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Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Geneva
Switzerland

+41 022 908 44 83

www.geneva-academy.ch

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2013-2025)

About the Law School

The Geneva Academy of international Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (French: Académie de droit international humanitaire et de droits humains à Genève) is a postgraduate joint center (between the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies) located in Geneva, Switzerland. The faculty includes professors from both founding institutions and guest professors from major universities .The alumni include many actors of the humanitarian world, executives of various organizations across the world and foreign affairs executives. The school has a diverse student body of a cosmopolitan character due to its 80 percent intake of international students. It is located on the shores of the Lake Geneva (lac Léman) blocks from the United Nations headquarters in Europe, and the Palace of Nations as well as the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
It is located in the Villa Moynier building, built in 1847 and owned by Gustave Moynier, co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.