Overview
Objectives
- Provide advanced, comprehensive and practical training in international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international public law, international refugee law and international criminal law, as well as the interplay between them
- Provide a solid exposure to practical work via internships with leading actors and participation in moot courts and public pleadings
Audience
Candidate must hold a full degree in law or have a significant amount of training in public international law and courses related to the programme (e.g. IHL, IHRL and international criminal law)
Professional experience in a field related to the programme is preferable
Professional experience in a field related to the programme is preferable
Programme
The LLM programme is structured around the following components:
- Core courses
- Optional courses
- Internship or Moot Court Competition
- Extra curricular activities
- LLM Paper
Registration
Registration deadline
24 February 2024
Applicants applying for a scholarship can apply until 26 January 2024
Fees:
CHF 18'000.-
Admission criteria
Candidates must have:
- A full degree in law (received by June at the latest) enabling the applicant to sit the bar exam in the relevant country; or another degree if the applicant has a significant amount of training in public international law and courses related to our programme (e.g. international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law)
- A strong academic record
- A demonstrable interest in the subject matter of the programme (e.g. professional experience, internships, summer school, conferences attended, publications, etc.)
- A sound command of English. You must be able to show, via a recognized test, that your English is of a high enough standard to successfully engage with and complete your course at the Geneva Academy. This requirement does not apply if (1) your mother tongue is English; (2) you have taken an English-taught bachelor’s or master’s degree; (3) you have at least two years’ professional or academic experience in an English-speaking environment
Curriculum
Period
September 2024 - August 2025
Credits
60 ECTS credits
This one-year postgraduate degree course provides advanced, comprehensive and practical training in international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international public law, international refugee law and international criminal law as well as the interplay between them. Students gain access to world-renowned professors and leading experts in their respective fields. They will also benefit from direct connections with leading actors in the field such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and share ideas with other participants from an array of different legal backgrounds and perspectives. The programme allows students to tailor their studies according to their particular interests via a wide range of optional courses. Those optional courses will allow students to deepen their expertise in a particular issue such as the protection of cultural heritage, humanitarian skills, enforced disappearance, gender and international crimes, Islamic Law of Armed conflict or international cybersecurity law.
Pedagogical method
- Core courses
- Optional courses
- Writing of a LLM paper
- Internships with leading Geneva-based humanitarian and human rights organizations or moot court
Assessment
Exams, papers, presentations, group work and LLM paper
Partnerships / Collaboration
Diploma delivered jointly by
University of Geneva, IHEID
Director(s)
Prof. Gloria GAGGIOLI, Faculty of Law, University of Geneva and Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a joint Centre of the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva
Coordinator(s)
Lotte WALSTRA, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
