This announcement broadcasts the international internship with the Civic Space Unit within the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division. Hiring office functional mandate: Enhancing participation and protecting civic space is one of the key pillars and shifts of the OHCHR's Management Plan. The Civic Space Unit's focuses on 5 priority areas:   

1. Support regional and in-country initiatives to protect Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) 
2. Support strategic field engagement on civic space
3. Monitoring of civic space and the situation of HRDs
4. Mainstreaming civic space and protection in UN system 
5. Building public support for civic space and HRDs.

• To qualify for the United Nations Secretariat internship programme, applicants must, at the time of submission, be a recent graduate or enrolled in a graduate school programme (i.e. Master's degree or equivalent degree, or higher) or, be a recent graduate or enrolled in the 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, and if selected, must commence the internship on the date specified in the Acceptance letter.
• Applicants are not required to have professional work experience for participation in the programme. 
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this internship fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another United Nations official language would be an advantage (i.e. Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).