Location:

Geneva, Switzerland

Program Type:

Full Degree

Degree Level:

Master

Specialty:

Legal Studies

Program Overview

Program Description:

The curriculum covers both public and private international law with a focus on human rights and humanitarian law, state responsibility, environmental law, trade law, international criminal law and dispute settlement. The Master in International Law is a two year programme that provides in-depth training in international law. It allows students to gain access, subject to certain conditions, to the PhD programme in International Law. The MA in International Law requires intensive work at an advanced level in the field of international law, and familiarisation with at least one other discipline (anthropology/sociology of development, international economics, international history and politics or international relations). The degree programme comprises compulsory courses, optional seminars and the writing of an original research dissertation (mémoire) in the course of the second year.

Additional Program Information

Accreditation:

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is accredited by the Conférence Universitaire Suisse.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in law, or a related discipline, or a multidisciplinary Bachelor’s degree in international relations.