Job of the Day: Legal Internship in Costa Rica with the UNHCR!
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has an international mandate to protect refugees – people who have fled their country of origin due to a well founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or belonging to a particular social group.
The Regional Legal Unit (RLU) for the Americas is located in San Jose, Costa Rica and works in four main areas: Media and Public Affairs, Protection Advice and Support, Policy Development, and Capacity Skills Development and Knowledge Management in the Americas. Within these four areas, some of the main functions include the monitoring and update of the Spanish and Portuguese websites, identification of Good Practices, workshops (both internal and external), support to university professors, monitoring of mixed migration flows, and identification of protection needs.
The RLU for the UNHCR is currently accepting applications for its 6-month legal internship in Costa Rica. The internship position provides an invaluable opportunity to gain first-hand experience in a dynamic and high caliber multicultural team on the region’s most recent trends and developments in refugee studies. It provides experience in the preparation of internal and external documents, as well as a window into the complexities that face asylum seekers in the Americas today.
Applicants must have: a law degree; familiarity with and/or an interest in refugee law, human rights, and international law; excellent communication, drafting, and organizing skills; and fluency in English and Spanish.
The deadline to apply is October 28, 2012. For more information, view the full listing at PSJD.org (log-in required)!