Internship Description
PHR’s Washington, DC office seeks an intern wishing to gain direct experience in developing and implementing human rights advocacy campaigns and policy strategies. This internship is ideal for anyone looking for a career in international human rights and humanitarian advocacy.
The intern will provide research, advocacy, and administrative support to the U.S. Anti-Torture Program (ATP), which works to end torture and other human rights violations in the context of U.S. national security law, policy and practice. Key projects related to torture prevention, accountability, and redress may include: closing Guantanamo; ending detention and interrogation abuses; ensuring criminal and professional accountability for torture; promoting medical ethics and professionalism in detention contexts; and promoting transparency and accountability for the CIA and military torture programs.
In addition, the intern will be given exposure to a variety of PHR’s international and domestic advocacy and policy efforts, in close collaboration with PHR staff and external partners, on issues such as human rights in armed conflict, medical neutrality, international anti-torture initiatives, international justice, and refugee and asylum protection.
The intern will be mentored by the ATP senior fellow, an attorney with public health expertise. Projects and tasks the intern may work on include:
Assisting with research, policy papers, blog posts, press releases, and internal memos regarding PHR’s research, investigations, and advocacy on U.S. anti-torture and other initiatives
Monitoring and documenting relevant current events for internal discussion
Contributing to the development of communications and strategic partnerships strategies to promote PHR’s advocacy priorities in U.S. domestic and foreign policy
Assisting with general program and administrative work including meeting preparation, background research, data entry, and internal reporting
Supporting ATP and U.S. policy work by attending meetings with internal or external stakeholders
The intern will also have the opportunity to attend regular learning and social events with other interns and staff from PHR to round out the learning experience and complement career mentoring. PHR operates an in-house training program for staff and interns, which during the spring/summer months of 2016 will cover issues such as research design (including participatory research methodology), interviewing skills, international humanitarian law, advocacy, and public health.
PHR internships are unpaid. Students may be able to arrange academic credit, and should check with their individual academic institutions for requirements.
Qualifications and Experience
Location and Hours
The DC intern will be based in PHR’s Washington, DC office in McPherson Square, two blocks north of the White House
This unpaid internship may be either full-time or part-time, but requires a minimum of 20 hours per week
The internship will commence at the start of June with at least a 10-week commitment
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