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Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

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The Geneva Academy provides postgraduate education, conducts academic legal research and policy studies, and organizes training courses and expert meetings. We concentrate on branches of international law that relate to situations of armed conflict, protracted violence and protection of human rights.All rights reserved Social Sciences
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  • War WATCH: Episode 4 - Haiti: Crossing the Threshold

    War WATCH: Episode 4 - Haiti: Crossing the Threshold
    Mar 31 2026
    In the fourth episode of the War Watch podcast, a six-episode series from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, a joint centre of the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute, host Juliette Graf meets Diego Da Rin, Haiti specialist with the International Crisis Group, and Stuart Casey-Maslen, Special Adviser to the Geneva Academy's IHL in Focus project. Haiti's crisis has been years in the making. But in February 2024, something shifted. Two rival gang coalitions merged into a single alliance - Viv Ansanm - and launched coordinated attacks that brought Port-au-Prince to a standstill and toppled the government. The Geneva Academy formally classified Haiti as a non-international armed conflict: the violence was too organised, too sustained, and too deadly to be treated as anything else. Diego Da Rin explains how Haiti's gangs got here and what their territorial control looks like on the ground. Stuart Casey-Maslen unpacks what the classification actually changes: for accountability, for the Gang Suppression Force now deploying, and for the civilians caught in the middle. The episode also walks through what the War Watch project documented between 2024 and 2025: hospitals attacked, schools burned, mass killings, and sexual violence used deliberately and systematically. Haiti is one of the conflicts we track on the War Watch portal, where you can find the full legal analysis and documented violations. Find out more at: War Watch portal – Haiti: warwatch.ch/situations/non-international-armed-conflict-in-haiti Geneva Academy of IHL and Human Rights: geneva-academy.ch ICG report - Undoing Haiti's Deadly Gang Alliance (December 2025): https://www.crisisgroup.org/sites/default/files/2025-12/110-haiti-deadly-gang-alliance%20%281%29.pdf OHCHR - Human rights situation in Haiti: ohchr.org/en/countries/haiti UNICEF - Children in Haiti: unicef.org/lac UN Security Council Resolution 2793 (2025): docs.un.org/en/S/RES/2793(2025) Human Rights Watch – Drone strikes in Haiti (March 2026): hrw.org/news/2026/03/10/haiti-drone-strikes-put-residents-at-risk
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    29 mins
  • Human Rights Uncovered: Inside our brain: risks, power and the future of neurorights

    Human Rights Uncovered: Inside our brain: risks, power and the future of neurorights
    Mar 18 2026
    In the second and last episode of the Human Rights Uncovered podcast’s mini series on neurotechnologies and human rights, host Clémence Enjelvin continues the discussion with Dr Jonathan Andrew, and Dr Karen Herrera Ferra, to explore the risks, power dynamics, and regulatory challenges that arise as neurotechnologies move beyond medical settings and into everyday life. This podcast episode is part of a research project financed by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) and the Peace and Human Rights Division of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).
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    35 mins
  • Human Rights Uncovered: Inside our brain: neurotechnologies and the new human rights frontier

    Human Rights Uncovered: Inside our brain: neurotechnologies and the new human rights frontier
    Mar 18 2026
    In the first episode of the Human Rights Uncovered podcast’s mini series on neurotechnologies and human rights, host Clémence Enjelvin is joined by Dr Jonathan Andrew, lawyer and former Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and Dr Karen Herrera Ferra, neuroethicist and Founder and former President of the Mexican Association of Neuroethics, to introduce neurotechnologies and examine why their growing use raises fundamental human rights and ethical concerns. This podcast episode is part of a research project financed by the Swiss Network for International Studies (SNIS) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).
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    28 mins
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