Human Rights Internship/Professional Project
General
- Post-graduate
- 500 hours per learner
- Dates set by projects
- Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
- 3/5 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Startup, Non profit, Large enterprise, Small to medium enterprise
- Legal, Government, Education, Environment, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Academic association, Public relations & communications
Categories
Skills
Overview
- Details
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Students can complete a substantial project for your organization on a wide range of human rights issues. We suggest providing a starting project, but as the project progresses there may be other duties or projects that students are asked to complete as well. We are open to work/project/internship that is either academic, campaigning, or more operational.
- Learner skills
- Critical thinkiing, Policy, Research
- Deliverables
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Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the project. Each student should complete 500-600 hours with your organization by the end of October.
- Assist with policy design and implementation
- Assist with case work
- Conduct qualitative or quantitative research on a specific human rights issue
- Briefing papers, reports and research papers
- Public affairs and public policy (non-profit, government, private sector, public sector consulting) as it relates to human rights
- Researching and identifying cases of human rights violations
- Collecting and analysing data regarding the human rights situation on specific issues and/or location
- Writing memoranda on International human rights law (legal sources, international organizations, human rights)
Project Examples
Project topic examples that students can complete may include, but are not limited to:
- Assist with case work.
- Conduct qualitative or quantitative research on a specific human rights issue
- Briefing papers, reports and research papers
- Public affairs and public policy (non-profit, government, private sector, public sector consulting) as it relates to human rights
- Researching and identifying cases of human rights violations
- Collecting and analysing data regarding the human rights situation on specific issues and/or location
- Writing memoranda on International human rights law (legal sources, international organizations, human rights)
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
A representative of the company will be available to answer questions from students in a timely manner for the duration of the project.
A representative of the company will be available for a pre-selection discussion with the administrator of the internship program to review the project scope.