UNHCR Internship for International Students

Applications
are invited for UNHCR-The UN Refugee Agency Internship to undertake an extended
research task to be agreed in consultation with the Statelessness Section upon
commencement of the internship in Geneva, Switzerland. International
students are eligible to apply for this internship programme. This is an unpaid
internship programme.

Field
of Internship:
Under the supervision of the full-time staff of the Statelessness Section, the
intern is to undertake the following responsibilities:

Undertake
an extended research task to be agreed in consultation with the
Statelessness Section upon commencement of the internship;
Assist
with research relating to legal and policy papers on Statelessness;
Assist
with the preparation of the quarterly Campaign Update;
Assist
with research for the state-based “Friends of the Campaign” Group; and
Assist
with the day-to-day work of the Section (research on statelessness
situations, law, and policy, press reviews, arranging and distribution of
statelessness related materials etc.).
Course Level: Internship
Internship Provider: UNHCR-The UN Refugee Agency
Internship can be taken in Geneva, Switzerland

Eligibility: Education:

Degree
in international law, international human rights law, international
relations or politics.
Academic
or practical experience relating to statelessness, nationality and human
rights would be an asset.
Language:
Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required; knowledge of another
UN language would be an asset.

Internship
Open for International Students: International students are eligible to
apply for this internship programme.

Is
this paid internship? This is an unpaid internship programme.

Internship
Description:
The Statelessness Section is looking for a full-time intern for a period of 4
months. To implement UNHCR’s global mandate on statelessness, the Statelessness
Section of the Division of International Protection (DIP) serves as the engine
driving the development of UNHCR policy on statelessness as well as training
and guidance tools on statelessness, at both operational and doctrinal levels.
The full-time staff of the Statelessness Section is comprised of one Senior
Legal Coordinator, one Senior Legal Officer, one Legal Officer, and two
full-time consultants. Work on statelessness at UNHCR is particularly busy and
interesting, entering the fourth year of UNHCR’s #IBELONG Campaign to End
Statelessness within 10 years.

Number
of awards offered: Not
Known

Internship
Duration:
The internship will run from 01 February 2018 to 31 May 2018.

Notification:
Not
Known

How
to Apply:
Interested applicants should submit the required documents listed below by
e-mail to HQDIPVAC-at-unhcr.org referring to Vacancy Number DIP/PLS/046/2017:

Letter
of motivation, addressing the personal requirements in the Vacancy notice;
Completed
UN Personal History Form (P11) signed.
The
UN Personal History Form is mandatory;
P11
forms are available on unhcr.org/recruit/p11new.d
Applications
received without a P11 will not be considered