The Hague Academy of International Law - Centre for Studies and Research
The Rights of Women and Elimination of Discrimination
18 August - 5 September 2014, Peace Palace, The Hague (The Netherlands)
Deadline for application: 15 March 2014

The Centre is designed to bring together young international lawyers of a high standard from all over the world, to undertake original research on a common general theme which is determined each year by the Academy. The research work undertaken at the Centre may be included in a collective work published by the Academy.

The topic of 2014 is 'The Rights of Women and Elimination of Discrimination'. The topic is broad in order to bring together scholars specialising in either Public International Law or Private International Law, or both. The aim is to cover both theoretical and practical aspects, with regard to a variety of situations and contexts. Considering that the contributions are to be published later on in the form of a Centre book, the candidates are expected to be able to write fluently in either French or English.

Eurochild, Brussels
Policy and Advocacy Intern
Deadline for application: 5 January 2014

Eurochild is an international non-governmental organisation based in Brussels, which promotes the well-being and rights of children and young people at the European level and, through its membership, in the European countries. It is supported financially by the European Commission.

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, child and youth participation, and mainstreaming of children’s rights in all EU processes.

The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague
Publications Manager
Deadline for application: 10 January 2014

The Hague Academy of International Law, founded in 1923, is a high level, post-academic institution for the study and dissemination of public and private international law. The Academy's well-known Summer Programme and its Centre for Studies and Research are held in the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands) during the months of July, August and September.
 
The lectures, given either in French or in English, in the programme of the summer courses are published in the well-regarded Recueil des Cours/Collected Courses. Six to eight new volumes are published each year (approximately 3000-4000 pages) which also appear electronically. In addition, some of these courses are published as pocketbooks (approximately 1800 pages) and e-books. The Academy also produces reports and collections of papers prepared by the Directors of Research and participants in its Centre (approximately 1000 pages). Finally, the Academy publishes on an occasional basis papers from colloquia that it sponsors on selected topics in the field of international law, catalogues and specific works.

The Academy seeks to appoint a Publications Manager with copy-preparing/proof-reading responsibilities. The appointee will take the position of the current Manager who retires on 30 June 2014.

Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University
Summer School in Human Rights Litigation: Call for application
Budapest, 21 - 25 July 2014
Deadline for application: 14 February 2014

The Open Society Justice Initiative and Central European University invite applicants for the 2014 Summer School in Human Rights Litigation.

The summer school provides a unique opportunity for established human rights professionals to build on their experience and to develop their skills to successfully bring cases to the regional human rights systems and the UN treaty bodies, and to use those cases to achieve practical change. The curriculum will combine presentations, case studies, exercises, and discussion groups with preparatory work and further reading to ensure full maximum benefit for those attending the course. Participants will be invited to provide information on cases they are working on and those concrete examples will help shape discussion.

Scuola Superiore Sant ’Anna
Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT), Livorno (Italy)
HEAT I: 20 - 24 January 2014
HEAT II: 31 March - 4 April 2014
HEAT III: 5 May 2014
Deadline for application: 7 January 2014 (HEAT I), 10 March 2014 (HEAT II) and 16 April 2014 (HEAT III)

The Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy) is a public University and a centre of excellence which promotes education and research through under- and post-graduate studies in the field of Social and Applied Sciences. The International Training Programme for Conflict Management (ITPCM) is a post-graduate programme of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. It was established in 1995 with the aim to respond to the training needs of personnel involved in international field operations.

Background of the course
Hostile environment awareness plays an important role in the effectiveness and impact of crisis management missions; it is also a chief responsibility that each seconding or contracting actor has vis-à-vis its deployed personnel ('duty of care'), so as to further address the issue of their protection while operating in high risk operational theaters.

Hostile environment awareness is essential to coping with internal and external security threats on the ground and is conductive to:
• enhancing the resilience of personnel when working in hazardous environments;
• increasing the understanding of proactive security and of basic field measures;
• providing personnel with the basic tools and techniques needed to avoid potentially dangerous situations or to cope adequately with actual endangering ones in the field.

This course has been designed and developed jointly by the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the Carabinieri Corps General Headquarters, precisely with the aim to address such needs.

Plan Europe, Brussels
Advocacy and Communications Trainee
Deadline for application: 4 December 2013

Plan Europe is a regional network within Plan International which links 11 European offices of Plan and our 50 programme countries around the world with the Plan EU Office in Brussels.Plan has the active support of 700,000 individual donors in EU member states through child sponsorship. Plan Europe strives to ensure that the promotion and protection of the rights of the child is a priority for the EU’s external action in policy and practice.

Plan Europe is engaging an Advocacy and Communications Trainee to support the communications, advocacy and campaign work by engaging the EU on advocacy issues and raising Plan’s profile, primarily through participating in meetings, sharing Plan’s advocacy messages, using communication tools, engaging with EU media and organising events.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Brussels
Internship
Deadline for application: 25 November 2013

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

In more than six decades, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of some 7,685 people in more than 125 countries continues to help some 33.9 million persons.

UNHCR is currently seeking an intern to start on 2 January 2014 (with a hand-over in mid December 2013).

Law, War and Human Rights, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics and Political Science

Eight Monday evening classes: 27 January - 17 March 2014

Deadline for application: 28 November 2013

 

The Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE is a trans-disciplinary centre of excellence for international academic research, teaching and critical scholarship on human rights.

The Centre organizes an eight-week programme, carried out by way of a two-hour seminar each Monday evening, examines the laws of war and international criminal law from the perspective of international human rights law. It confronts the crucial questions: are human rights law, the laws of war and international criminal law three distinct disciplines? Have they now become so entwined that it is not possible fully to understand one without some knowledge of the other?

iCourts, Centre of Excellence for International Courts, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen
Two postdoctoral fellowships: Europe and New Global Challenges (EuroChallenge)
Deadline for application: 5 December 2013

iCourts, the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts, is dedicated to the study of international courts, their role in a globalizing legal order and their impact on politics and society. To understand the crucial and contemporary interplay of law, politics and society, the centre hosts a set of integrated interdisciplinary research projects on the causes and consequences of the proliferation of international courts.

Two 3-year postdoctoral fellowships are now available at iCourts.

JUSTICE, London
Winter Internship Programme 2014
Deadline for application: 29 November 2013

JUSTICE is an all-party law reform and human rights organisation. It promotes improvements to the British legal system – through research, education, lobbying and interventions in the courts. It is the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists. JUSTICE is a registered charity that relies on the generosity of members and supporters for the funds to carry out its work.

JUSTICE is now inviting applications for its Winter Internship Programme 2014.

European Network Against Racism (ENAR), Brussels
Internship in the policy department
Deadline for application: 15 November 2013

The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) is a network of member organisations across Europe. ENAR combats racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, promotes equality for all, and links local/regional/national initiatives with European Union initiatives. It is the voice of the anti-racist movement in Europe.

ENAR is seeking interns for the periods January - June 2014 and September - December 2014. With the aim of achieving an ethnic and gender balance in its team, ENAR endeavours to provide an optimum social and learning environment to all of its interns. People from groups affected by racial, ethnic or religious discrimination are especially encouraged to join our team.

Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), Geneva
Call for Proposals to take part in a research project on the prevention of torture
Deadline for application: 1 November 2013
 

Over the past 35 years, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) has developed a unique global overview and expertise in all aspects of the prevention of torture. It supports governments, justice systems, human rights institutions and civil society to take effective actions to prevent torture and other ill-treatment.

Research project on the prevention of torture

 

What interventions contribute to reducing the risk of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment?

Or, to put it more simply and crudely: 'Does torture prevention work?'

This is the overall research question which will guide Professor Richard Carver, Oxford Brookes University, UK, and his team during a three-year research project. The project kick-started on 1 April 2012 and will last for three years. It will include both desk review and in-depth field research with national partners in up to 12 different countries.

This is a call for proposals from individuals or institutions to take part in the project.

Universal Tolerance Organization, Drammen, Norway
Internship programme in the area of universal human rights for development of principles on tolerance regarding race, gender, class, ethnicity and sexuality
Deadline for application: 30 October 2013

The Universal Tolerance Organization (UTO) is an independent non-governmental organization established in 2011 in Norway. It is dedicated to:

• Global peace, security, justice, democracy, respect for human rights and sustainable development through tolerance;
• Elimination of all kinds of discrimination and monopoly by respecting diversity and pluralism.
 
The UTO appreciates new ideas and perspectives on its work. It is therefore seeking for interns who come from all walks of life and various levels of education – undergraduate and graduates students who have never had a chance to experience such work. The internship programme provides a unique opportunity for successful candidates to experience the organization. It also provides interns with monitoring and networking opportunities. Thus, hardworking, innovative and collaborative persons are welcome to apply for the next internshop programme and help UTO make a change in the world's attitude towards tolerance with regard to gender, race, class, and ethnicity.

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Brussels
Legal internship
Deadline for application: 13 November 2013

Human Rights are the very foundation of a society that guarantees equality, dignity and freedom for each human being. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), through its legitimacy, its experience, its methods and its credibility, has a unique role to play in contributing to their realisation. Since 2009, FIDH has singled out certain areas of prime concern, for which it has determined action priorities:

1. Freedom and capacity to act of human rights defenders
2. Universality of rights, in particular those of women, whose - inequitable treatment constitutes a major obstacle for the progress of mankind
3. Promotion and protection of migrants’ rights
4. Effectiveness of Human Rights, to put an end to the impunity of authors of violations, who are not called to account, be they individuals, States or business enterprises
5. Stengthen the respect for human rights in the context of globalisation
6. Respect for Human Rights and the Rule of Law in times of conflict, emergency or political transition
FIDH quickly responds to requests from member organisations in times of armed or violent political conflict and closed countries. It conducts fact-finding missions in the field and mobilises the international community through international and regional organisations, third countries and other levers of influence.

FIDH is offering a legal placement.

Salud por Derecho, Madrid
Policy & Advocacy Officer
Deadline for application: 18 October 2013

Salud por Derecho is a human rights organization focused on defending the right to health. Through political advocacy, awareness raising and social mobilization, in Spain and at the European levels, the organization works so that all people ar able to exercise their right to health.

Salud por Derecho's work is focused on three lines of action:
• Promoting more and better health R&D in an innovation system that is needs-driven and that ensures access to biomedical products.
• Contributing to achieving universal access to prevention, treatment and care for HIV/AIDS.
• Promoting the creation of a global social health protection framework that ensures access to quality basic services for all.

Salud por Derecho is currently looking for a Policy & Advocacy Officer.