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IHEID is composed of 9 different buildings in and around Geneva's international quarter (near the UN's Geneva headquarters) and Lake Geneva.
The main building, the Villa Barton, is located in Parc Barton, a private park on the shores of Lake Geneva, with newer buildings being constructed on the Avenue de France, which links the UN's Palace of Nations with Lake Geneva. The Villa Moynier campus opened in October 2009 to house the Institute-based Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. The building is of symbolic significance, as it was originally owned by Gustave Moynier, co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and subsequently used by the League of Nations and the headquarters of the ICRC between 1933 and 1946. The Edgar de Picciotto Student Residence, completed in 2012, provides 135 apartments for students and visiting professors.
An extension to the campus is under construction, including the Maison de la Paix (House of Peace), scheduled to be finished in 2013. The new campus intends to bring the various departments of the Institute and the library all under one roof. The Maison de la Paix will also house three international centres supported by the Swiss government: the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD). The library of the Maison de la Paix will be named after two Institute alumni - Ambassador Shelby Cullom Davis and his wife Kathryn Davis, following the Davis' $10 million donation to the Institute.
IHEID is also planning to build the Portail des Nations (or Gate of Nations) near the Palace of Nations. The new building will house a series conference rooms for students and host exhibitions on the role of Geneva in international politics.
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