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The website of the Abi-Saab Foundation is live. Georges Abi-Saab dedicated his life to the development of international law and the protection of the human person. The impact he has made is still felt today. Learn more about submitting your monograph for the Abi-Saab prize: fondationabisaab.net
The website of the Abi-Saab Foundation is live. Georges Abi-Saab dedicated his life to the development of international law and the protection of the human person. The impact he has made is still felt today. Learn more about submitting your monograph for the Abi-Saab prize: lnkd.in/eVhN_jyh
🆕 #PhD : Can restorative justice be applied to gross human rights violations? What adaptations might be necessary? 🎓 Agustina Becerra Vazquez explores these questions, focusing on the notion of truth. #InternationalLaw @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social 🎤 Interview shorturl.at/xnBFK
When two states enter war, what does this mean for third states? 🏆 Mara Ebbers dives into how states understand—and act on—solidarity. #neutrality #InternationalLaw @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @openedition.bsky.social 📚 Read in #openAccess books.openedition.org/iheid/14099
The Shifting Concepts of Neutrality and Non-Belligerency in the 21st Century
The applicability of neutrality law is a contested area of modern international law. Because it determines the options third states are facing in an international armed conflict, the Russo-Ukraine war...
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📅 21 April | Geneva Join us for Neutrality in Cyberspace: International Humanitarian Law at the Digital Battlefield, an in-person conference on the relevance of neutrality in cyberspace and IHL. Register: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio... @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social
Join Professor Michael Byers for The Secret Life of the Legal Adviser: Strategies of International Law Making. 📅 See you on March 11th at Maison de la paix, Geneva, for a closer look at the forces driving international rule-making.
Professor Andrew Clapham’s 7th edition of "Brierly’s Law of Nations" is now available in open access. Originally published in 1928 by James Brierly, the work continues to shape the study of international law. Read here: fdslive.oup.com/www.oup.com/... @abclapham.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social
IL Colloquium resumes next week with the start of the Spring semester. We are pleased to welcome Professor Anna Chadwick (University of Glasgow) — Towards a Legal Theory of Price? 19 Feb 2026 | 12:45–14:00
For nearly 50 years, Western Sahara has remained one of the world’s most enduring unresolved territorial disputes, with the conflict periodically resurfacing. Join us next Monday for a Lunch Briefing on pathways to peace in Western Sahara. Register here: www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
What Pathways to Peace in Western Sahara?
With Professors Marcelo Kohen and Bertrand G. Ramcharan.
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New PhD in #InternationalLaw – "Vaccine Hesitancy: How International Law Shapes Trust in Science" 🎓 Sophia Mo explains how international law can contribute to mistrust of scientific knowledge. 🎤 interview: shorturl.at/ZNBw0 @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social #PhDDefense #Health #WHO
New PhD in #InternationalLaw Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow — It Hurts no Less: Individual Criminal Responsibility for Enforced Disappearance 🎓 Ana Srovin Coralli 🎤 interview: shorturl.at/NbPSv @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @abclapham.bsky.social #PhDDefense #Migration #HumanRights
Our PhD candidate Alessia Nicastro examines whether Italy’s new femicide law complies with international law, situating it within the global legal framework on violence against women. 🔗read here: www.ejiltalk.org/does-italys-...
Inside Iran's Unrest: Politics, Economy, and the Road Ahead A podcast with Clement Therme ('04, '11), Lecturer at the University of Montpellier, in the series "What Matters Today" www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7CS... @gvagrad-ggc.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social
Inside Iran’s Unrest: Politics, Economy, and the Road Ahead
YouTube video by Geneva Graduate Institute
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🎓 New PhD in #internationallaw by Liline Steyn The “Best Interests of the Child” in the context of migration: are these principles transforming state practices? Read the interview 🎤 shorturl.at/qKpG4 @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social #Migration #HumanRights
Our PhD candidate Himanil Raina recently authored a post on EJIL: Talk!, examining Ukrainian attacks on third state flagged oil tankers in Turkey's Exclusive Economic Zone. 📖 📚 read here: www.ejiltalk.org/targeting-th...
Targeting Third-State Merchant Vessels: Military Objectives and War-Sustaining Objects in the Russo-Ukrainian Armed Conflict
The Russian aggression that precipitated the Russo-Ukrainian armed conflict has long seen both states affirm the validity of forcible economic warfare at sea. Invoking the law of contraband, they have...
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#GlobalChallenges : Fuad Zarbiyev, Professor of International Law, examines the symbolic power of the label “genocide” and its unique place in the popular imagination. @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social #genocide #imagination #power #internationallaw shorturl.at/vYi4v
Global Challenges - Genocide and International Law: The Power of Semantics
“A Perverse Version of the Nobel Prize”: The Symbolic Power of the Label of “Genocide” by
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Pour une discussion éclairante sur les questions clés du droit international contemporain, à la lumière de l’intervention des États-Unis au Venezuela, découvrez l’entretien avec le professeur Vincent Chetail dans @swissinfo.bsky.social 🔗 www.swissinfo.ch/fre/geneve-i...
“It is a violation of international law and the prohibition of the use of force.” Professor Vincent Chetail on the US intervention in Venezuela, in a recent interview with Geneva Solutions. Link: genevasolutions.news/human-rights...
Master & PhD in International Law – Apply by 15 January 2026! More info on our website: www.graduateinstitute.ch/internationa... @gvagrad.bsky.social
Interview with Giorgia Linardi (MIL '15), Spokesperson of Sea-Watch in Italy and Visiting Lecturer in International Law. lnkd.in/e4UZ2Ea8 @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @seawatchitaly.bsky.social
🎥 Video 'Global Challenges' | Grand entretien with #InternationalLaw prof. Paola Gaeta about the evolution of the concept of genocide and its practical application in international law. @gvagrad-law.bsky.social @gvagrad.bsky.social #genocide #GlobalChallenges shorturl.at/RevUH
⏰ 8 days left to apply Law & Marxism Spring School 2026 Race, Resources and Redistribution Deadline: 20 January 2026 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
Call for applications for the Law & Marxism Spring School on “Race, Resources and Redistribution”
The Law & Marxism Spring School on “Race, Resources and Redistribution” will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 April 2026
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As we close out 2025, we look back on the Geneva launch of “Who Can Lead a Disarrayed World?” – a discussion on UN leadership, legitimacy, and reform ahead of the 2026 Secretary-General election. 🎥 Watch the recording: geneva.fes.de/e/launch-who...
Launch: Who Can Lead a Disarrayed World? Electing the Next UN Secretary-General
Study launch & panel discussion
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Looking for one last thought-provoking piece to add to your reading list before the end of the year? New publication by Professor Alice Pirlot.
80 years after the opening of the Nuremberg Trials, their legacy still shapes international criminal justice today. In a recent interview on RTS, Professor Paola Gaeta reflects on how Nuremberg established the principle of individual criminal responsibility under international law.
Il y a 80 ans, un procès pour l'Histoire s'ouvrait à Nuremberg | RTS
Il y a 80 ans, le 20 novembre 1945, s'ouvrait le procès de 21 dignitaires nazis à Nuremberg. Douze d'entre eux seront condamnés à mort près d'un an plus tard. La justice pénale internationale d'aujour...
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Are advisory opinions really non-binding? New article by our PhD candidate Haris Huremagić in the Austrian Review of European and International Law. brill.com/view/journal...
New publication from our PhD candidate Laisa Branco in the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. She examines Part II of the BBNJ Agreement and the collection and use of fish genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ). Read here: brill.com/view/journal...
Looking for an informative podcast to listen to this Sunday afternoon? Explore the meaning and strength of international law today with our Professor of International Law @nicokrisch.bsky.social, on Inside Geneva, a podcast by @swissinfo.bsky.social Link: podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/i...
We are proud to congratulate our PhD in International Law alum Daniel Quiroga Villamarin on being co-awarded the 20125 Max Planck–American Society for Legal History Dissertation Prize for European Legal History for his project "Architects of the Better World".
Nuclear weapons could destroy us all – so why aren't we talking about them? Last week, the interactive play "Talking about the Fire" brought this question to the Geneva Graduate Institute. @gvagrad.bsky.social
