IHRC offers summer and winter internships for undergraduate and graduate students in our office in London, UK, starting June and December each year.
Internships for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
London, UK
Islamic Human Rights Commission has rapidly expanded since its inception in 1997 and is now an internationally recognised research, campaign and advocacy organisation. It works in a number of fields including reporting and monitoring human rights abuses by country as well as thematically. It also takes on casework and lobbies for policy change at the local, national, regional and international level.
IHRC offers summer and winter internships for undergraduate and graduate students in our office in London, UK, starting June and December each year.
DESCRIPTION:
Graduate interns will mainly research and monitor human rights developments in various countries, draft and / or assist in drafting reports on human rights conditions, and engage in lobbying and advocacy efforts aimed at stopping abuse and changing policy. A degree of administrative and clerical work is involved. Undergraduate internships are primarily administrative and clerical in nature, but project-work can be assigned in accordance with the student's interests and abilities e.g. research, drafting documents, translating, and helping researchers. Internships are unpaid. Internships can last between 1 - 3 months for June internships, and the duration is negotiable. The December internship lasts for one month.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Applicants should be highly motivated, organized and reliable, with a strong interest in the fields of IHRC’s work, and commitment to the ethos of finding Islamic solutions for injustice. Computer literacy is required.
TO APPLY:
Interested students should submit their CV, writing sample, the name and contacts of two referees and cover letter directly to the Internship Coordinator, at:
Islamic Human Rights Commission, PO Box 598, Wembley, HA9 7XH, United Kingdom.
Applicants may be asked to attend for interview. All applications must be submitted by February 28 each year for June internships and August 28 for December internships.
Have you been verbally abused, harassed, discriminated against or even violently attacked because you are Muslim? Have you been mistreated by the police or security services or a victim of anti-terror laws?