Check out our 2024–2025 Human Rights Course Guide
August 30, 2024Interested in learning about human rights law at Georgetown Law? Check out our 2024–2025 Human Rights Course Guide.
Human Rights Institute
The Human Rights Institute is the focal point of human rights at Georgetown Law.
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"The Institute aims to make Georgetown Law the premier training academy for the next generation of human rights advocates by providing them with the intellectual foundation, the real world experience, and the practical skills necessary to be effective in today’s challenging environment."
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Furaha-Joy Sekai Saungweme (LL.M. ‘24) is a women’s rights advocate and founder of the Africa End Sexual Harassment Initiative (AESHI), a pioneering project focused on driving dialogue and legal reform to address sexual harassment across Africa. She is a trailblazer in the fight to strengthen the recognition of sexual harassment as a fundamental human right, working to reshape the legal and social frameworks that perpetuate gender inequality, and pushing for transformative change across Africa.
Featured Job Opportunities
- Human Rights First Opportunities
- Policy Lead at WHAT TO FIX
- Staff Attorney, Farmworker Justice
- Policy Advocate, Colorado
- Associate Attorney, Mid-Pacific Office
- CDT EU Policy and Research Officer
- Spring Legal Fellow at the Washington, D.C. Office of Representative Pramila Jayapal
- Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti 2025 Externally-Funded Legal Fellowship
- DC Office of Human Rights (OHR), Office of General Counsel (OGC)
- U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division - Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section
- Center for Death Penalty Litigation
- Spring 2025 Legal Internship, IJDH
- International Rights Advocates Legal Internship
- Institute for Justice (Arlington, VA)
- Rights Behind Bars Internship
- Legal and Policy Extern
- Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti Spring 2025 Legal Internship
- Senior Associate or Counsel, Perseus Strategies
- Summer 2025 Reproductive Justice Legal Fellowship
- UNHCR 2025-2026 Legal Fellowships in the United States
- Legal Counsel at Campaign Legal Center Inc.
- Helton Fellowship Program
- Associate Attorney at Earthjustice
- Public Interest Environmental Law Fellow at the Environmental Law Institute (ELI)
- Human Rights Legal Fellow
- 2025-2027 Donald M. and Susan N. Wilson Legal Fellowship
- Int’l Advocacy and Litigation Team Spring 2025 Legal Internship
- U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Spring 2025 Legal Internship