2013 John Peters Humphrey Fellowship in International Human Rights or International Organization

The John Peters Humphrey Fellowship in International Human Rights or International Organization is awarded to outstanding students to support them in the pursuit of full-time graduate studies in the fields of international human rights or international organization at leading institutions in Canada or worldwide. Applications are due by November 15, 2012. For more information, click here.

2012-2013 Susan J. Ferrell Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court Competition

The Susan J. Ferrell Moot Court Competition, now in its 8th year, is a competition revolving around a simulated court proceeding, in which teams representing both sides of the argument prepare written pleadings with respect to a fictional problem of international human rights law and policy, and present their arguments in an oral argument before the International Court of Justice. The deadline for team registration is October 15, 2012. More information and the problem for this year's competition can be found here.

Summer 2013 Refugee and Human Rights Law Clerk Position

The Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS), based at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, is seeking candidates for Summer 2013 Judith Stronach Women's Rights Fellowship positions. CGRS provides legal expertise, training, and resources to attorneys representing asylum seekers, advocates to protect refugees, advances refugee law and policy, and uses domestic, regional and international mechanisms to address the root causes of persecution. For more information about CGRS, click here. Stronach Fellowship positions are not funded. Applications will be accepted until October 14, 2012.

2013 Global Legal Program Summer Internship

Job Title: 2013 Summer Internship
Center Background:The Center for Reproductive Rights is a non-profit legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing reproductive freedom as a fundamental right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill. The Center engages in cutting-edge impact litigation, policy analysis, advocacy, research, and public education throughout the world, to achieve women’s equality in society and to ensure that all women have access to appropriate and freely chosen reproductive health services.

The Center’s Global Legal Program (GLP) collaborates with women’s rights organizations and advocates around the world to promote and defend internationally-recognized reproductive rights through a range of legal strategies and global initiatives. The Center works in Africa, Asia, East and Central Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean, has a Global Advocacy program that leads its advocacy work before the United Nations and in other international fora, and has regional offices in Bogotá, Nairobi and Kathmandu. Our activities include litigation to enforce reproductive rights norms in national, regional and international fora; developing advocacy tools and training materials to build the capacity and support the work of reproductive rights lawyers worldwide; monitoring and documenting violations of reproductive rights; and analyzing legal and policy developments relating to reproductive rights.

As an intern with GLP, you will assist members of our legal team with researching and writing reproductive rights-related submissions to United Nations and regional human rights bodies, conducting other general legal and policy research on international law, human rights law, and foreign and comparative law relating to reproductive rights, as well as preparing materials for advocacy in regional and international fora.

Our New York summer program also includes opportunities for lunches with experts in the field, social events, networking opportunities with other organizations, and other activities.
We seek to hire four skilled and highly-motivated legal interns in our New York office to help us pursue our mission of advancing women’s fundamental human rights this summer. Applicants are encouraged to obtain funding from law schools or other sources; we may be able to provide limited funding. Our summer program is ten weeks long.

Qualifications:Law students are expected to have strong legal research and writing skills and a demonstrated interest in gender or reproductive rights. 2Ls, 3Ls and LL.M. students with prior knowledge of human rights law are strongly encouraged to apply.

 How to Apply:Please send your cover letter, resume, unofficial transcript, writing sample and contact information for two references to resumes@reprorights.org. Each document should be submitted as a separate attachment. Your cover letter should tell us why you share in the Center’s mission and vision, and how you think you would help us to pursue it. We encourage you to learn about us from our website, and from the cases we have litigated, before you submit your application.

You must indicate the position to which you are applying in the subject line of the email, as follows: “Global Legal Program Intern, Code 155, your last name.” (You may apply to both the Global Legal Program and the U.S. Legal Program, but must separately apply to each). We will not consider applications submitted incorrectly.

Decisions will be made on a rolling basis. We encourage you to submit your application no later than November 26, 2012.

The Center for Reproductive Rights is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusive hiring, and dedicated to diversity in our work and staff. We strongly encourage people from all groups and communities to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.

Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Cobly College

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is conducting its annual search for the Oak Human Rights Fellow and we would like to solicit your assistance in helping us locate deserving candidates.

You can access  the full announcement - and additional information about the Oak Institute - at http://www.colby.edu/oak.

Each year, we host a human rights professional doing on-the-ground work at some level of personal risk and organize a lecture series around his or her area of expertise.  The purpose of the fellowship is to offer human rights practitioners/activists a respite from their work and spend a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College, exposing campus community to the issues surrounding the human rights issues on which the Fellow works. 

The fellowship has a different geographical or thematic focus each year This year, we are looking for a practitioner/activist involved in HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN SITUATIONS OF INTERNMENT AND DISPLACEMENT.  We are particularly looking for those human rights practitioners involved in the protection of the international legal rights and basic needs of prisoners of war, civilians detained during occupation or as the result of political violence or states of emergency, and refugees and internally displaced persons fleeing from civil violence, political repression or economic dislocation.

Legal Internship at the UN International Labour Office

Human Resources Development Department

International Labour Office

Vacancy No: ROSTER/INTERNSHIP/2012/03/01
 
Title: INTERNSHIP IN LEGAL SERVICES

Contract type: Internship

Duration of contract:  3-6 months  

Date:
 
Application Deadline: 2 October 2012

Internships
 
Organization unit:  
Duty Station:  Geneva, Switzerland

You are applying to the ILO generic internship roster, which is published several times per year. The roster will be made available to all departments which will then select and directly contact suitable candidates only. In case you are not sure as to which profile suits best your background, kindly apply up to a maximum of two different profiles.

An internship with the ILO provides an opportunity to:

(a) Increase understanding of relevant issues at the international level by involving them directly in the work of the Office and the application of ILO principles, programmes and strategies;

(b) Gain practical work experience with the ILO directly related to their field of studies.

The internship programme is not intended to lead to a career in the ILO. There should be no expectation of further employment at the end of the internship.

Description of Duties 
The Office of the Legal Adviser provides legal counsel to the ILO. A description of its mandate can be found at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/leg/ourmandate.htm.

The intern will assist in the work of the Office of the Legal Adviser, which includes advice on legal aspects of: commercial contracts and relationship agreements, personnel and financial management, technical cooperation, drafting and interpretation of international labour standards, and the regulatory functioning of policy-making organs. Intern projects involve legal research and writing concerning the application of international law (in particular, international organizations law) and general principles of law across the various subject matters above, including contracts and public administrative law. Interns also participate in staff meetings and other regular activities of the Office of the Legal Adviser, and may be requested to present research findings for internal Office discussion. Those internships which fall within the schedule of meetings of the ILO governing organs contribute to the variety of services provided by the Legal Office to Governing Body committees and, during the International Labour Conference, to the delegates and Secretariat of various technical and drafting committees.

Interns should expect to devote 10% to 20% of their time to administrative tasks.

Required Qualifications

Education 
Area of studies:

Applicant should currently be enrolled in the final year of a graduate law degree programme, or in a relevant higher degree programme, or have completed such programme in the year preceding the internship application; studies of private or public international or transnational law is required; studies of commercial law, labour law would be an advantage.
Experience or courses in legal drafting course would be desirable.

Experience 
any relevant work experience and knowledge of IT would be an advantage.

Languages 
You should have working knowledge (both oral and written) of at least one of the ILO's official languages (English, French or Spanish).

Competencies 
Adaptable to an international, multicultural and multilingual environment, good communication skills and be able to work in a team.

Additional Information: 
The ILO values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including those with disabilities. Applications from non- or under-represented member States would be particularly welcome.


Application process:

Please complete the online application form, attaching a cover letter. In order to do so, please complete your profile first and submit your application. Then add your cover letter under the section of "my applications". The cover letter needs to be attached to the roster to which you have applied. Please note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. The more you can be specific about what you are interested in, the easier it will be for the departments to match their needs with your profile. Please also indicate your availability (e.g. proposed start date and latest possible end date).
Following a first screening by the Human Resources Development Department (HRD), departments will short-list applicants. You will be directly contacted should an internship matches your specific profile.

If you have not been contacted by any department within three-four months after your application, you can consider that your profile has not been picked by any department for this roster. Departments will use the roster for internships starting within the next 4 months.

Duration:

Please note internships start on the 1st or 15th of any month for a minimum duration of three months and a maximum duration of six months.

Requirements:

Please only apply for an internship if you fulfil the following three criteria:

(1) You have no close relative serving in the ILO.
(2) This is your first internship with the ILO (only one internship is permitted).
(3) You are currently following a course of study (last year of Master degree or above), or you have completed your studies no earlier than one year prior to this application.
(4) You have working knowledge (both oral and written) of at least one of the ILO's official languages (English, French or Spanish).

Stipend:

You should ideally receive funding for your internship through an institution (for example you university/sending institution or a foundation), to cover your subsistence expenses (in Geneva estimated at 1,850 Sfr per months). However, if this is not provided, you will receive a stipend to cover living expenses. Your travel to the duty station would be at your own expense.

Insurance:

Please note that the ILO does not take responsibility for any costs arising from accidents and/or illness incurred during the internship. You will be responsible for your own insurance coverage for illness and accidents for the duration of the internship.

To apply:  https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=26629&vaclng=en