Three alumni have cycled from Geneva to Solferino, Italy, to raise money for a Graduate Institute Scholarship.

In the last week of August, after several months of intense training in the Geneva countryside, Jean-Baptiste Maillart (AdH ’11), accompanied by Ilya Nuzov (AdH ’12) and Stephen Wilkinson (AdH ’08), embarked on a five-day bicycle journey from Geneva to Solferino, the birthplace of international humanitarian law.

Following in the footsteps of Henry Dunant, they cycled 650km through the Alps aiming to raise enough money for a scholarship to support a prospective LL.M. student at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.

The result? Mission accomplished, as they managed to raise CHF 15’000! In total 115 people from 39 different countries donated, most of them being alumni of the Geneva Academy.

Pictures of the trip are available on Facebook.

Assistant to Professor Eibe Riedel in Economical Social and Cultural Rights and Professor Vincent Chetail in International Refugee Law at the Geneva Academy, Jean-Baptiste is a PhD candidate in International Law at the University of Geneva under the supervision of Professor Paola Gaeta. His research focuses on the use and legitimacy of the territoriality principle as regards the exercise of jurisdiction over cyberspace activities.

Jean-Baptiste holds a LL.M. in international humanitarian law (with distinction) from the Geneva Academy, a Master in International Law (with distinction) as well as a Bachelor in Law (with honours) from the University Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. In the past, Jean-Baptiste has worked as a legal intern at the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights and as a legal advisor for Djazairouna, an NGO based in Blida, Algeria.