What You Will Do As An Intern: ​

• preparatory desk research; 

• study of EU advocacy methods;

• legal analysis of human rights situations, focused on discrimination, minority rights and statelessness;

• advocate the response of the International Bodies (EC, EP, CoE and UN) to the Human Rights violations in regions of the former Soviet Union.

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Are there any non-legal tasks the intern is expected to do?

No.

Eligibility Criteria: 

• Law student (Bachelor/Master) or attending law related courses, passionate about human rights. 

• Knowledge of International Human rights standards, interest in new legal solutions, interest in ECHR and UN HRC

• Interns must have a fluent working English, as it is the language of the internship.

• Knowledge of Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian and Romanes could be an advantage for research.

• Interns must be able to work on-line (on-line meetings, regular reports etc)

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Timing 

Internships are available all year long, preferably after the summer (in July and August are the ADC staff has little time to supervise, hence they encourage to start in June and commit to a longer period of time - see slow internship option below - or to start after the summer with a full-on, part-time or slow-internship).

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Duration

Any duration can be agreed upon depending on the intern. ADC Memorial is extremely flexible and can arrange:

• full-on internships (7.5 hours of work per day, 5 days a week)

• part-time internships (4.5 hours of work per day, 5 days a week)

• slow internships (2 days per week in a time frame that accommodates the intern's need amount of credits -can take up to one or even two semesters if desired)

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Location (in person/online)

Fully online.

Application procedure 

1. Apply via the INTERNaction form (click "Apply" on this page) - applications open 17.3.2021 at 9am

2. INTERNaction holds interviews and pre-select up to 2 best candidates

3. 2 pre-selected candidates will have an interview with ADC Memorial staff

4. ADC Memorial confirms the 2 best successful candidates and establishes a first contact via email​

Financial Matters 

The internship is not remunerated and the intern does not have to pay any fee to ADC Memorial

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