Joint Centres

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 four joint centres:

 

GENEVA ACADEMY

 

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The Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights – a joint centre of the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies – provides postgraduate education, conducts academic legal research and policy studies, and organises training courses and expert meetings. It concentrates on branches of international law that relate to situations of armed conflict, protracted violence, and protection of human rights. 

In addition, the Geneva Academy hosts the Geneva Human Rights Platform, which provides a dynamic forum of interaction in Geneva for all stakeholders in the field of human rights to debate topical issues and challenges related to the functioning of the global human rights system.

  • Discover their training and short courses in the fields of International Law, IHL and Armed Conflict, International Criminal and Transitional Justice, Human Rights protection and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies

 

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The Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies is a unique teaching, research and humanitarian exchange platform for humanitarian action. For over 20 years, the Centre has been advancing humanitarian action through education and research. 

 

 

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.