Derechos: Human Rights Listings

The Institute for Human Rights at Abo Akademi University organizes the
Advanced Course on the International Protection of Human Rights from
16 until 27 August 2010, in Turku, Finland. The course aims at
providing a profound insight into, and analysis of, the system of
international human rights protection in the light of contemporary
problems and relevant case law. It is composed of lectures, case
studies in working-groups, seminars and an optional essay.

More information and application forms can be obtained from

http://www.abo.fi/instut/imr/courses.htm

or from Ms Johanna Bondas (courses.imr@abo.fi)

Application deadline: 20 April 2010.

Centre for Human Righs and Legal Pluralism
Centre sur les droits de la personne et le pluralisme juridique
3644 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
H3A 1W9
Tel: (514) 398-3577
Fax: (514) 398-8197
Email: youngleaders.law@
mcgill.ca
HUMAN RIGHTS IN DIVERSE SOCIETIES
International Forum for Young Leaders
Call for Applications
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism proudly announces The Global Conference on Human Rights
in Diverse Societies, to be held at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, October 7th to 9th, 2010. This will
be the second Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights. Following the precedent established by the frst
Conference, a Young Leaders Forum will be organized in conjunction with the event.

Continue reading "Canada: International Forum for Young Leaders" »

UNITED NATIONS
NATIONS UNIES
Ref. No.:
TVA/UNAKRT/2
010/01


TEMPORARY VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT


P-2 Associate Legal Officer
United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials
(UNAKRT)
Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Occupational Group (See list on last page)

Service/Section: Office of the Co-Investigating Judges Estimated Start Date: 01/04/2010
Duty Station: Phnom Penh
Duration: 364 days


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT) supports the operation of the Extraordinary Chambers in
the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The ECCC has been established by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to try senior
leaders of Democratic Kampuchea and those most responsible for the crimes and serious violations of Cambodian penal law,
international humanitarian law and customs and international conventions recognized by Cambodia that were committed during
the period from 17 April 1975 to 6 January 1979.

Continue reading "Cambodia: Temporary position Associate Legal Officer " »

With this message, TISCO (Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems) and HiiL (Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law) are pleased to inform you about upcoming International conference under the title: Measuring Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the poor. The two-day meeting will take place in The Hague on 26-27 April, 2010 (specific venue and detailed program TBA).

Continue reading "The Hague: International Conference: Measuring Access to Justice and Legal Empowerment of the Poor" »

Programme on Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
DD-29, Kalkaji, 2nd
Floor, New Delhi, India, 110019
Phone: +91(0)11-40536091 Fax: +91(0)11-40536095

The PWESCR volunteer internship programme typically consists of a minimum of four consecutive months of work in the
Delhi, India office. The programme is mutually advantageous: interns gain valuable working experience and exposure to a
wide range of international and regional women’s human rights issues, while PWESCR benefits from the contributions of
dedicated people and future leaders.

Continue reading "New Delhi: PWESCR Internship Programme " »

Survivors Connect

Goal: To assist in the activities and programmatic development of the Connection GeoMap Project.

Responsibilities
• Conduct research on anti trafficking networks and organizations located in assigned countries
• Organize data according mapping guidelines
• Interview (in person or phone) key individuals who may help in your data collection

Continue reading "Online: Research Internship" »

AIUSA Field Organizers (FO) report to one of five Regional Directors, and are assigned states within which they are responsible for organizing and coordinating the work of AIUSA members and activists, consistent with Amnesty International's approach to human rights work. FOs support local member groups within their territory with recruiting and engagement events, human rights education and activist training. We currently seek a Field Organizer for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, located in Washington, DC.

Continue reading "DC - AI Field Organizer, Mid-Atlantic Region" »

Reporting to the Managing Director of Campaigns, this position requires a variety of campaigning skills in order to support the five focus areas within the Campaigns Unit: the Death Penalty Abolition Campaign; Counter Terror with Justice, our campaign to stop torture and abuse resulting from the War on Terror; Individuals at Risk, which obtains freedom for prisoners of conscience and safety for human rights defenders; Crisis Prevention and Response; and the campaign to Demand Dignity, which focusses on the right to housing and health, spotlighting the relationship between poverty and human rights.

Continue reading "NY / DC: AI Campaigner" »

EHRAC-MEMORIAL JOINT PROJECT

Memorial Human Rights Centre works in partnership with the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), which is based at London Metropolitan University. This joint initiative operates from a dedicated project office within the Memorial HRC in Moscow and in five other regional offices. This project was previously funded by the European Commission and is now supported by multiple grant-making trusts and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government.

Continue reading "Moscow: Project Coordinator" »

You can now get all your Human Rights Listings directly to your twitter account. Find us at http://twitter.com/hrlistings/.

Note: The account was just created so it's bare right now, but all the listings posted to our website will be automatically twitted from now.