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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the Secretariat Department responsible for strengthening international human rights mechanisms; enhancing equality and countering discrimination; combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; integrating human rights in development and in the economic sphere; widening the democratic space; and early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence and insecurity.

This announcement concerns international internship assignments with Rule of Law and Democracy Section (ROLDS) within the Rule of Law and Democracy Section of the Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch (ROLENDB).

• Mitarbeit in Projekten der Technischen Dokumentation
• Recherchen und Ausarbeitungen von technischen Beschreibungen
• Erstellung von Texten und Bildern, Übersetzungen und Publikationen unter Berücksichtigung der Qualitätssicherung.

Duties may include but are not limited to assisting the Section in the systematic collection and analysis of information regarding the human rights situation of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region and in the preparation of reports, documents and other written materials and, in particular, the interns may:

• Assist Desk Officers in researching and drafting individual cases of alleged human rights violations;
• Support Desk Officers in responding to requests for information relating to the human rights situation in the region and/ or countries concerned;
• Assist Desk Officers in preparing and updating Country profiles, briefing packages, daily and monthly updates/reports;
• Support Desk Officers in the preparation of relevant documents on thematic and country specific human rights issues;
• Assist Desk Officers in taking minutes of meetings, attending side-events, Human Rights Council sessions, Treaty Bodies review and Universal Periodic Review (UPR) review; and
• Perform other related duties as requested by supervisor, as appropriate.

• Prepare country and legal analysis and draft legal background papers for human rights treaty bodies, related to the State party reporting procedure and treaty body-based individual complaints procedure;
• Conduct research into and draft reports on the jurisprudence of the treaty bodies concerned;
• Assist with the handling of individual communications received under the different treaty body complaints procedures;
• Provide support in relation to inter-state communications submitted to the treaty bodies;
• Assist in the preparation of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) country visits;
• Take notes during the sessions/pre-sessions, and provide support with administrative duties such as the preparation of documentation and reference files in advance of and during the session;
• Provide input to outreach and information tasks, including the Branch newsletter;
• Support the work of the Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI) and the treaty body documentation databases;
• Conduct research and develop training exercises for use in capacity building activities on reporting by States to the treaty bodies;
• Prepare the Weekly Human Rights Treaties Branch Update;
• Assist with preparation of reports and background papers for the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council (HRC) and the annual meeting of Chairpersons of the human rights treaty bodies;
• Support the organization of training activities and development of relevant training material;
• and Assist with evaluation of project proposals for funding; and perform other duties as requested by the supervisor, as appropriate.

You will be part of a dynamic team of professionals working for international clients. By cooperating closely with software designers, developers, testers and other specialists you will be able to develop your technical software testing skills and build a better working world.

Your key responsibilities

• Collaboration with team members, testing and implementation project activities to achieve project and client goals
• Completion of assigned tasks on time and regular status reporting
• Participating in the organization-wide people initiatives