The University of California, Irvine, School of Law invites applications for the position of a Fellow in its International Justice Clinic. The successful candidate will work principally on projects defending and promoting human rights online, with a specific focus on the promotion of digital rights in United Nations treaty bodies. Through working with Clinic faculty and students on projects and providing relevant clinical training, this post-graduate fellowship will also provide an opportunity to develop and practice the pedagogical skills required to be an effective and creative human rights clinician.
Background: IJC has launched a Treaty Body Litigation Initiative to bring or support individual claims before the key monitoring bodies of the UN system, to seek meaningful redress for victims of digital rights violations, and advocate for a rights-respecting jurisprudence touching on some of the most important issues of human rights in the digital age. Today’s treaty body jurisprudence is in its earliest phase of development. This project aim to help develop that jurisprudence through strategic use of the individual complaints procedures, collaborating especially (though not solely) with civil society actors in national environments least likely to provide remedies that meet international standards.
Please visit this link to apply: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF07254
APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: November 24th, 2021
Next review date: Thursday, Dec 23, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Monday, Dec 27, 2021 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.