit médical (Ducor)
- Droit pénal international, crimes internationaux et justice transitionnelle (NN)
- Droit pharmaceutique (Junod)
- Droits de l'homme (Hottelier)
- Histoire comparée du droit privé (Forster)
- La famille en droit international privé (Romano)
- La philanthropie culturelle et le droit (NN)
- Le droit des obligations dans le Code civil chinois - analyses comparatives (à confirmer) (Shi)
- La protection des minorités en droit constitutionnel comparé et en droit international (Hertig Randall)
- Les relations économiques en droit international privé (Romano)
- Rédaction de contrats (Marchand)
*Courses indicated with an asterisk are only available to students arriving from other Swiss or foreign universities.
**Course offered by the Global Studies Institute (GSI). Students registering for courses and exams at the GSI should be aware that the respective registration deadlines are different from those of the faculty of law. We kindly ask that you contact the GSI for information on the relevant registration dates.
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)
- Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Sassòli)
Autumn Semester 2021/22
- Moot Court in European Law (concours) (Kaddous)
- Droit international des investissements (Mbengue)
- Le droit sans l'Etat (Schultz)
- Les nouveaux contentieux du droit bancaire et financier (Bovet)
- Règlement des différends internationaux: problèmes choisis (Tignino)
- Vie professionnelle et discrimination: droit suisse, international et européen (Lempen)
Spring Semester 2022
- La protection internationale de l'enfant (Romano)
- Relations bilatérales Suisse-UE (Kaddous)
- Sociétés de capitaux en droit comparé (Darbellay)
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 2021
- Climate Change and International Law, Anne Saab
- Compliance with International Law: Theories and Mechanisms, Fuad Zarbiyev
- The Foundations of International Law, Marcelo Kohen****
- International Law in the 21st Century, Paola Gaeta
- International Trade Law, Jan Bohanes
- Law of the Sea: Current Challenges, Zachary Douglas
- Law without the State, Thomas Schultz
- Research Seminar on the International Law of Energy, Jorge E. Viñuales
- Territorial disputes in international Law/Conflits territoriaux en droit international, Marcelo Kohen ****
- TradeLab International Economic Law Clinic (9 ECTS), Scott Andersen & Colette van der Ven
Spring Semester 2022
- Génocide et responsabilité internationale, Paola Gaeta
- Global Health Law, Gian Luca Burci
- Global South and International Law, Sundhya Pahuja
- Intellectual Property Rights and Agriculture, Anne Saab
- International Intellectual Property Law: Current Issues (3 ECTS), Edward Kwakwa
- International Investment Law, Dolores Bentolila, Nathalie Bernasconi & Michele Potesta
- International Law through cases, Marcelo Kohen ****
- Internet, Technology & International Law, Thomas Schultz
- Law of the Sea Clinic (9 ECTS), Zachary Douglas
- Theory and Practice of Treaty Interpretation, Andrea Bianchi and Fuad Zarbiyev
- The Trade of International Lawyer: Anatomy of a Profession, Fuad Zarbiyev
- Transnational Law, Nico Krisch
***Admission subject to the case-by-case approval of the course organiser.
****Number of CDT/CTL students limited. Please contact Natalia Henczel () or Nina Haug ().
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.