OFFICE OF UN COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS / INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

This internship programme is aimed at graduate students and is available at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR.

The aim of the internship is to:

- increase the intern's understanding of current human rights issues at the international level and give an insight into the work of the United
  Nations and OHCHR in particular;
- provide OHCHR and the United Nations Human Rights mechanisms with the assistance and contribution of outstanding students or
  graduates.

Interns will be involved in:

- researching human rights issues,
- drafting analytical papers and reports,
- providing substantive and technical servicing of meetings,
- preventing backlog from fact-finding and technical cooperation activities,
- field operations and supporting other OHCHR activities.

Participants:

- Must be graduate students and holders of graduate level degrees in disciplines related to the work of the United Nations,e.g. International
  law, Political Science, History, Social Sciences.
- Preference will be given to those who have specialized in human rights issues. United Nations internships are not remunerated.
- Must have a good command of at least two of the six official languages of the United Nations, i.e. English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian
  and Chinese.

Travel costs and living expenses:

- Must be met by the interns themselves.
- Applicants must be sponsored by an academic institution.

Internships are for a minimum period of three months and may be renewed once for a further three-month period. Interns are selected twice a year.

Deadline: 30 April for the May/June selection; 31 October for the November/December selection

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