Joint Centres

To address critical global issues with a broader perspective, the Graduate Institute collaborates closely with the University of Geneva through three joint research centres, bringing together complementary expertise and innovative approaches.

In order to offer a broad research perspective of critical global issues, the Graduate Institute works in close collaboration with the University of Geneva through three joint centres:

 

GENEVA ACADEMY
 


 


The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights is a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute. Its purpose is to strengthen and promote cooperation between its two founding institutions in teaching and research in the fields of international humanitarian law, human rights and international criminal law in situations of armed conflict or transition, including questions relating to international responsibility for serious violations.

To this end, the Academy delivers advanced-level teaching through its LLM–Masters of Advanced Studies and executive programmes, organises training activities for professionals, and conducts and promotes scientific research with an emphasis on its applied dimension, notably public policy and questions of practice. It also organises public events and debates on topical issues within its fields of competence.

Scientific responsibility for all of the Academy's activities is shared between the University of Geneva, represented by its Faculty of Law, and the Geneva Graduate Institute, represented by its Department of International Law. Professors and researchers of both founding institutions may affiliate to the Academy, which serves as a centre of reference and excellence enabling the pooling of resources, expertise and academic projects.

Created in 2006 and operational since 2007, the Geneva Academy is based at the Villa Moynier, a historic Geneva building that served as the first headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Its students go on to work in governments, NGOs, international organisations and academic institutions worldwide.

CIDS

 

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The mission of the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement is to explore, understand, and inform about international dispute settlement; to independently study its developments, dynamics, and norms; and to educate future actors.

 

 

Geneva Water Hub 

 

Geneva Water Hub

 

The Geneva Water Hub works towards a vision of the world where water’s nourishing qualities are channeled to transform political and social tension. Our mission is to advance the use of water for peace in humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts. We do this through water peacebuilding, protecting water from armed conflict, shaping water policy and law, extensive training, and ground-breaking research. We also host the Global Alliance to Spare Water from Armed Conflicts, with Switzerland and Slovenia. We are anchored in the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute and supported in part by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

The GWH operates by some key principles: Respect for the existential qualities that water can elicit from society: dignity, equality, and life.

  • Moral commitment to the principles of international law and solidarity. The Geneva Water Hub is not neutral on all issues; it fights for peace and social justice.  
  • Ethical commitment to partners, riding-out trends and changes in context as it nourishes processes and relations.  
  • Intellectual commitment to critical thinking and avoiding over-simplification of complex issues even as we integrate these into less expert audiences.