European Roma Information Office (ERIO), Brussels
Part-time internship
Deadline for application: As soon as possible
The European Roma Information Office (ERIO) was founded in 2003 as a non-profit organisation under Belgian law, working with an international and European scope. In spite of the role that we play in the advocacy of Roma rights at the European level, we do not seek to replace any other Roma organisations. As an informational platform, ERIO ensures that the voices of all European Roma are heard by EU and governmental officials. Our work currently focuses on anti-discrimination policies in the fields of education, employment, healthcare and housing.
ERIO has a position for a 5-month part-time internship (minimum 3 days per week) starting as soon as possible.
Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC), Europe Regional Office, Brussels
Europe Programme Internship
Deadline for application: 17 October 2014
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) includes 2500 civil society organizations in 150 different countries working in partnership to strengthen international cooperation with the ICC; ensure that the Court is fair, effective and independent; make justice both visible and universal; and advance stronger national laws that deliver justice to victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
This internship is with the Europe Regional Office of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) situated in Brussels, Belgium.
The Regional Section of the CICC focuses, among others, on:
• Promoting the universal acceptance and ratification of the Rome Statute.
• Promoting the adoption of comprehensive implementation legislation.
• Promoting education and awareness of the ICC and the Rome Statute at the national, regional, and global levels.
• Expanding and strengthening the Coalition's global network.
Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, Heidelberg, Germany
Research Fellow/Project Manager
Deadline for application: 2 October 2014
The Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (MPFPR) is based in Heidelberg. It continues the extensive consulting, training and research projects of the 'Global Knowledge Transfer' working group, which existed from 2002 to 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (MPIL). Within the framework of its research activities, MPFPR carries out several 'Global Knowledge Transfer Projects' in various countries. MPFPR projects focus on capacity-building and academic research in the fields of public international law, comparative constitutional law and the rule of law in countries in transition.
Research fellows are engaged in legal research, the organization and conducting of project activities such as workshops, as well as liaising with local project partners.
Centre for the Study of Human Rights, The London School of Economics and Political Science
Short course on International Human Rights Law and Practice
6 October - 8 December 2014 (Ten Monday evening classes)
Deadline to apply for a subsidised place: 4 September 2014
In today's legal, policy and business worlds, international human rights law affects the way all of us work, either explicitly or implicitly. A knowledge of international human rights standards is increasingly required. Therefore those involved in the legal professions - whether as barristers, solicitors, employed lawyers or judges - and those involved in government, public policy and business, need to have a solid understanding of the breadth and depth of human rights principles. So too do increasing numbers of those involved in NGOs and in civil society work generally.
International human rights law is a subject that barely featured on university curricula just a few years ago, and it remains hard to find guidance on the subject that is easily accessible, clear, authoritative and up-to-date. The short course on International Human Rights Law and Practice will provide an indispensable guide to this burgeoning field of law. A certificate of attendance from the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at LSE will be awarded to those who have successfully completed the course.
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (Italy)
Master in Electoral Policy & Administration
Deadline for application: 15 September 2014
Voters around the world expect electoral administrators to possess the management skills to undertake a complex civilian operation, the political savvy to relate to parties and candidates, and, above all, a strong sense of ethics and integrity to conduct a fair process. The Master in Electoral Policy and Administration (MEPA) is intended to make a global contribution to such professionalization implementing, as a first pilot project, the Model Curriculum designed by International IDEA. In March 2013, International IDEA invited a group of distinguished experts from different world regions to discuss curriculum development for an electoral master programme. The initiative propelled the development of the International IDEA Model Curriculum for MEPA.
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is the first institution to pilot this Model Curriculum. Its relies on the concept of the electoral cycle and is composed of 18 main topics.
European Inter-University Centre for Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC)
Training Seminar for International Electoral Observers
Monastery of San Nicolò, Venice Lido (Italy)
Module I: 17-19 November 2014
Module II: 20-22 November 2014
Deadlines for application: 15 september 2014 (Module I) and 15 October 2014 (Module II)
Open and legitimate elections are the indispensable foundation for sustainable development and an effective democracy and actions supporting the right to participate in genuine elections can play a major role in sustaining peace, security and conflict prevention. Support takes the form of electoral assistance projects and election observation missions. This requires skilled and trained observers.
The aim of the EIUC Training Seminar for International Electoral Observers is to introduce civilian staff to the profession of election observers and to deliver a complete theoretical and practical basic course to those willing to consider election observation as a possible professional step in their career.
The training seminars for International Electoral Observers have been granted the patronage of the Italian, the Spanish and the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Refugee Law Initiative, School of Advanced Study, University of London
New distance-learning Masters' Programme in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies
Deadline for application: 1 September 2014
Ural Summer School of Human Rights, Ekaterinburg
Strategic litigation: Experience of lawyers from US, Europe, Russia
16 - 20 September 2014
Sutyajnik is a non-governmental human rights organization founded in Yekaterinburg, Russia in 1994 to help citizens and organizations realize rights guaranteed in the Russian Constitution and international treaties by litigating public interest cases, educating in human rights, and informing the public about the mechanisms for human rights protection. One of Sutyajnik’s principal goals is to defend human rights by working to bring domestic legislation and practice into conformity with international and constitutional standards. Sutyajnik is organizing weeklong training on building and managing strategic litigation campaigns.
Transitional Justice Network Summer School, University of Essex
Settling accounts: The role of businesses in conflict and post conflict societies
18 - 21 September 2014
Building on the strong expertise at Essex on transitional justice and corporate accountability, the Essex Transitional Justice Network, together with the Essex Business and Human Rights Project (EBHR), will be running its III Transitional Justice Summer School. The theme of this year’s Summer School will be 'Settling accounts: The role of businesses in conflict and post conflict societies'.
The summer school will consider the role of businesses in societies emerging from conflict and authoritarian rule, including different issues of corporate accountability that might arise in these contexts and mechanisms to address it. Experts in both corporate accountability and transitional justice will discuss specific topics such as project lending; debt and financial complicity, as well as litigation and advocacy strategies in relation to transitional justice.
Further details of the ETJN Summer School, including information on speakers (their short bios), a provisional programme and instructions on how to register are on the Transitional Justice Network website.
Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham
Human Rights Courses
The Human Rights Law Centre at the University of Nottingham offers human rights short courses for graduate students, government officials, lawyers, human rights field workers, NGO and IGO personnel and others with an interest in human rights at an international or national level, and gives a full overview of international human rights standards in practice, around the world.
The Centre offers:
• a one term course twice a year (25 September to 5 December 2014 and 8 January to 20 March 2015) which provides in-depth knowledge and understanding of UN and regional human rights systems by faculty and visiting lecturers who have experience of the systems in practice.
• a two term course beginning in September/October in which the second term is spent in a human rights internship in an IGO or an NGO.
Further details can be found here.
• online distance learning courses. There are nine modules to choose from, including UN Human Rights System, International Criminal Justice and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as well as the Rights of the Child and Women’s Rights which are new modules available from September 2014. Each module lasts eight weeks.
Further details can be found here.
Master of Advanced Studies in Children's Rights, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Call for applications for the 2015-2016 postgraduate programme in Children’s Rights
Deadline for application: 30 September 2014
The Master of Advanced Studies in Children’s Rights (MCR) is a part-time two-year postgraduate programme in children's rights, that, from 2015 unwards, will be organised by the University of Geneva, in continuation of the MCR Programme which had been organized between 2003 and 2014 by the University Institute Kurt Bösch (IUKB) and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Migration Summer School 2014, University of Barcelona, Spain
International Migration Management: from theory to practice
2 - 12 September 2014
Deadline for application: 30 August 2014
The Summer School is a joint effort of the University of Barcelona and the Public Law Institute. The aim of the Summer School is to provide participants with knowledge of the current developments in the field of international migration. Migration will be examined by different disciplines including law, sociology and political sciences. The classes will be conducted by professors and professionals in the field of migration from different European Universities and organizations and they will be accompanied by practical exercises, debates and research work. The classes will be given in English. At the end of the Summer School, participants will be requested to write a memo and they will be rewarded with a certificate of participation.
Ius Gentium Conimbrigae/Human Rights Centre (IGC), Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Programmes and courses on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
The Ius Gentium Conimbrigae or Human Rights Centre (IGC) at the University of Coimbra is the first university centre which provides education and research in the area of human rights in Portugal. It mainly aims at studying and understanding the contemporary international problems and those that historically are of interest to Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking states, peoples and communities and this from a multidisciplinary, but chiefly juridical perspective.
Besides its research and publication activities, the IGC is particularly active in the area of education through the regular organisation of the Post-Graduation Course on Human Rights, the Course on Peace Operations and Humanitarian Action, the Summer Course and the Autumn Conferences. The IGC offers education, technical support and consultancy, including opinions, studies, legislative drafting and independent external evaluation of projects and entities in the area of human rights and humanitarian law. The IGC´s partners and targets are public (ministries, schools, courts, etc.) and private entities (enterprises, associations, foundations, etc.), civilian and military entities, both national and foreign.
The IGC’ technical and teaching staff is composed of professors of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, guest lecturers and professionals or experts with recognised scientific and professional merit in the teaching or research areas of the Institute.
The centre promotes the idea of working in partnership and, thus, privileges the establishment of cooperation protocols with similar national and foreign institutes, namely Portuguese-speaking, with other Universities, UN agencies and entities who work on the issues related to the scope of the IGC.
An overview of the different programmes and courses offered by the IGC can be found here.
Eurochild, Brussels
Policy and advocacy intern
Deadline for application: 27 June 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.
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.
Perelman Centre for Legal Philosophy, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Full time PhD and teaching assistant
Deadline for application: 23 June 2014
The call for applications can be downloaded at the Perelman Centre website.
