International Institute of Humanitarian Law

Sanremo (Italy) and Geneva (Switzerland), 24 June-5 July 2013

Course Director

Prof. Michel Veuthey, Vice President of the IIHL
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Programme                           General Info
  

• Improve your knowledge in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights;
• Meet High-Level Practitioners, Experts and Academics from all over the world;
• Discover International Geneva by participating in private Conferences at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR);
• Receive a Certificate in International Humanitarian Law from a well-known and unique International Institution active since 1970 in Humanitarian Training and Diplomacy;
• Practitioners, Academics and Experts in this field will work together during this session to improve the Promotion and the Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in today’s conflicts;
• The IIHL will welcome only 50 Participants, Motivated Professionals (Diplomats, Military Officers, Humanitarians Representatives) and Graduate Students to follow this two weeks of intensive courses run in English;
• One week in the beautiful Villa Ormond in Sanremo;
• One week in the GCSP/IIHL Liaison Office next to the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
  
  

Administrative information

Course fees amount to € 1500 which covers: course material, lunches and coffee breaks on working days, transport from Nice Airport, trip by bus to Geneva, reception drinks and course dinner, course photograph and Diploma certificate. The registration fee does not cover all other expenses incurred by the participant such as hotel in Sanremo and Geneva, laundry or telephone calls nor any other per diem incidentals. Participants must ensure that they bring with them sufficient funds to pay for such expenses or have access to such funds in Sanremo via their bank. For further information on these issues please contact Ms. Patricia Panizzi at panizzi@iihl.org