The internship is located in the Human Rights Treaties Branch. Daily responsibilities of the intern will depend on the area of assignment within the Section and the respective Secretariat supporting the Treaty Bodies, Treaty Body Capacity Building Program or the Funds, as well as on the individual's background.

Duties of the intern may include but are not limited to helping service meetings of the human rights treaty bodies and their respective working groups or the meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Funds.

• To qualify for the United Nations Secretariat internship programme, applicants must, at the time of submission
  • be a graduate or enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master's degree or equivalent degree, or higher) OR
  • be a graduate or enrolled in the final academic year of a first-level university degree programme (i.e. Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree) preferably in the area of law, political science, international relations, social sciences or a related field, OR
  • have graduated with a university degree as defined above AND, if selected, must commence the internship on the date specified in the Acceptance letter.
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship fluency in English or French is required, knowledge of the other is an asset. Knowledge of another United Nations official language would be an advantage (i.e. Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).