Human Rights - Intern (Hybrid)

Job Description

Work Location

• Hybrid

Expected Duration

• 6 months (Dec 2025 – Jun 2026)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor developments in human rights, politics, and conflict in the region.
• Follow up on human rights issues and cases in line with treaty body mechanisms and special procedures.
• Assist in preparing a monthly review summarizing the human rights situation in assigned countries for the office’s monthly report.
• Oversee maintenance and development of the office’s information and resource tools, including updating and producing content when necessary.
• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports on the Regional Office’s work.
• Attend and take notes in meetings and conferences as requested by the Regional Office.
• Assist the supervising Human Rights Officer in organizing workshops and related activities.
• Familiarize with human rights mechanisms, conventions, and Human Rights Council procedures.
• Carry out political and legal analysis of topics related to the Regional Office (e.g., statelessness, migrant domestic workers).
• Perform any other relevant tasks as required.

Qualifications/Special Skills

• Be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s level or equivalent).
• Be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher).
• No prior work experience is required.
• Training, education, or advanced coursework should benefit the UN during the internship.
• Applicants should explain how they meet these criteria using examples.

Languages

• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of Arabic or French is highly desirable.

Intern Specific Text

• Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations.
• Costs for travel, visas, accommodation, and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.
• Non-citizen interns may need appropriate visas and work/employment authorization.
• Successful candidates should discuss specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

Deadline : Oct 13, 2025