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International Law and Human Rights Fellowship Program

The Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, with the support of the IILJ, coordinates a fellowship program in which about 20-25 students participate each year. The fellowship program provides selected JD, LLM. and J.S.D. students with substantive training in international law and funds summer internships at selected institutions overseas. Student fellows prepare research papers based on their work experience. Additional information on the fellowship, including eligibility requirements and application materials, is available here.

Fellowship Placements

Please consult the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice for a list of current placements. Following are descriptions of just a few of the fellowship placements:

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

In summer 2008, one NYU School of Law student completed an internship at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. The tribunal was established by the United Nations after the genocide in Rwanda, and it has the mandate to bring to justice those most responsible. Law School interns have worked in each of the three parts of the tribunal: the Office of the Prosecutor, the Registry, and Trial Chambers.

International Law Commission

One of the Law School’s long-standing international programs funds five to seven positions each summer with the U.N. International Law Commission. The commission is the legal codification arm of the United Nations and meets in Geneva to consider proposals for treaties, declarations of principle, and other codification of norms. Students work with individual commissioners on subjects ranging from reservations to treaties, responsibility of international organizations and shared natural resources to the obligation to extradite or prosecute. Report on ILC internships is available here.

Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The UNHCR’s mission is to protect and assist refugees in all parts of the world. Their efforts have become an integral part of U.N. humanitarian and peace-building operations in the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, East Timor, and Afghanistan, among other places. In summer 2008, one student worked as an intern in UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, and one student worked in the UNHCR regional office in Bangkok, Thailand. Report on UNHCR internships is available here.

A list of Fellows and their internship placements for the Summer 2008 is available here.

Preparatory Seminars

Each Spring, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, together with the IILJ, coordinates a series of seminars that prepare fellows for work at their assigned placements. The seminars are required for all fellows and are open to the wider law school community. Materials for the Spring 2008 seminars are available here.

 

More information can be found at Center for Human Rights and Global Justice.