Internship at the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in New Haven, Connecticut. The Center was founded in 2004 by a group of human rights scholars, activists, and historians to document the patterns of human rights abuse in Iran and to promote accountability, a culture of human rights and the rule of law in Iran.

IHRDC currently has two basic programs: (1) a human rights investigation, analysis and reporting program, and (2) an extensive document database (the Aadel Collection) that is available to persons in Iran and worldwide on the Center’s website at www.iranhrdc.org.

Internships: The IHRDC invites applications from law school students seeking internships. Interns can expect to perform the following:

a) legal research in Iranian law and international human rights law;

b) factual research on human rights topics including murder, torture, gender-related violence, disappearances, and extrajudicial killings;

c) drafting of documents relating to human rights violations;

d) gathering, categorizing and compiling human rights-related documents issued by governments, media, and nongovernmental organizations; and

e) assistance in the development of the IHRDC’s human rights database

IHRDC particularly welcomes applications from students with a background in human rights law, or those with an ability to speak, read and write Persian.

Further information can be found on the IHRDC’s website at www.iranhrdc.org.

Applicants should email their resume, cover letter, and writing sample tojobs@iranhrdc.org.