International Human Rights

 

Career Exploration

• International Public Interest Law (Yale Law School's Career Development Office)

• Opportunities with International Tribunals and Foreign Courts (Yale Law School's Career Development Office)
• Tips for Students Seeking International Internships (New York University's Public Interest Law Center)

• How to Work for the UN or other Non-Governmental Organizations (PSLawNet)
• A Rule of Law Initiative
• International Refugee Rights
• Legal Aid Around the World (Pine Tree Legal Assistance link to International Legal Aid Organizations)
• Refugee & Asylum Organization Links (University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)
• American Society of International Law
• Derechos Human Rights
• Foreign Policy Association
• Human Rights Resource Center
• Center for Justice and International Law links
• Georgetown Panel on Careers in International Human Rights Law, from November 11, 2008
  

Job Listings

• PSLawNet
• Symplicity
• American Society of International Law Career Links
• Finding and Funding International Public Service Opportunities (NALP)
• International Post-Graduate Fellowships (OPICS handout)
  Lists several legal and research fellowship opportunities for law students interested in public sector international work. Includes domestic and overseas opportunities.
• Human Rights Jobs Board (password protected)
• Idealist
• International Career Employment Weekly (password protected)
• OneWorld
• United Nations Openings
• UN Association of the USA Internships

• USAID Career Page

Suggested Employers

• ABA Rule of Law Initiative Internship Program
• Amnesty International
• Center for Justice and International Law
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Watch
• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Tahirih Justice Center
• World Organization for Human Rights USA

Funding Sources

• Georgetown Equal Justice Foundation (EJF) Summer Fellowship
• Arthur Helton Fellowship Program (ASIL)

 

 

Clinics/Courses/Institutes

• Course Offerings
• Certificate in Refugees and Humanitarian Emergencies
• Georgetown Human Rights Institute

Student Groups and Community Service

• Georgetown Outreach
• International Law Society
• Amnesty International
• Georgetown Human Rights Action Group