Derechos: Human Rights Listings

We are currently advertising legal internships within the International Law and Organizations Program (ILOP) of Amnesty International; for the period July – December 2009. We require:-

London 4 interns (1 already recruited)
Geneva 1 intern
New York 1 intern

The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 27 March 2009.

Please find attached the information/application pack containing full details of the internships.

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SPECIALIZED HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM
Washington D.C., May 25 – June 12, 2009

The 2009 Specialized Human Rights Program of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is now accepting applications.

The 2009 program will offer 17 courses, in English and Spanish, taught by 33 leading experts in the field. Participants can earn ABA credit, a Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance. The program brings together over 180+ participants, from more than 35 countries, with diverse backgrounds and levels of experience including law students, lawyers and human rights advocates.

Please visit our website at www.wcl.american.edu/hracademy for more information or contact us at hracademy@wcl.american.edu or 202-274-4070

Human Rights Fieldwork - Principles, Strategies and Skills

Dates: Sunday 31 May – Saturday 6th June 2009
Venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland

The aims of this annual IHRN training programme are to explore the principles underpinning effective human rights fieldwork, enhance the skills of participants needed to carry this out safely before/during/after armed conflict, ensure that human rights fieldwork is relevant, effective, sustainable, participatory and accountable and raise participants' self-awareness of skills required to undertake international human rights fieldwork. The training programme is intended for development and humanitarian aid workers, civilian/military peace-keepers, NGO and IGO field staff.

Overview:

Evolution of international human rights law and implementation mechanisms relevant to human rights fieldwork

The full cycle of human rights monitoring from information gathering to stimulating sustainable progress in conflict/post-conflict environments

Case studies for monitoring the full spectrum of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
Interviewing and reporting techniques
Applying development programming to human rights fieldwork
Working with field partners, co-operating and building relationships
Personal preparedness including, safety/security, stress/trauma etc
Core field challenges, such as intercultural sensitivities, teamwork, leadership etc.

Application form and further information at: www.ihrnetwork.org/programmes-2009_203.htm

17 - 31 October 2009, Cape Town South Africa

The International Human Rights Academy is a Human Rights course of two weeks, organized every year in South Africa or in Europe under the auspices of six reputable universities from The Netherlands, Belgium, The Republic of South Africa and the United States of America.

The 7th International Human Rights Academy will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 until 31 October 2009. The various intensive courses that make up the Academy are designed to provide high quality legal education in comparative international Human Rights and in Humanitarian Law, with an emphasis on the practical aspects in various fields.

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CJA's 10th Anniversary Event
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104, Directions & Parking

Reception (Drinks and Buffet Supper) - 6:30pm, Program - 7:30pm, Dessert Reception Following Program

Event tickets at $125 per person.
Reservations: (415) 544-0444 ext.303, events@cja.org
All major credit cards accepted.

The Arab Center for Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession organizes a legal conference on "guarantees the independence of the Egyptian State Council" on (Wednesday) March 4, 2009 Flamenco Hotel, Zamalek (2 El Gezzera Elwosta St., - Zamalek) at 09.00 a.m.

This conference – funded by Konrad Adenauer Foundation - presents many research papers prepared by specialist judges, lawyers, law professors and activists in the field of human rights.

Invitation
Charity Concert for Gaza war victims
Under auspices of Physicians for Human Rights

Wednesday 11.3.2009, at 20:00
Hagada Hasmalit, Echad Ha'am 70 Tel-Aviv

Dr. Ruchama Marton, president and founder of PHR-Israel, will provide introductory remarks

Neta Rudich - Violin
Ishay Shaer - Piano
Program includes pieces by Bach, Schumann and Ysaÿe

Minimal entrance fee: 40 NIS

Full-Time Position Available: ASSOCIATE (administrative – not legal – position) Children's Rights Division (New York Office) Deadline for applications: April 3, 2009

Human Rights Watch (“HRW”) is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Associate in its Children's Rights Division.

Description: The Associate will provide critical administrative and clerical assistance including, but not limited to, maintaining extensive files, contact lists and databases; maintaining communication among HRW's domestic and international offices and providing substantive, logistical and administrative assistance to field offices; retrieving and responding to requests for information; preparing, formatting and distributing documents such as press releases, reports, tables, charts, briefing papers, op eds, publications and web content; assisting with research, electronic clipping, wires, and translations; liaising with donors and sending donor mailings; preparing for and taking minutes at meetings; assisting with advisory committee matters; assisting with special events, hiring, and training; drafting and editing correspondence and other documents; assisting with travel arrangements and follow-up; recruiting and coordinating interns; recording departmental finances; word processing; photocopying; filing; faxing; answering phones; processing incoming mail; and other assigned tasks.

The Country Director is the chief representative of Global Rights in the DRC, responsible for leading the organizations work, developing its vision, and overseeing the pursuit of Global Rights¡¦ mission. S/he is responsible for the supervision of all local staff, including the management of executive, program, communications, fundraising, financial, and administrative functions. S/he will also lead the active collaboration of the DRC office with other Global Rights¡¦ offices elsewhere in the world. The Country Director reports to the Director of Programs, based at the international headquarters, and communicates regularly with all other department directors of the organization and the Executive Director.

Geneva International Conference Center, April 19, 2009

Featuring:

Bo Kyi
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Nazanin Afshin-Jam
Ahmad Batebi
Ester Mujawayo
José Castillo
Irwin Cotler

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During the week of April 20-24, 2009, hundreds of world leaders, diplomats, and human rights activists will gather in Geneva for the United Nations Durban Review Conference on Racism, Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance. Mired in controversy, the gathering known as Durban II is already one the most high profile U.N. events in history.

IJHRL is an annual, peer-reviewed journal published by the Council for American Students in International Negotiations. The journal invites quality submissions from scholars, jurists, and professionals in fields related to human rights and international humanitarian law. IJHRL also welcomes review essays, book reviews, and comments/notes.

Manuscripts must be computer generated in MS Word and submitted electronically, via e-mail or Berkeley Electronic Press's Expresso submission service, at http://law.bepress.com/expresso. Each submission should contain an abstract of no more than 150 words, a cover letter, a brief biographical sketch, and appropriate contact information. Manuscripts should be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief with assurance that they have not been published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts should range from 3,000 to 10,000 words (approximately 15-25 pages) and be typed, double-spaced. Manuscripts exceeding the maximum length may not be considered. Book reviews may run from 1,000 to 2,500 words. Submissions must follow the style guidelines of either the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 5th Edition or The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation 17th Edition. Upon receiving comments from referees, notification of acceptance, rejection or need for revision will be given within 4-6 weeks of receipt of manuscript.

Submissions and other editorial correspondence should be addressed to ijhrl@americanstudents.us.

The Diplomacy Training Program (DTP) is calling for applications for its 2009 Human Rights Advocacy and Business Capacity Building Program for advocates to be held in Bangalore, India from 13-20 July. The program aims to assist non-government and community advocates from Asia-Pacific countries and Indigenous Australia to respond practically to the challenges for human rights posed by the growing power and influence of corporations. Participants will explore how emerging human rights standards and codes of conduct relevant to corporations can be applied in practice by developing practical skills for holding business accountable to its human rights responsibilities, including research skills, lobbying and working with the media. The program will include a focus on the work of the UN SRSG on Human Rights and Business.

An application form and brochure of additional information about the program may be accessed via the dtp website (http://www.dtp.unsw.edu.au/). All applications must be received by DTP by 24 April 2009. Please distribute this email to your networks, colleagues and contacts who might benefit from the course. For further information please contact the Diplomacy Training Program by phone: (612) 9385-3549 or by email: dtp@unsw.edu.au.

The Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment have initiated a Joint Study to examine the practice of secret detention from a global perspective.

The Joint Study aims to produce new findings regarding the nature and scope of secret detention practices. The Joint Study will examine the practice or permission of secret detentions to operate on the territories of States from various geographical regions, taking into account domestic, regional and global efforts to counter-terrorism.

In addition to thematic reporting on facts and events, the Joint Study will also include a legal analysis of the framework for the operation of secret places of detention, and findings as to the extent to which persons have been tortured or subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment at such places.

It is anticipated that the two Special Rapporteurs will produce a Joint Report containing recommendations regarding these practices, aimed at curbing the resort to secret detention and the unlawful treatment of detainees in the context of contemporary counter-terrorism efforts.

If you wish to submit information to this Joint Study, please go to the link: https://esurvey.ohchr.org/Survey.aspx Submissions are welcome up to 1 May 2009.
The Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Martin Scheinin, was appointed to this mandate in August 2005 and is a Professor of Public International Law at the European University Institute.

The Special Rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, was appointed to this mandate in December 2004 and is a Professor of International Human Rights Law at the University of Vienna and Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights.

Madame Prosecutor Confrontations With Humanity's Worst Criminals and
the Culture of Impunity: A Memoir By Carla Del Ponte with Chuck Sudetic
434 pages. Other Press. $25.95.

SPECIALIZED HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM
Washington D.C., May 25 - June 12, 2009>

The 2009 Specialized Human Rights Program of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at American University Washington College of Law is now accepting applications. Application due date is: May 1, 2009.

The 2009 program will offer 17 courses, in English and Spanish, taught by 33 leading experts in the field. Participants can earn ABA credit, a Diploma or a Certificate of Attendance. The program brings together over 180+ participants, from more than 35 countries, with diverse backgrounds and levels of experience including law students, lawyers and human rights advocates.

The Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) is an international human rights organization dedicated to ending torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of survivors to seek truth, justice and redress. CJA uses litigation to hold perpetrators individually accountable for human rights abuses, develop human rights law, and advance the rule of law in countries transitioning from periods of abuse.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Manager of Operations and Finance (OFM) has primary responsibility for managing the finance, human resources, office management, facilities management and information technology functions of the office. Because this individual balances a variety of responsibilities, the position requires a high degree of flexibility, a professional attitude, significant initiative and attention to detail. An understanding of accounting principles in a non-profit environment, computer literacy and a commitment to human rights are also required. The OFM must be a highly motivated, well-organized professional who is excited about working in an active and expanding nonprofit and thrives in a friendly and fast-paced environment.