Rabinal Community Legal Clinic, Guatemala - Human Rights Legal Advisor
The Community Legal Clinic in Rabinal in Guatemala is seeking for an intern for the position as a Human Rights Legal Advisor. If you are interested please apply as soon as possible, they are hoping to fill this position as soon as possible.
Asociación Bufete Jurídica Popular (ABJP) – Rabinal Community Legal Clinic
Human Rights Legal Advisor
Location: Rabinal, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala
The Rabinal Community Legal Clinic was founded in 1999. The rationale behind this initiative as to create an institution that could attend to the legal needs of people (indigenous men and women) with few economic resources who had been affected by the internal armed conflict, and that would guarantee respect for human rights and security for land holders. The Legal Clinic has a mandate to work for justice for survivors (indigenous men and women) and the families of the victims of Internal Armed Conflict as well as to promote human rights, peace and reconciliation education in war-affected communities with boys and girls.
Project Description
The intern will contribute to the organization’s promotion of democratic governance by strengthening human rights and rule of law, including giving legal accessory, orientation and accompaniment to indigenous women and men, and women specifically, victims of human rights violations who otherwise do not have access. This is accomplished by giving follow-up to the petitions for justice presented by the ABJP in name of the communities of Maya Achi People before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR) in cases related to the internal armed conflict, and by increasing access to law and government services and training sessions to understand legal norms and rules.
Job Description
The intern will:
Assist in the planning of themes to be presented in community workshops related to human rights legal cases to increase beneficiaries’ (indigenous men and women) capacity to access rule of law.
Visit communities and talk with beneficiaries (indigenous men and women witnesses in cases about human rights violations committed during the internal armed conflict) to invite them to participate in workshops to help increase local participation in cases being presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
Assist in the facilitation of workshops
Write reports and evaluations of workshops
Research international conventions and treaties related to human rights in order to respond to petitions of the IACHR in related cases
Qualifications
Spanish proficiency
Legal research and documentation skills
Understanding of international human rights and indigenous law and treaties
We are hoping to fill this position as soon as possible, so the position will be open until a suitable candidate is found. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact me for an application package.
Wyanne Sandler
Maritimes Coordinator
Breaking the Silence
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