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Public Interest and Academic Careers in International Law Selected Links Many of these links were compiled by the New York University School of Law Public Interest Law Center Websites for International Job Searches 1 Information on Funding International Public Interest Work 2 International Organizations 2 International Criminal Tribunals 3 Selected International NGOs 3 Singapore NGOs 3 Cambodian NGOs 4 Opportunities at Specific Law Schools 4 Selected Fellowship Programs 4 Academic Positions 4 Further Reading 4 Websites for International Job Searches § American Society of International Law (Career Development Resources) § Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) Weekly listing of gender-related vacancies; often includes human rights jobs. § Communication Initiative Designed to facilitate communication among development professionals (legal and non-legal). § DevNet Jobs Job listings in the development field, including many related to human rights. § Foreign Policy Association Weekly jobs newsletter. § Human Rights Blog § Human Rights Job Board § Human Rights Jobs Some jobs open to all, others are for members only. § Human Rights Resource Center Links to numerous job pages at NGOs and inter-governmental organizations. § Human Rights Tools § Idealist.org (Action without Borders) Comprehensive listing of public service positions, both legal and non-legal, in over 140 countries. This is an especially good site for post-graduate job listings. Searchable by subject matter, country, type of position, and other categories. § International Jobs Center § Microfinance Gateway Job listings may be non-legal, but good for people interested in development or micro-finance. § Monitor § One World § Pambazuka News Africa-focused. § Peacebuilding Portal Created by the United Nations, a database of NGOs working searchable by region, country, theme and type of organization focusing on human security, peacebuilding & conflict. § PSLawNet Can search organizations, jobs, fellowships and internships (paid and unpaid) throughout the world. Has better coverage of some countries than others. § ReliefWeb Lots of field positions for mostly humanitarian and some human rights jobs. § UN Wire Daily newsletter with news relevant to the United Nations and selected job listings. Information on Funding International Public Interest Work § Foundation Center A wealth of information on funding agencies and foundations, including application details, program priorities and past funding. § United Nations Internship Programme Country by country links of potential resources for interning at the UN. § Finding and Funding International Public Service Opportunities Report with organization links, information on international opportunities with the federal government, and other opportunities. § Human Rights Funders Group Information on foundations that support human rights group, and a searchable database. § Endeavour Awards Australian Government programme to support study, research and professional development. International Organizations § Asian Development Bank Information on ADB’s internship programme is available here. § Interpol § International Court of Justice internship programme § JPO Programs JPO programs open junior professional positions with UN agencies to nationals of specified countries. Certain governments sponsor JPO positions for their nationals, and some sponsor positions for nationals of developing nations. § OSCE § U.S. State Department listing of employment opportunities in the UN and other Organizations § United Nations Check under “Human Rights,” “Legal,” and “Humanitarian Affairs.” For information on the competitive exams, now renamed the Young Professionals Programme, click here. o UN Development Programme For information on UNDP Leadership Development Program, click here. o UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Theoretically the High Commissioner’s vacancies are all listed on the UN site, but in reality there are often jobs here that are never posted to the main site. o UN High Commissioner for Refugees Information on external vacancies and international professional roster. o UNICEF o UN Office on Drugs and Crime o UN Volunteers o Internship Programme (New York, Geneva, United Nations University, and in many other offices) § World Bank § Note that field offices of different international agencies are increasingly creating their own websites that may have job information as well as more specific information on staff and activities, so it is a good idea to search for these sites as well. For example, UNHCR in Sri Lanka is www.unhcr.lk, UNIFEM’s office for East and Southeast Asia is www.unifem-eseasia.org, and the OSCE in Bosnia is www.oscebih.org International Criminal Tribunals § Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Khmer Rouge Tribunal) § International Criminal Court Preference to citizens of States parties, so Americans beware! § International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda § International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Selected International NGOs § American Bar Association Rule of Law Programs § ASrIA (Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia) § Care § Center for International Environmental Law § Center for Reproductive Rights § Crisis Group (formerly International Crisis Group or ICG) § Global Development Network (index of over 4,000 policy research centres) § Global Rights § Human Rights First § Human Rights Watch § International Center for Transitional Justice § International Committee of the Red Cross § International Peace Institute § International Rescue Committee § Open Society Institute § Oxfam International § Save the Children § South Asian NGOs (list maintained by Columbia University) Selected Singapore NGOs § Mercy Relief Singapore-based humanitarian NGO. § National Council of Social Service (NCSS) § Singapore International Foundation § Singapore Red Cross Society § National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) § Access to Justice Asia § International Bridges to Justice § List of NGOs on Findouter.com § Positions available on Jobstreet.com § Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (Singapore Regional Office) Cambodian NGOs § Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association § Documentation Center of Cambodia § Center for Social Development (CSD), Cambodia Opportunities at Specific Law Schools § NUS Law School § NYU School of Law See also the Public Interest Law Center Selected Fellowship Programs § Arthur C. Helton Fellowships (ASIL) § ASIL Fellowship and Research Opportunities (list) § British Institute of International and Comparative Law § Graduate Study Programme (United Nations Office at Geneva) § Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL) § Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame § Melbourne Law School seeking candidates for McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellowship § Newton International Fellowships § NUS Centre for International Law § One World Foundation § Scholarship Positions § Soros Foundation & Open Society Institute (grants, scholarships, fellowships) § UN International Law Fellowship Programme (The Hague) § World Economic Forum Global Leadership Fellows § Yale World Fellows Program Academic Positions § National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (currently hiring) § Academic Keys (worldwide job listings) § Academic Careers Online (worldwide job listings) § Legal Scholarship Network, SSRN (worldwide job listings) § jobs.ac.uk (worldwide job listings) § HigherEdJobs.com (worldwide job listings) § Academic Jobs EU.com (EU job listings) § AALS Faculty Recruitment Services (advice, links, FAQs, fee-based support) § Chronicle of Higher Education (US and some other job listings; law positions here) § Columbia University, “Almost Everything You Need to Know About Law Teaching” (advice) § PrawfsBlawg (advice, links) § Brad Wendel, Cornell (advice, links, FAQs) Further Reading § International Public Interest Law, a handbook published by Yale Law School, available here. 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