Internships

Founded in February 2008 by five leading international non-governmental organizations, GCR2P acts as a catalyst to promote and apply the norm of the “responsibility to protect” populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Through its programs, events and publications, the Centre is a resource and a forum for governments, international institutions and non-governmental organizations on prevention and early action to halt mass atrocities.

The internships are unpaid and can be full-time or part-time (minimum of 20 hours per week).

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample (3-5 pages maximum) on a related topic. Be sure to indicate your approximate start date. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect has filled all internship positions through August 2012.  Applications can be emailed to Jaclyn Streitfeld-Hall at: internships@globalr2p.org

  Research and Administration Internship

Responsibilities Include: 

• Provide assistance with administrative tasks and in organizing and planning meetings and events.
• Assist with updating content and uploading document on to the GCR2P web site.
• Assist with outreach and dissemination of GCR2P research and publications including to the media.
• Conduct research on country situations where people are at risk of mass atrocity crimes, or where R2P is invoked.
• Conduct research and compile information on R2P-related news and events including statements and positions of governments, regional institutions and other basic policy research.

Qualifications:

• Enrolled in a graduate-level university program or possess a university degree in a field international relations, international law, or political science.
• Computer literate with excellent written and oral communication, research and writing skills.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in French and Spanish also desirable.

Public Relations/Social Media Internship

Responsibilities Include: 

• Work with advocacy team to generate media attention about populations at risk;
• Draft, proof-read and fact-check press materials, include press releases and op-eds;
• Create and implement strategies to raise the Centre and R2P’s profile through social media;
• Research and maintain media contacts to update and expand GCR2P’s media database;
• Create original web content and e-communications to support advocacy team;
• Compose and distribute daily clips of GCR2P in the news and articles of interest.

Qualifications: 

• Enrolled in a university program or possess an undergraduate or graduate degree in a related field;
• Keen interest in human rights advocacy and mass atrocity prevention;
• Comfortable with all major social media platforms;
• Superb communication and writing skills;
• Experience drafting press releases would be a plus;
• Enthusiastic, driven, eager to learn;
• Proficiency in foreign language are pluses;

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