Privacy International, London
Senior Legal Officer
Deadline for application: 20 March 2013

Privacy International is one of the world’s leading privacy organisations. It was founded in 1990 and has active associates in over 20 countries. Its mission is to defend the right to privacy across the world, and to fight unlawful surveillance and other intrusions into private life by governments and corporations.

The vision of Privacy International is a world in which privacy is protected by governments, respected by corporations and cherished by individuals. We believe that technological developments should strengthen, rather than undermine, the right to a private life, and that everyone’s personal information and communications must be carefully safeguarded, regardless of nationality, religion, personal or economic status.

The role of the Senior Legal Officer is to develop and implement Privacy International’s litigation strategy as part of the Big Brother Incorporated project, in collaboration with the Head of Research and the Head of International Advocacy. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Research.

The Big Brother Incorporated project investigates the international trade in surveillance technology, with a particular focus on the flow of products from Western countries to repressive regimes intent on using them as tools of political control. The project's objectives are:
• To raise worldwide awareness of the dangers of surveillance technologies and the ethical failures of the surveillance industry.

• To ensure that export controls are put in place in Europe and the US to restrict the sale of surveillance technologies to repressive regimes.

• To seek redress for those who have suffered harm as a result of Western-manufactured surveillance technologies.

Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) Summer School 2013
'Mental Disability Law in Practice'
Date: 1 July – 12 July 2013
Venue: The Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

About MDAC
The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) is an international human rights organisation which advances the rights of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and psycho-social disabilities. MDAC uses law to promote equality and social inclusion through strategic litigation, advocacy, research and monitoring and capacity-building. MDAC operates at the global level as well as regional and domestic levels in Europe and Africa.

Summer University Course
This two-week applied legal advocacy course is designed to strengthen the skills and knowledge of an array of participants including practicing attorneys, non-practising lawyers, NGO staff and board members, policy-makers, activists, policy experts and PhD students.

We encourage people with disabilities to apply, especially those with experience of intellectual or psycho-social disabilities.

The course focuses on experiences from Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and India. We welcome participants from anywhere in the world. While drilling down into real-life application of rights, the course will also explore interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, public policy, and psychology. Note that scholarships are extremely limited and it is expected that participants will be largely or wholly self-funded.

Together, the faculty members have experience in human rights advocacy, teaching and programming across Europe, Africa, North America and India, and are sensitive to – and knowledgeable about – the specific needs and problems of these regions.

The course aims to strengthen participants’ knowledge about international law, in particular the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. The course objectives are to heighten participants’ awareness of this international law (and to understand some of the tensions between this Convention and other legal instruments); to sharpen advocacy skills with relation to the rights of people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities; and to utilise strategic litigation as an advocacy tool.

The course uses innovative teaching methods and encourages participants to reflect on law in practice, and how lawyers and other advocates can impact policy-making at the domestic level to ensure the implementation of international human rights law. Methods include, discussions with people with disabilities living in the community, videos, group discussions, a mock presentation to a national human rights commission, advocacy skills training, as well as tutor presentations.

• More information and application

Law and Development Research Group, Law Faculty, University of Antwerp
First annual international expert seminar of the IAP 'The Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users’ Perspective' (HRI) - Localising human rights: towards empirical research
Date: Wednesday 14 March 2013
Venue: Klooster van de Grauwzusters • Lange St. Annastraat 7 • B-2000 Antwerp

Background
The research programme 'Localising Human Rights' of the Law and Development Research Group of the University of Antwerp analyses the effectiveness of human rights for marginalised communities in non-Western societies. This is a long-term interdisciplinary project combining insights from law, political and social sciences. An international workshop (2007) and international conference (2008) were held in Antwerp. A conference book entitled 'The Local Relevance of Human Rights' was published in 2011 with Cambridge University Press.

The seminar 'Localising human rights: towards empirical research' of 14 March 2013 aims to move beyond theoretical analyses and desk studies. It brings together experts from different disciplines to share experiences on empirical human rights research. It will function as a kick-off for various case studies on how rights holders navigate through the complex architecture of human rights law, to be carried out in the Global South (China, India and DRC), at institutional level (Human Rights Council) and in Europe (foreigners’ perspectives).

These case studies are embedded in Work Package 2 'Analysing users’ trajectories in human rights law' of the IAP 'The Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users’ Perspective' (HRI).
HRI is an Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP) funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (2012-2017). The research network aims to study human rights law as an integrated whole from a users’ perspective. It consists of Universiteit Gent, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Universiteit Antwerpen, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis and Universiteit Utrecht.

The International Criminal Court Summer School 2013
17 - 21 June 2013, NUI Galway, Ireland

The annual International Criminal Court summer school at the Irish Centre for Human Rights is the premiere summer school specializing on the International Criminal Court. The summer school allows participants to attend a series of intensive lectures over five days. The lectures are given by leading academics on the subject and by legal professionals working at the International Criminal Court. The summer school is attended by legal professionals, academics, postgraduate students and NGOs. Participants are provided with a detailed working knowledge of the establishment of the Court, its structures and operations, and the applicable law. Participants are also given the opportunity to network with the speakers throughout the week. Lectures also speak about related issues in international criminal law, including: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, the crime of aggression, universal jurisdiction, immunities and the role of victims.

For more information and to register please visit our the Irish Centre for Human Rights' website at or send an e-mail to iccsummerschool@gmail.com.

Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy
27 June - 6 July 2013, NUI Galway, Ireland

Following the success of the last seven years in Venice and Galway, this is the fourth year that this summer school is hosted in Galway jointly by the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUIG. Elements of the summer school include information on the fundamentals of human rights, how to raise awareness of human rights on camera, the development of ideas and how these ideas should be pitched. This year’s programme will feature the Human Rights Cinema Event on 5 and 6 July, organized in collaboration with Amnesty International, Ireland and Galway One World Centre, in order to give participants the chance to assist human rights films which forms a basis for critical discussion.

Deadline for application is 30 April 2013.

For faculty and speakers, this year's program, and more information please visit www.chra.ie or send an e-mail to info@chra.ie.

Human Rights for Development (HR4DEV)
Advanced international training course on human rights in development
29 July - 23 August 2013, Antwerp (Belgium)

About the course
The advanced international training course Human Rights for Development (HR4DEV) aims at promoting knowledge, insight and skills in the field of human rights (including children's rights) and at developing young leaders in policy, practice and academia, to enable them to pass on this knowledge and skills to their own society (according to the train-the-trainers model), on the one hand, and to stimulate critical and strategic reflection on the integration of human rights (including children's rights) in their professional activities, on the other. HR4DEV is not exclusively organised for participants from the South. We explicitly choose to expose participants from North and South to the views of participants from other continents. Information, knowledge and means that are relevant in both North and South are shared.

Central European University, Budapest in cooperation with Open Society Justice Initiative, New York
Summer School 2013 on 'Strategic Human Rights Litigation', Budapest, 15 - 19 July 2013
 
The course is aimed at young practitioners, ideally with three to five years’ experience in human rights cases. The course will encourage participants to approach human rights litigation strategically, viewing litigating a human rights case as one step in the process of achieving social change. It will include modules that examine the steps involved in strategic litigation, specialist seminars on topics such as torture, arrest rights, freedom of expression, discrimination and migration, as well as a series of smaller discussion groups or individual consultation sessions where participants can get feedback on particular issues which they face in their cases.

International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), Copenhagen, Latin America, Multiple Countries
Regional Coordinator for Latin America
Deadline for application: 11 February 2013

The IRCT is a health-based umbrella organization, which supports the rehabilitation of torture victims and prevention of torture worldwide. Its members currently include 144 independent organizations in 73 countries.Today, IRCT is the are the organization with the largest number of members from civil society that are working in the field of rehabilitation and prevention of torture.

IRCT is currently employing a Regional Coordinator for Latin Amerika.

Eurochild, Brussels
Policy and advocacy intern
Deadline for application: 2 February 2013

Eurochild is an international non-governmental organisation, which promotes the well-being and rights of children and young people at the European level and, through its membership, in the European countries. Eurochild is looking for an intern to assist in the development and implementation of Eurochild policy priorities, which currently include political advocacy on child poverty and well-being, campaign on quality alternative care for children and mainstreaming of children’s rights in all EU processes.

Period: March 2013 – August 2013 (6 months)
Location: Brussels
Conditions: all interns are engaged under an internship contract with a standard remuneration

Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users’ Perspective (HRI)
Training - Adopting a users' perspective on human rights research
Date: Wednesday 23 January 2013
Venue: Faculty Council Room at Ghent University, Faculty of Law, Voldersstraat 3, B-9000 Gent

About HRI
Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users' Perspective is an Interuniversity Attraction Pole (IAP) funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO). It consists of Universiteit Gent (UGent), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Universiteit Antwerpen (UA), Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis (FUSL) and Universiteit Utrecht (UU). It aims to study human rights law as an integrated whole from a users’ perspective.

HRI organizes a half-day training session which will focus on adopting a users' perspective in human rights research. Keynote speaker is Dr. Tarlach Mc Gonagle of the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam. Respondent is Prof. dr. Dirk Voorhoof of the Centre for Journalism Studies and the Human Rights Centre of Ghent University. The training is primarily aimed at PhD and post-doctoral researchers of the HRI project, but other interested participants are also welcome.

Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC), Budapest (Hungary)
Project Manager - Access to Justice
Deadline for application: 21 January 2013

About MDAC
The mission of the Mental Disability Advocacy Center is to advance the rights of children and adults with intellectual disabilities or psycho-social disabilities. We achieve this through three organisational objectives:
• Creating a body of progressive jurisprudence
• Instigating law reform
• Empowering people with disabilities and promoting participatory politics

MDAC is currently recruiting a Project Manager for a two year project on access to justice for children with intellectual disabilities and children with psycho-social disabilities.

European Women's Lobby (EWL), Brussels
Policy Officer and Project Coordinator
Deadline for application: 18 January 2013

About the EWL
The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisation of over 2000 women’s associations in the European Union. The EWL aims at promoting women’s rights and equality between women and men in the European Union. For its Secretariat based in Brussels, the EWL is seeking a full-time Policy Officer and Project Coordinator.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Leidschendam (The Netherlands)
Associate Legal Officer
Deadline for application: 17 January 2013

About the STL
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is a tribunal of international character. The STL was inaugurated on 1 March 2009 and has four organs:
• Chambers
• The Office of the Prosecutor
• The Defence Office
• Registry
The STL's headquarters are on the outskirts of The Hague, the Netherlands and the tribunal also has an office in Beirut, Lebanon.

Its primary mandate is to hold trials for the people accused of carrying out the attack of 14 February 2005 which killed 23 people, including the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafiq Hariri, and injured many others.

STL is currently recruiting an Associate Legal Officer

Fair Trials International, London
Head of Law Reform
Deadline for applications: 14 January 2013

Fair Trials International (FTI) is a dynamic human rights charity which campaigns for the better protection of fair trial rights. Over the past four years, Fair Trials has grown considerably and developed an effective and respected law reform function, influencing law and policy on cross‐border judicial cooperation and procedural rights, through a combination of public campaigns, political lobbying and strategic litigation.
We have exciting plans to develop these activities and are looking to recruit a Head of Law Reform to lead this work. This senior role will provide the opportunity to shape the charity’s overall strategic direction with responsibility for all law reform activities. It is a varied and challenging role and you will lead an excellent team of colleagues, including two full‐time Law Reform Officers, interns and volunteers.

Postgraduate Diploma on Integral Protection for Human Rights Defenders and Social Activists - 2nd Edition
January 2013 - July 2013

The Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, Spain) and Protection International jointly organise the online course 'Postgraduate Diploma on Integral Protection for Human Rights Defenders and Social Activists'.
This diploma is the first of its kind, since it is the only international Postgraduate Diploma addressing the need to protect those who work daily to defend human rights and, as a consequence of their work, suffer repression and aggression. The course addresses this protection in a comprehensive way, covering the existing national, international and regional laws and protection mechanisms, whilst studying security management, psychosocial support, the design of protection programmes, etc. The course will also include an introduction to the protection of witnesses and victims (with whom defenders usually work). Distance learning also offers the opportunity to participate from anywhere in the world, without having to leave your usual occupation.

Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law at the University of Nottingham
Residential Short Course - International Human Rights Law 
10 January 2013 - 22 March 2013

This three-month course is designed to give an in-depth understanding of human rights standards across the world through seminars, guest lectures, workshops, visits, tutorials and conferences. It provides valuable insight and contextual knowledge of the practical operation of human rights law for those interested in human rights protection, from NGOs, international organisations, government, judiciary, police, charity or legal professions, academia, media and business.

Course highlights
• Regular exchanges with senior professionals and experts;
• Full access to world class library, research and training facilities;  
• Certificate of Attendance;
• Attendance at HRLC Conferences, lectures, Film Series and other events.

Details on course content, speakers, training methodology, fees and application deadlines can be found here.

For those who cannot find the time to take a full-time residential course, the Centre offers an online distance learning course. There are seven modules to choose from, including UN Human Rights System, International Criminal Justice and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Each module lasts eight weeks and has both theoretical and practical dimensions, with an emphasis upon current issues.

Course highlights
• Modules focusing on key human rights themes or issues
• Study Guide for each module
• Interactive website for online course discussion
• Essay topics and self-study questions, plus interaction with teachers
• Summer School in Nottingham
• Certificate of successful completion of the course
• Accreditation for continuing professional development for solicitors and barristers pending

Further details can be found here.