Program Overview

Introduction to the DESU Juriste Internationaliste et Humanitaire de Terrain Program

The DESU Juriste Internationaliste et Humanitaire de Terrain is a university program designed to provide practical training to internationalist jurists and humanitarians who aim to work in the field. The program's primary objective is to offer an excellent practical education that enables students to become operational in exercising jurist or humanitarian functions in complex environments.

Objectives

The program's main goal is to provide students with the necessary skills and knowledge to work effectively in humanitarian missions, particularly in conflict zones, pre-conflict or post-conflict areas, humanitarian emergencies, natural disasters, political tensions, extreme poverty, and health challenges. The program is part of a partnership with the NOHA network.

Target Audience

The DESU program is designed for:

• Students enrolled in Master 2 or already holding a Master 2 or equivalent degree
• Professionals working in the humanitarian field who wish to improve their skills
• Individuals seeking to reorient their professional careers

A personal profile oriented towards internationalism, solidarity, and action is an asset. Perfect mastery of French and good mastery of English are essential.

Admission Requirements

Admission requirements include:

• Master 1 in law, political science, international relations, or equivalent
• Selection is based on a dossier review and may include an interview

Program Structure and Organization

The program consists of 30 weeks of teaching, from September to July of the academic year. The language of instruction is French.

Knowledge to be Acquired

The program aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge of:

• Applied international law: international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law, migration law
• Negotiation, argumentation, and mediation techniques
• Mechanisms for protecting human rights
• Contentious strategy (including trial simulation)
• Humanitarian communication, ethics, investigation techniques, and strategies of humanitarian actors
• Humanitarian security, action, project cycle, coordination, distribution, financing, and logistics

Skills to be Acquired

The program enables students to acquire the following skills:

• Analytical capacity
• Knowledge of project development techniques
• Knowledge of risk factors
• Knowledge of risk reduction techniques
• Ability to design intervention strategies and integrate them into sustainable development
• Ability to interact with technical aspects of nutrition, hygiene, medicine (for coordination and management purposes)
• Ability to prepare for an international mission
• Ability to communicate in a humanitarian environment
• Ability to conduct field investigations
• Ability to organize a detention visit
• Ability to implement strategies
• Ability to contribute to the management of a refugee camp
• Ability to use humanitarian management techniques (project cycle, coordination, distribution, financing, budgeting, and accounting)
• Ability to argue and negotiate in a humanitarian context
• Ability to argue in an international trial
• Ability to develop a contentious strategy
• Ability to participate in international mediation
• Ability to work in a multicultural team
• Ability to develop reflexes, acquire analytical capacity, and critical thinking on humanitarian action in conflict zones or after a disaster
• Ability to master the fundamentals of humanitarian security

Professional Outcomes

Graduates of the DESU program can pursue careers similar to those of Master's degree holders in Humanitarian Action and Law, with a stronger technical expertise valued by the professional world.

Partnerships

The program has partnerships with:

• The NOHA network (Network on Humanitarian Action)
• The A*MIDEX Foundation
• The Doctoral Clinic of International Human Rights Law at the Faculty of Law in Aix-en-Provence
• The Fondation du Camp des Milles, Mťmoire et Education
• Occasional partnerships with international and non-governmental organizations

Support for Further Studies and Professional Integration

The program offers:

• Lectures from approximately thirty external professionals, allowing students to establish a network and address book essential for starting or continuing a career in the humanitarian world
• Numerous simulations and practical cases, including real-life situations that take place over several days
• Recognition and valorization of the diploma in the humanitarian job market
• A training offer (French-English) with the possibility of having interventions in Spanish, depending on the year.