Interights Established over 25 years ago, INTERIGHTS works to promote respect for human rights through the use of law. We achieve this through a range of activities: strategic litigation through co-representation, legal support to applicants and third party interventions before international, regional, and national human rights courts and bodies; advising lawyers on the use of international and comparative human rights law before their domestic courts; building capacity through litigation partnerships, targeted training activities and internships, and through the dissemination of legal information. Thematically, our priorities are equality, Security and the Rule of Law (including counter-terrorism), and Economic and Social Rights (ESR). INTERIGHTS currently focuses its activities in Africa, the Commonwealth, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia. 

Volunteers provide valuable legal research and drafting assistance to our lawyers, helping with the preparation of legal briefs, training materials and publications on human rights. Given the nature of our work, only candidates who have studied or are about to complete legal studies should apply. 

These are unpaid positions but we will reimburse out of pocket expenses of a travel card zone 1-6 and up to £5 a day for lunch. Volunteers are required to provide receipts to claim these expenses.

Interights is seeking two volunteers:

Volunteer 1

This volunteer will undertake a comparative study of the communications procedure before regional human rights mechanisms, legal aid systems before regional human rights mechanisms, and special mechanisms and communications procedures.

The successful candidate will:
Be a law graduate or be entering their final year of law school (LLM graduates or students desirable)
Demonstrate knowledge of international human rights mechanisms (particular knowledge of the African system would be an advantage)
Demonstrate an interest in international human rights law
Demonstrate excellent legal research skills
Be fluent in English, with outstanding English drafting skills
Have the right to work in the UK

Volunteer 2

This volunteer will provide research assistance for case work.

The successful candidate will:
Be a law graduate or be entering their final year of law school (LLM graduates or students desirable)
Demonstrate knowledge of international human rights mechanisms (particular knowledge of the African system would be an advantage)
Demonstrate an interest in international human rights law
Demonstrate excellent legal research skills
Be fluent in English, with outstanding English drafting skills
Experience of litigation or case work research would be desirable.
Have the right to work in the UK

To apply, please send your cover letter, curriculum vitae and an unedited writing sample of no more than 2,000 words to jobs@interights.org, by 14 August 2011. Please ensure that you state the title of the volunteer position that you are applying for in the subject line.

Given the volume of interest in these positions, we regret that we are unable to engage in correspondence about the appropriateness of your application. INTERIGHTS will only contact shortlisted candidates.

Interights is committed to equal opportunities