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International Service for Human Right Fellowship in Geneva

Full-time Fellowship: Geneva, Switzerland
Length: 6 months to 1 year
Based in: Remotely or in person in Geneva, if eligible for a work permit
Reports to: Programme Manager or Director
Start date: Flexible (preferably August or September)
Remuneration: Applicants should be fully funded through a scholarship or grant
Applications deadline: on a rolling basis


About ISHR
The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is an independent, non-profit organisation
with offices in Geneva and New York. This fellowship offers an unique opportunity to view the
United Nations human rights system at work. It provides hands-on experience working for an
international non-governmental organisation (NGO) as well as the opportunity to contribute to
our work supporting human rights defenders, strengthening human rights systems, building
and leading human rights coalitions, and responding to significant and systemic human rights
concerns. For more information, consult our website www.ishr.ch.

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The Fellowship position
ISHR seeks to host a postgraduate Fellow to support our work in Geneva. Working in a small team, the Fellow will have the opportunity to learn at close hand what it means to work for an international human rights advocacy organization. The Fellow will also have the opportunity to collaborate with ISHR staff in all locations.


In a year’s work with ISHR, the Fellow will gain experience monitoring a number of
deliberations and negotiations at the United Nations and lobbying and advocating in those
fora in line with ISHR’s mandate and priorities. The Fellow will gain hands-on experience on
the application of international human rights law in a multilateral human rights system,
including advocacy on normative and policy advances for the protection of human rights
defenders.

The Fellow will also contribute to our work on capacity development and legislative protection
of defenders at the national level. There may also be opportunities to work at the regional
level with the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights.

Scope of work of the Fellowship programme
Through a combination of research and analysis, advocacy, and capacity building, the Fellow
will work closely with Programme Managers and Directors, contributing to our work
supporting human rights defenders, strengthening human rights systems, building andleading human rights coalitions, and responding to significant and systemic situations of
concern.

Key tasks include:
● Supporting legal counsel in preparing submissions to national, regional and
international human rights mechanisms and courts;
● Assisting with research in relation to submissions for international human rights
mechanisms, including the Universal Periodic Review and the UN treaty bodies;
● Representing ISHR at meetings and in coalition work with other NGOs and UN
contacts;
● Assisting with ISHR’s work with regional human rights defenders’ networks and
human rights bodies at the regional level;
● Monitoring and taking minutes at UN human rights meetings;
● Contributing to ISHR’s publications, including through drafting and editing online web
articles, briefing papers, and other reports as needed.

Training and Opportunities
ISHR has a long-standing history of hosting Fellows. Our Fellows are fully included as part of
the team, including in staff meetings, which provide a comprehensive understanding of the
work of an international human rights NGO. Fellows also have opportunities to interact and
network with human rights defenders, diplomats or other UN and NGO professionals.
Where appropriate or necessary for their work, ISHR staff will provide practical sessions and
guidance, for example on monitoring UN mechanisms, drafting reports and advocacy
documents, utilizing communications technologies, etc.

Fellowship modalities
Applicants should be fully funded through a university-funded or external Fellowship
for the entire duration of their Fellowship.
The Fellowship is expected to be a full-time (37.5 hours per week) position and will take
place remotely for a duration of 6 months to a year. Possibility of on-site work if eligible for a
work permit.

Requirements
The successful fellow must:
● Be a recent graduate from an ABA-accredited law school, having taken up relevant
coursework in a J.D. or LL.M. programme. Recent graduates from other relevant
graduate-level programs will be considered as well;
● Have working knowledge of international human rights law;
● Demonstrate familiarity with the UN human rights system, regional human rights
systems and mechanism, and/or human rights defenders;● Have strong drafting and research skills;
● Be able to report thoroughly and accurately on meetings;
● Be flexible and self-motivated;
● Be able to work as a member of an international and multicultural team and willing to
participate in a variety of tasks, as required;
● Have excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
● Knowledge of official UN languages, especially Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and
Russian is desirable.


Applications
Please submit your application by sending a cover letter, a CV (no picture and max 2 pages),
2 writing samples (including bibliographies), and a description of your funding source here.
ISHR will review these products only for the purpose of this recruitment and will not use
them for any other purpose.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Incomplete applications, including applications without a description of funding source, will
not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.


Privacy policy
All applications will be handled in accordance with ISHR’s Privacy Policy.

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