Empower Change: UN Human Rights Intern Opportunity for Aspiring Advocates
- Job Opening ID: 256237
- 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
- Deadline : May 6, 2025
The United Nations is seeking passionate individuals for a Human Rights Intern position. This unique opportunity allows candidates to contribute to global advocacy efforts, gaining invaluable experience in human rights law and international relations.
The internship is located in the Human Rights Treaties Branch. Daily responsibilities of the intern will depend on the area of assignment within the Section and the respective Secretariat supporting the Treaty Bodies, Treaty Body Capacity Building Program or the Funds, as well as on the individual’s background. As established by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/268, the Human Rights Treaties Branch supports the activities of the human rights treaty-bodies. The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties.
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Responsibilities
- Prepare country and legal analysis and draft legal background papers for human rights treaty bodies, related to the State party reporting procedure and treaty body-based individual complaints procedure
- Conduct research into and draft reports on the jurisprudence of the treaty bodies concerned
- Assist with the handling of individual communications received under the different treaty body complaints procedures
- Provide support in relation to inter-state communications submitted to the treaty bodies
- Assist in the preparation of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) country visits
- Take notes during the sessions/pre-sessions, and provide support with administrative duties such as the preparation of documentation and reference files in advance of and during the session
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Requirements
- Be a graduate or enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master’s degree or equivalent degree, or higher) or, be a graduate or enrolled in the final academic year of a 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,
- OR have graduated with a university degree as defined above AND, 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
