Research opportunities with the United Nations and human rights NGOs

International Legal Partnerships' Global Governance and Legal Research Program is pleased to announce an opportunity to conduct remote research for one of four ILP partner groups. See below for brief descriptions of each organization. The research would be conducted over several weeks this fall, and offers students a way to become involved in ILP, gain experience doing internationally oriented legal work, and build relationships with our partner organizations. The time commitment would be a few hours per week, with some flexibility to accomodate busier periods of the semester.

If you are interested, please email a brief statement of interest (300 words max, can be in the body of the email), plus a CV (two pages max) to this address, with "GGRLP Application" in the subject heading.

Applications are due by 11:59 pm on Friday, September 23, 2011.

If you have any questions about the program, please email ian.mckellar@gmail.com

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United Nations Development Program on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, Serbia The United Nations Development Program started its initiative on Legal Empowerment of the Poor in 2007. This initiative consists of a global project with the active involvement of nine country offices (including Serbia) that are all implementing or initiating projects on the legal empowerment of the poor. The country office was created to facilitate formation of an accountable public sector, strengthen the rule of law, and promote sustainable development. This year's external research would build upon previous research undertaken by Osgoode students and would contribute to UNDP’s institutional knowledge on judicial reform in development.

United Nations Office of Staff Legal Assistance, Ethiopia OSLA provides legal assistance to UN employees in a range of areas of law related to their employment (employment contracts, discipline, pensions harassment, and administrative law more generally). OSLA has approximately 60,000 potential clients, seven lawyer positions and offices in Nairobi, Beruit, Geneva and Addis Ababa.

East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, Uganda The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) is the secretariat of a network of over 60 human rights organizations spread over the East and Horn of Africa sub-regions, comprising Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia and Somaliland. EHAHRDP works to protect and promote human rights defenders (HRDs) working in the region as they engage in work which is at times politically or socially contentious and may place the HRD in harm’s way. EHAHRDP fulfills its mandate through its three programs of direct protection to HRDs, capacity building, and advocacy at national, regional, and international levels. EHAHRDP additionally operate partnership programs in security management training through Protection Desk Uganda and Protection Desk Kenya, as well as an education program through African Human Rights Education Program-Uganda.

Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, Uganda Since its inception in 1991, FHRI has grown to become one the most respected and active organizations dedicated to the protection and the promotion of human rights in East Africa. FHRI’s goal is to remove impediments to democratic development and the meaningful enjoyment of the fundamental freedoms enshrined in the 1995 Constitution and other internationally recognized human rights instruments. FHRI achieves its mandate by enhancing the exchange of information and best practices through training, education, research, advocacy, lobbying and strategic partnerships

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