Human Rights Watch

2001-2002  FELLOWSHIPS  IN  INTERNATIONAL  HUMAN  RIGHTS

For Recent Graduates of Law Schools or Graduate Programs in Journalism, International Relations or Area Studies  

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, the international human rights monitoring and advocacy organization, invites applications for its fellowship program. Human Rights Watch is known for its impartial and reliable human rights reporting on over 70 countries worldwide, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns, and its success in affecting the policy of the U.S. and other influential governments toward human rights abusers. Two of the HRW fellowships are open to recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations or area studies from any university worldwide. Three are restricted to graduates of specific schools.

Unrestricted Fellowships

• Schell Fellowship, established in memory of Orville Schell, a founder of Human Rights Watch

• Finberg Fellowship, established in memory of Alan Finberg, an early supporter of Human Rights Watch

Restricted Fellowships

• Sandler Fellowship, established in memory of Judge Leonard H. Sandler, a 1950 Columbia Law graduate with a lifelong commitment to civil rights and civil liberties, open to recent graduates of Columbia Law School

• Furman Fellowship, open to recent graduates of New York University School of Law

• Bloomberg Fellowship, open to recent graduates of graduate programs at John Hopkins University
  

JOB DESCRIPTION: Fellows work full time for one year with one or more divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York or Washington, DC. Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct one or more on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions, and engage in advocacy efforts aimed at publicizing and curtailing human rights violations.

Past fellows have conducted fact-finding missions to Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India (including Kashmir and Punjab), Iran, Kenya, Moldova, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, the U.S.-Mexican border, and Venezuela.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills, an ability to write and speak clearly, and a commitment to work in the human rights field in the future on a paid or volunteer basis.  Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly recommended. Familiarity with countries or regions where serious human rights violations occur is also valued. Fellows must be recent law, journalism, international relations or area studies graduates byno later than June 2001, or have significant, comparable, relevant work experience. 

Fellowships begin in the early fall of 2001.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: The salary is $35,000, plus excellent employer-paid benefits.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2000. Applications must include a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, at least one unedited, unpublished writing sample, and an official law or graduate school transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses; applicants without any graduate school training must provide compelling evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience). Complete applications (including transcripts and recommendations) for 2001-2002 fellowships must be received by Human Rights Watch no later than November 1, 2000.

Applications should be sent to:

Human Rights Watch
Attention: Fellowship Committee
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299

Last updated:    October 2000

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