Human rights research internship New Delhi
Diya Mehra
CHRI WANTS PASSIONATE RESEARCHERS
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, New Delhi India, (CHRI) is looking for researchers to come join its police reform team, or its strategic interventions program which critiques and monitors human rights across the Commonwealth.We also have places in our access to information team and prison reforms team which works exclusively on India prisons.
These programs are seeking a researcher with strong analytical and writing abilities who is interested in being part of catalyzing systemic changes that will improve human rights compliance in member states and policing in Commonwealth countries, most particularly in India, South Asia and Africa.
CHRI advocates for improved policing and better rights compliance through systemic reform. We are particularly concerned to improve transparency, accountability and diversity. Our work is progressed through policy interventions as well as public education.
CHRI convenes, collaborates, and catalyzes. We create reports, briefs, videos, submissions at policy level. At grassroots we do surveys, public education and opinion seeding.
Illustratively in the recent past we have reported on countries like the Maldives and Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Kenya. Our next report relating to policing is on women in policing in South Asia. Every two years or so we bring out a publication on where police reforms is in South Asia. With partners we follow developments and intervene in East Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives. A deal of our work involves building networks and capacity in the areas of our interest that will push for better policing across Indian states.
We invite students with a law or related degree to come work with us as interns or researchers from 3 months to a year. Under Indian law foreigners can only be employed as stipendiaries unless they are also people of Indian origin. These last are allowed to be remunerated at higher levels. CHRI provides modest shared accommodation to researchers when available.
The work is really ideal for someone who loves researching is excited about helping change policy in governance through a human rights lens and is looking for a completely different experience . Living in New Delhi is quite inexpensive and the learning is huge as well as the exposure and contacts. We have often had folks right out of college or with one or two years experience come in and love the work. Its quite life changing at the same time not for the faint hearted.
Interested?
Write to vi...@humanrightsinitiative.org or maja.d...@gmail.com
Visit our website at www.humanrightsinitiative.org
Assistant Professor
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South Asian University, New Delhi 110 021
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