Internship Announcement: Child Rights Program

Location: International Secretariat of the OMCT, Geneva, Switzerland

Dates and duration: The position should be filled as soon as possible, for a minimum of 3 months. Application date: until 9 September 2016

The internship should start the 15 September 2016.

Please note that internships are not remunerated.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Coordinator of the Child Rights Activities and his/her activities will include:

• To carry out research on juvenile justice, children in detention and others.
• To assist with the organisation of field missions.
• To assist the Coordinator with a monitoring project being carried out in Benin, Uruguay and the Philippines to protect children deprived of liberty from torture and ill-treatment.
• To attend meetings and sessions of the United Nations human rights mechanisms;
• Within the larger framework of the OMCT activities: to draft press releases, to translate documents, to attend meetings with partner NGOs, and others.

PROFILE

• University degree in law, international relations, social sciences or related field.
• Good knowledge of the UN procedures and regional mechanisms for the protection of human rights.
• Interest in child rights
• Excellent drafting and editing skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work under pressure to deadlines and to adapt to multidisciplinary work in the environment of a multicultural team.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Fluency in oral and written French and English. Knowledge of Spanish will be appreciated.

Applications for this position should be sent (by email only) to Carolina Bárbara at cb@omct.org. For consideration, please send a cover letter and a résumé, indicating “STAGE “ as your message Subject. Only shortlisted candidates will be considered.

For more information about the OMCT, please visit our website: www.omct.org