Exciting OHCHR Internship Opportunity in Geneva: Apply Now for 2025!
- Job Opening ID: 250077
- Job Network : Political, Peace and Humanitarian
- Job Family : Human Rights Affairs
- Category and Level : Internship, I-1
- Duty Station : GENEVA
- Department/Office : Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Expected duration: 2-6 months, July 2025
- Date Posted : Mar 16, 2025
- Deadline : Apr 14, 2025
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is offering an internship vacancy in Geneva for 2025. This unique opportunity allows aspiring human rights professionals to gain hands-on experience, contribute to important projects, and enhance their understanding of international human rights mechanisms within a dynamic environment.
OHCHR has a unique role to play to take on this global challenge through a new multi-dimensional initiative. OHCHR will also pursue its efforts to lead the UN system-wide efforts to mitigate reprisals against those who cooperated, cooperates or seeks to cooperate with the UN system on human rights.
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Responsibilities
- The Secretariat Department responsible for strengthening international human rights mechanisms; Enhancing equality and countering discrimination.
- Combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; Integrating human rights in development and in the economic sphere.
- Widening the democratic space.
- Early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence and insecurity.
- This announcement broadcasts the international internship with the Civic Space Unit within the Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch (DESIB), under the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division.
- Hiring office functional mandate: Enhancing participation and protecting civic space is one of the key pillars and shifts of the OHCHR’s Management Plan.
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Requirements
- To qualify for the United Nations Secretariat internship programme, applicants must, at the time of submission, be a recent graduate or enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master’s degree or equivalent degree, or higher).
- Be a recent graduate or enrolled in the first-level university degree programme (i.e. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree) preferably in the area of law, political science, international relations, social sciences or a related field.
- If selected, must commence the internship on the date specified in the Acceptance letter.
- APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAMME.
