Human
Rights Watch is offering international fellowship begin in September 2014 in
USA. The fellowship is provided to
recent graduates of law, journalism, international relations, area studies or
other relevant disciplines from universities. Two types of fellowship are
awarded restricted and unrestricted fellowships. English proficiency is
required. Send your application electronically by October 16, 2013..
Study
Subject (s):
The fellowship is awarded in international human rights at Human Rights Watch’s
in USA.
Course Level:
The fellowship is intended for human rights activists in the early stages of
their careers.
Scholarship
Provider: Human Rights Watch
Scholarship can
be taken at: USA
Eligibility: -Applicants must
demonstrate a strong background in international human rights and be committed
to building a career in human rights.
-Research experience, including experience conducting interviews, ideally in
the context of human rights research, is required. -Field experience in human
rights work is strongly desirable.
-Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills and excellent oral and
written communication skills in English.
-Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly desired as is
familiarity with countries or regions where serious human rights violations
occur.
-Applicants should be highly motivated and well-organized; able to work quickly
and well under pressure, both independently and as a member of a team; able to
juggle multiple tasks; and able to meet tight deadlines.
-The fellowship year will require creativity, initiative, perseverance, and
flexibility while maintaining HRW’s high methodological standards.
-Depending on the fellowship for which they wish to apply, prospective fellows
must be recent graduates of law, journalism, international relations, or other
relevant studies, or must provide evidence of significant, comparable, relevant
work experience.
Scholarship
Open for Students of Following Countries: International applicants are eligible for this
fellowship.
Scholarship
Description:
Fellows typically works full-time in Human Rights Watch’s New York or
Washington, D.C. office or in some
instances in another location. The NYU, Sandler, and Finberg Fellows work
full-time for one year with Human Rights Watch. Fellows monitor human rights
developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft
reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy and media outreach
aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations. Past fellows have
conducted research and advocacy on numerous different issues in countries all
over the world.
Number of award (s): Four fellowship positions
are offered.
Duration of
award (s):
The fellowships are intended for human rights activists in the early stages of
their careers. As a general rule of thumb, the committee considers those who
have received their graduate degrees within the past three years to be recent
graduates. For this cycle, we will consider Finberg Fellowship applicants with
degrees received after January 2011 and before August 2014 as “recent graduates.”
For the Sandler Fellowship, preference will be given to 2014 graduates and
recent graduates who are completing a judicial clerkship.
What does it
cover?
The salary of 2013-2014 fellows are US$55, 000, plus excellent employer-paid
benefits. The salary of 2014-2015 is currently under review and may be
increased.
Notification: Interviews will be held in
late November to mid-December for the Finberg, Sandler, and NYU Fellowships,
and final decisions will be announced in early 2014.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is
electronically.
Applicants are responsible for compiling complete application packets which
must include the following:
–cover letter
–resume
–two letters of recommendation
–an unedited, unpublished writing
sample (no legal briefs, please)
–an official law or graduate school
transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an
undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses).
-Complete applications (including transcripts and recommendations) for
2014-2015 fellowships must be received no later than October 16, 2013.
Applications should be sent by e-mail, under a single cover (in one email) and
preferably as one PDF file (or, at a minimum, as separate PDF files), to
fellowship-at-hrw.org with the name of the fellowship in the subject line.
Scholarship
Application Deadline:
The deadline for applications is October 16, 2013.
