Workshops

2- 4 July 2010 "Religion, Humanitarianism and Faith"- Second International Conference

The conference was convened in the framework of "Religion, Secularism and Humanitarianism", a research project coordinated by Michael Barnett. 

 11-12 May 2010  "States of Fragility: Stabilisation and the Implications for Humanitarian Action"

Workshop as part of the project "States of Fragility: The Consequences of Stabilisation on Humanitarian Action". For more info, click here

 3 Feb 2010 "Chinese Oil Politics and Strategy"

Prof. Xiaojie Xu, Head of the International Energy Programme, Institute of World Economics and Politics, China Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing.

Moderator: Gilles Carbonnier, professor of Development Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

For more information on the public conference and the two-day expert workshop that followed, click here

 7 December 2009 "What are Targeted Sanctions?"

Thomas Biersteker, Gasteyger Professor of International Security at the Graduate Institute, and co-author of the 2006 “Watson Report”, presented an overview of the issue of targeted sanctions, the challenges they face and offered recommendations for addressing them. The event, hosted by the Graduate Institute was organised by the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) with the support of UNO Academia. Read more

1-3 October 2009 "Assessing the Effects and Effectiveness of UN Targeted Sanctions"

Organized by Thomas J.Bierstecker, the Curt Gasteyger professor of International Security and Conflict Studies at the Graduate Institute. The workshop was hosted at Villa Barton of the Graduate Institute, and assembled more than thirty scholars and policy practitioners with extensive experience in the design, implementation, and analysis of UN targeted sanctions.

More information on the workshop and its final report are available here.

14-15 May 2009 "Global Gangs Workshop"

The workshop was accompanied by a presentation of Dewitt Beall's 1969 film on the Chicago Vice Lords, "Lord Thing."

11-15 May 2009  Training Course on Monitoring Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Co-organized by the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and the CCDP.