You will find below a list of useful resources and links to help you take the first steps in pursuing a career in human rights. This list is not exhaustive and should be used alongside other human rights careers websites. (Please note that Human Rights Pulse takes no responsibility for the content of these external websites).

HUMAN RIGHTS UNDERGRADUATE & MASTERS:

For general guidance on Human Rights Masters:

LLM Guide – Masters of Laws Programs Worldwide: https://llm-guide.com/concentrations/human-rights/top-schools

UNITED KINGDOM:

University of Essex, Human Rights Centre offers:
LLM in Human Rights (School of Law)
MA in Human Rights (Human Rights Centre)
MSc in Human Rights (Human Rights Centre)
LLM in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (useful for working in the field. Courses on peacekeeping and law of armed conflict)
https://www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-institutes/human-rights

Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics & Political Science - http://www2.lse.ac.uk/humanRights/home.aspx

University of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, Nottingham - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc

University of Glasgow, Human Rights Network - http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/glasgowhumanrightsnetwork/

Strathclyde University, Centre for Study of Human Rights Law – https://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/lawschool/centreforthestudyofhumanrightslaw

Oxford University, Mst in International Human Rights Law - https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate/courses/mst-international-human-rights-law?wssl=1

EUROPE:

Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway - http://www.nuigalway.ie/human_rights/
Lund University, Sweden, Human rights studies - https://www.mrs.lu.se/en/
Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University - https://www.uu.nl/en/research/netherlands-institute-of-human-rights-sim
ADH – Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights - https://www.geneva-academy.ch/
Leiden University, Netherlands –
European and International Human Rights Law (Advanced LL.M) - https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/education/study-programmes/master/european-and-international-human-rights-law
European Regional Masters in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe – Global Campus for Human Rights (see below)

NORTH AMERICA:

Columbia Law School, Human Rights Institute, New York - https://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute

Georgetown University, Law School – Human Rights Institute - https://www.law.georgetown.edu/human-rights-institute/about-us/

University of Notre Dame, Law School, Indiana – Klau Center for Civil and Human Rights - https://klau.nd.edu/academics/programs-in-international-human-rights-law/

University of Syracuse, LLM Programs - http://law.syr.edu/admissions/llm-admissions?fbclid=IwAR09P5SeQvsixixrDyOPWWyrpFkKnaLhG8_mqko4Mw31KlVMuaBfObjCUTE

AUSTRALIA

Monash University, Law School, Melbourne - https://www.monash.edu/law
LLM Global Society and Human Rights

Castan Centre for Human Rights Law - https://www.monash.edu/law/research/centres/castancentre

AFRICA

Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa – https://www.chr.up.ac.za/

Dullah Omar Institute for Human Rights, University of the Western Cape, South Africa - https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/

SOUTH EAST ASIA

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Faculty of Political Science & Center for Social Development Studies
MA International Development Studies (includes Human Rights) - https://www.maids-chula.org/maid

Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Masters of Human Rights and Democratisation, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies - https://graduate.mahidol.ac.th/inter/current-students/?p=curriculum&t=4&program=024

GLOBAL:

Global Campus of Human Rights - https://gchumanrights.org/
UN Interregional Crime and Justice Institute (based in Rome) - http://www.unicri.it/

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Council of Europe, Human Rights Moot Court competition - https://ehrmcc.elsa.org/

Nelson Mandela Human Rights Moot Court competition - https://www.chr.up.ac.za/worldmoot

VOLUNTEER, INTERNSHIP AND ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS

UN Volunteers: https://www.unv.org/(age limit – 25 or over)

UN Junior Professional Officer Program - https://www.un.org/development/desa/jpo/

Council of Europe – traineeships (unpaid placements 3-4 months but great experience of Human Rights at the European regional level)

https://www.coe.int/en/web/jobs/traineeships

European Fundamental Rights Agency (human rights body of the EU) - (offers traineeships)

Internships see: https://fra.europa.eu/en/about-fra/recruitment/traineeship

UN Paid Internships (via Human Rights Careers) - https://www.humanrightscareers.com/magazine/5-united-nations-paid-internships/

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Internship programme - https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/employment/internships.asp

African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Internship programme - https://www.achpr.org/internship

UN Young Professionals Program - https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=NCE

JOB SITES

EuroBrussels: https://www.eurobrussels.com/

UN Reliefweb: http://reliefweb.int/

UN jobs: http://unjobs.org/ (independent from the UN)

UN job portal– Inspira - https://inspira.un.org/psp/PUNA1J/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG

Work for an MP – http://www.w4mpjobs.org/

(more Westminster village type jobs – lobbying, research but occasional human rights jobs, UK focus)

International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute - http://www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI.aspx (run an internship scheme)

Devnet Jobs – http://www.devnetjobs.org/

Devex International Development portal - https://www.devex.com/

Indeed – job portal

Idealist.org –– over 56,000 not-for-profit community organisations in 165 countries – can search for volunteer opportunities, jobs and internships https://www.idealist.org/en/

Do it.org - – search for geographical opportunities in Human and Civil rights by geographical location in the UK https://do-it.org/

International Jobs (connected to Eurobrussels above) - https://www.intjobs.com/

Impactpool (jobs in the UN, civil society) - https://www.impactpool.org/

Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, Human Rights Job Board - http://chrgj.org/human-rights-job-board/

NGOs/3RD SECTOR (JOBS, INTERNSHIPS)

Amnesty International – https://www.amnesty.ca/

Human Rights Watch – (positions as researchers, field investigators, advocates) https://www.hrw.org/

Redress –- London based organisation which helps torture victims obtain justice and reparation. Internship opportunities available. https://redress.org/

FIDH, International Federation for Human Rights - https://www.fidh.org/en/(Geneva based NGO)

International Commission of Jurists https://www.icj.org/-(Geneva based)

Frontline Defenders (International Foundation for the protection of human rights defenders. Ireland based). https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/

International Service on Human Rights - (Geneva based. Accept Interns who attend UN Human Rights meetings and act as rapporteurs/note takers) https://www.ishr.ch/

Reprieve - http://www.reprieve.org.uk/ (work on Death Penalty and Terrorism/National Security cases) London based

Fair Trials - https://www.fairtrials.org/ (Brussels and London based)

British Institute of International and Comparative Law - https://www.biicl.org/

International Bar Association, International Human Rights Institute - https://www.ibanet.org/IBAHRI.aspx

The Clooney Foundation for Justice - https://cfj.org/