This internship is focused on drug policy and human rights within the Rule of Law & Democracy Section (ROLDS) at ROLENDB and includes close work with the Human Rights Officers, specialized in this area. The internship requires in-person support to the OHCHR Human Rights Officers during the sixty-seventh session of the Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna, Austria (10 March – 14 March, 2025). The intern will be under the overall direction of the Chief of the Branch and will report to the Human Rights Officers in the assigned work unit.

Telecommuting from home country/current location.

• 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.
• No working experience is required to apply for the United Nations Internship Programme. Your training, education, advance course work or skills should benefit the United Nations during your internship.
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship fluency in English 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, French or Spanish).