The Executive Director will provide strategic direction and professional leadership, sustaining and building on IHRDA’s unique contribution to the human rights movement in Africa, and developing a team of professional staff.  The Executive Director will be responsible for managing the programmatic, development, communications, financial and other organisational objectives of IHRDA.  The Executive Director will report to the Board of Directors and her/his responsibilities will include:

Leadership, Strategic Direction and Fundraising

• Lead IHRDA’s strategic planning and implementation process;
• Develop and implement IHRDA’s annual work plans and managing budgets;
• Provide internal leadership, direct, motivate and develop IHRDA’s staff;
• Oversee fundraising activities, including grant writing.

Programme Development and Direction

• Develop the programme work in each of IHRDA’s four main programme areas;
• Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends of human rights globally and more specifically in Africa;
• Ensure IHRDA’s litigation is of the highest quality and has maximum impact in furthering IHRDA’s thematic areas (ESCRs, Child Rights, Discrimination and Refugees).

Management, Administration and Organisation

• Manage the day to day affairs of IHRDA;
• Provide financial oversight;
• Coordinate meetings of the Board of Directors and Board Committees and maintain effective communication with the Board;
• Personnel management.

Public Relations and Advocacy

• Serve as the main IHRDA spokesperson, including through interacting with the media and representing the organisation at high-level conferences and meetings;
• Maintain and build links with national, regional and international organisations.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

• A high degree of familiarity with and commitment to strengthening the African human rights system, in particular the jurisprudence and procedures of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC), the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACrtHPR) and the Regional Economic Courts (RECs);
• Expertise advising individuals and organisations who wish to bring communications/cases before the above bodies;
• Ability to lead training sessions on the African human rights system, specifically on litigation;
• Strong organisational skills;
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and work collaboratively internally and externally;

Qualifications and Language Skills

• A degree in law, with specialisation in international human rights law;
• A legal practitioner’s qualification is highly desirable;
• 7+ years’ experience in management, administration, fundraising and recognised leadership in the non-profit sector, preferably at senior level;
• Excellent writing, editing and speaking skills in English/or French and working knowledge of the other.

Terms and Conditions

Salary: Attractive

Location: Banjul, The Gambia, with regular travels, mainly in Africa

Contract Duration: Five years

Working Days and Hours: 8.30 to 17.00 Mondays to Thursdays and 08.30 to 13.30 Fridays

Annual Leave and Holidays: 25 working days leave per year and IHRDA observes public holidays in The Gambia. IHRDA closes each year for approximately two weeks at the end of December, and reopens on the first working day of the New Year.

Other benefits: Relocation assistance will be available for the staff member and dependants. Medical insurance; travel insurance; pension.

A six-month probation period will be included in the contract.

How to Apply

Please send (in English or French) a Curriculum Vitae; a motivation letter, an unedited writing sample of 5 to 20 pages and a list three references who are not related to the candidate, with their full contact details.

Further information is available at www.ihrda.org or contact

Mr Musa Secka,

IHRDA,

PO Box 1896, Banjul, The Gambia.

Email: recruitment@ihrda.org , cc. msecka@ihrda.org

Closing date: 01^st March 2012

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

IHRDA is committed to equal opportunities.  Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

In his judgement, Justice Shuaibu struck out the case relying on the following four (4) main reasons:
1. That no specific claim was made against the 1st and 2nd Respondents (The Federal Government and the Federal Character Commission respectively).
2. That the indigene/settler divide is outside the purview of Chapter 4 and Section 251 of the 1999 Constitution as well as the Fundamental Rights Enforcement (Procedure Rule) 1991.
3. That the Federal High Court Kaduna has no jurisdiction to deal with claims arising outside the limits of the territorial jurisdiction of the court.
4. That the Applicants’ main affidavit was based on the Oaths Act 1990 which was repealed.

Adamu Garba and 20 other Nigerian citizens sued the Federal Government of Nigeria and 13 state and local governments for discrimination caused by the indigene/settler divide. Claiming their right to protection from discrimination, the 21 persons urged the Federal High Court in Kaduna to enforce their constitutional rights. They sued the Federal Government, the Federal Character Commission, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano and Katsina states, and Jos North Local Government Area (LGA), Shendam LGA, Kaduna South LGA, Giwa LGA (Kaduna), Fagge LGA (Kano), Kumbotso LGA (Kano), Nassarawa LGA (Kano) and Tarauni LGA ( Kano).

The complainants challenged their arbitrary classification as “settlers” or “non-indigenes” by their respective states. This government practice denied them their fundamental human rights under Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution and African and international human rights law. They are asking the Federal High Court to order the full recognition and respect of their rights, and those of all Nigerians suffering similar discrimination.

Background
The Federal Character Principle is enshrined in s. 147 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. However well-intentioned, in a multi-ethnic setting like Nigeria, the Principle has been unnecessarily expanded and distorted, allowing for politicisation of the question of who is considered “indigene” of a State or Local Government Area in Nigeria. Further, classifications of “indigeneity” and issuance of “indigene certificates” have resulted in preferential and sometimes exclusive access to rights and services ordinarily due to all citizens. As a result, Nigerians who are classified as “non-indigenes” or “settlers” are marginalised and excluded in ways that have nothing to do with the aims of preservation of cultural identity and autonomy envisioned by the Federal Character Principle.
The discriminatory treatment meted out to “non-indigenes” has deep historical and socio-political underpinnings, and is probably the most sensitive subject in Nigeria’s public life. It has contributed to a cycle of violence in certain states and is of earnest national security concern for Nigeria. As such, if not resolved, it can threaten the very social fabric of Nigeria.

“Non-indigenes” are discriminated against and are denied rights, opportunities and benefits, including:
1. educational opportunities and benefits;
2. employment opportunities and benefits;
3. access to public and military service;
4. property ownership and allocation;
5. government infrastructure and services such as roads, water and schools; and
6. political participation and opportunities.

The discriminatory treatment faced by “non-indigenes” defeats the idea of integration which should help in moulding society and strengthening the “One Nigeria” belief.

The Applicants are not satisfied with the reasoning and issues relied upon by the Judge in striking out the suit. They have therefore requested their legal team to study the judgment and advice on the options available in the circumstances.

The proposed transitional justice process in Mauritania will seek to identify effective options for a definitive resolution of the serious and massive human rights violations committed in Mauritania between 1986 and 1992 in Mauritania, referred to as “le passif humanitaire”. These violations were the subject of several cases filed in Mauritanian courts and later a series of communications filed before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACmHPR).

On 11 May 2000, the ACmHPR issued a landmark decision on this series of 37 communications filed between 1991 and 1998, which found “grave or massive violations of human rights as proclaimed in the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights” and “in particular, the rights to freedom from discrimination, life, freedom from cruel inhuman and degrading treatment, personal liberty and protection from arbitrary arrest, fair trial, free expression, free association, free movement, property, health, protection of the family and vulnerable groups and the guarantee of independent courts”.

To remedy these grave or massive violations, the ACmHPR made the following recommendations:

1. Prosecution of perpetrators: “To arrange for the commencement of an independent enquiry in order to clarify the fate of persons considered as disappeared, and to identify and bring to book the authors of the violations perpetrated at the time of the facts arraigned.”

2. Restoration of nationality: “To take diligent measures to replace the national identity documents of those Mauritanian citizens, which were taken from them at the time of their expulsion and ensure their return without delay to Mauritania as well as the restitution of the belongings looted from them at the time of the said expulsion; and to take the necessary steps for the reparation for the deprivations of the victims of the above-cited events.”

3. Reparations for victims: “To take appropriate measures to ensure payment of a compensatory benefit to the widows and beneficiaries of the victims of the above-cited violations.”

4. Restoration in national life: “To reinstate the rights due to the unduly dismissed and/or forcibly retired workers, with all the legal consequences appertaining thereto.”

5. Elimination of slavery: “As regards the victims of degrading practices, to carry out an assessment of the status of such practices in the country with a view to identifying with precision the deep-rooted causes for their persistence and to put in place a strategy aimed at their total and definitive eradication.”

6. Elimination of slavery: “To take appropriate administrative measures for the effective enforcement of Ordinance No. 81-234 of 9 November 1981, on the abolition of slavery in Mauritania.”

This Colloquium seeks to discuss the implementation of these six (6) recommendations, and in particular, recommendations 1 and 3. This colloquium follows previous other consultations done since 2007 when the first democratically elected president of Mauritania, Sidi Ould Abdellahi, convenes the “National Consultations Days” on 20-22 November 2007. These consultations led to the mobilisation of actions towards the organised voluntary return of deported Mauritanians in Senegal.  These were followed by the Conference on reinforcement of national unity in Mauritania organised by NDI on 22-23 January 2008. FONADH, OSJI and IHRDA also held in December 2008, 2009 and 2010, colloquia which focused on the monitoring return of deported Mauritanians and the problems faced with full reintegration and reparations. On 30 March 2011, the UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Mauritania also hosted a conference on human rights and transitional justice.

These many diverse initiatives show a growing commitment in Mauritanian society towards a lasting and effective model for transitional justice and a definitive resolution of the human rights question in Mauritania.

See story in Mauritanian press:

Agence Nouakchott d’Information: Une commission « Vérité et réconciliation » en Mauritanie préconisée par des militants de droits de l’Homme

Agence mauritanienne d’information: Colloque à Nouakchott sur la justice transitionnelle et la réconciliation nationale

IHRDA is looking for a highly motivated individual who demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter, while taking pride in work and in achievements, both at personal and organisational levels. The legal officer will be involved in the main programme areas of IHRDA, namely litigation, training on use of regional human rights mechanisms for a wide range of civil society actors, and publications. The Legal officer will also participate in programme planning, fund-raising, and reporting. His/her responsibilities will include:

Litigation, Legal Research and Drafting

• Summarise and analyse evidentiary material to assess their relevance;
• Prepare legal and factual submissions, draft briefs;
• Litigate on behalf of IHRDA;
• Identify suitable cases for litigation;
• Conduct research using various research engines and sources.

Case information management and programme related duties

• Maintain case files;
• Draft case-related correspondence;
• Liaise with different parties and stakeholders;
• Implement aspects of IHRDA’s litigation and advocacy strategies.

Communication, networking and capacity-building

• In conjunction with the Executive Director, represent IHRDA externally and carry out media work;
• Network with relevant human rights NGOs;
• Capacity building and training of local civil society partners and lawyers;
• Contribute to IHRDA’s publications.

Organisation, logistics and administration

• Assist in development and maintenance of good donor relations;
• Supervise the work of interns and consultants;
• Assist in planning and organising workshops, conferences and other events.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge of the African Union, the African regional human rights system and Regional Economic Courts (RECs);
• Experience with human rights work; experience in the field of economic, social and cultural rights and child rights is an added advantage;
• Strong research and analysis skills;
• Experience in brief writing and ability to draft accurately and concisely;
• Ability to handle files from inception to completion, including document management and filing of processes;
• Knowledge of non-litigation advocacy;
• Ability to lead training sessions on the African human rights system;
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills;
• Strong organisational skills, with ability to multi-task and to proactively manage workload, while respecting tight deadlines;
• Ability to identify potential solutions to legal and other problems and implement them;
• Demonstrated ability to work well as part of a multi-cultural and multi-lingual team.

Qualifications, Language and Computer Skills

• A degree in law from a recognised university, with specialisation in international human rights law highly desirable;
• A legal practitioner’s qualification in one of the jurisdictions in Africa;
• At least 3 years’ experience in litigation and/or human rights work at national level, regional exposure highly desirable;
• Excellent writing, editing and speaking skills in English/or French and working knowledge of the other highly desirable;
• Good computer skills and high comfort level with computer research and word processing skills.

Terms and Conditions

• Competitive
• A six-month probation period will be included in the contract.

How to Apply
Please send (in English or French) a Curriculum Vitae; a motivation letter, an unedited writing sample of 5 to 20 pages and a list three references who are not related to the candidate, with their full contact details.

Further information is available at www.ihrda.org or contact

Mr Musa Secka,

IHRDA,

PO Box 1896, Banjul, The Gambia.

Email: recruitment@ihrda.org , cc. msecka@ihrda.org

Issued: Dec 1 2011

Closing date: 15 January 2012

Interviews: End of February 2012

Expected start of work April 1 2012

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. IHRDA is committed to equal opportunities.  Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

IHRDA will keep you updated on statements, state reports, book launches, thematic discussions and other information on the events in Banjul surrounding the NGO Forum and the 50^th Ordinary Session of the African Commission from Oct 19-31 2011.

By ensuring the transmission and distribution of all the news occurring during the session, IHRDA plans to bring a completely original content to those interested in African human rights.

This experience will be the first trans-media coverage of an ordinary session of the African Commission, and the whole purpose of this operation is to take our visitors in the heart of this event.

Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/#!/ihrdafrica

@IHRDAfrica #ACHPR_50OS #Banjul #Human_Rights

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Connect with us on LinkedIn – http://www.linkedin.com/in/ihrda

IHRDA celebrates today an important landmark. More than 10,000 people have visited the African Human Rights Case law Analyser since its launch on November 8 2010. The Case law Analyser offers the most exhaustive access to the decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in English and French.

These last 11 months, the Caselaw Analyser has been visited 18 922 times, and those visits came from 159 countries or territories. 7289 visits came from Africa, 7181 from Europe, 3056 from Americas, and the rest from Asia and Oceania. These visits used 72 different languages and were performed by 53.30% new visitors, and 46.70% of returning visitors.

IHRDA and our partners HURIDOCS are honoured by the regularity with which researchers return to the Case law Analyser, combined with the constant growth of new visits and the time spent visiting the Analyser (an average of 7 minutes). This attests to the quality of information and display of the Case law Analyser. The research friendliness of the Analyser is confirmed by the diversity of the origins of the visits, from traffic sources to languages and territories.

The growth of the Analyser has only been possible thanks to the comments and criticisms of those who visited it. On this very special date, not only do we thank you, but we reiterate that we heartily welcome your comments, critique, complaints and notifications of any errors on the system, to help us further improve the access to the most comprehensive multilingual collection of African human rights case law.

Background

The African Human Rights Case law Analyser (CLA) is a joint project of the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS). Its principal aim is to promote human rights in Africa by filling the information lacuna on the African Human Rights System using the most intuitive and research friendly information systems to provide free access to the most comprehensive multilingual collection of African human rights case law.

Case law Analyser functions

The CLA goes beyond simply listing case law but offers effective tools for its high quality analysis. The CLA is unrivalled in its research friendly innovations, among which are:

• it highlights primary case law so the uninitiated user easily finds relevant information;
• it automatically computes jurisprudential rank of each decision by calculating the number of citations;
• it provides easy browsing experience;
• it allows the researcher to simultaneously read a decision and the text of all law and case law authorities cited in it by loading all these texts within the same reading pane. We call this unique “inline loading”;
• It allows researchers to save their research by singing-up and maintaining their own private account, just like on Yahoo or Gmail. Through this personal account, researchers can bookmark interesting decisions and paragraphs, and annotate them with either private of public comments.

The CLA was launched on November 8 2010 in Banjul, The Gambia, at the NGO Forum before the 48 ACmHPR Ordinary Session by the Chair of the ACmHPR, Me Reine Alapini-Gansou in the presence of attending human rights defenders as well as a member of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Justice El Hadji Guissé.

Later in mid 2011, IHRDA and HURIDOCS began making improvements on the CLA. These improvements include:

• reworking of the layout of the CLA to further exhibit its unique functions (like comments and personal research saving accounts);
• harmonise duplications (like merge the two search engines that the CLA had earlier);
• exhibit more effectively the CLA’s enormous stock of meta data on case law that now available on the right-hand column of the search page;
• highlight the list of keywords;
• add case headnotes to further enhance ease of use for researchers;
• add case graphs. These are a uniquely innovative feature that allows researchers to visualise in a easy to understand graph, the entire breadth of citation links of a particular decision. We hope this visual representation of jurisprudential history will reanimate the study of African human rights case law;
• add a convenient feedback service that allows visitors to the website to directly chat with one of our research support staff. When staff are offline, the feedback service will send us an email with your comments.

The work on the CLA is ongoing and heartily welcome your comments, critique, complaints and notifications of any errors on the system which we will endeavour to redress as soon as possible.

Collection of all African human rights case law

We will be working in 2012 to expand the coverage of the CLA to include five (5) other supra-national human rights complaints-handling bodies in Africa:

• the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR),
• the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC)
• the SADC Tribunal,
• the EAC Court, and
• the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice.

All the case law of Africa will be integrated into one easily inter-navigable system which will allow researchers to compare case law across all these judicial instances.

Furthermore, although Portuguese is the official language of 6 African countries, the AU, ECOWAS and SADC, availability of African human rights case law in Portuguese remains low. The ACmHPR has only made 10 of its 183 decisions available in Portuguese. The other 5 human rights instances also have none of their case law in Portuguese. Adding a Portuguese version of the CLA, would significantly redress this imbalance.

The Committee has made the following recommendations to redress the violations:

• That Kenya take all necessary legislative, administrative, and other measures in order to ensure that children of Nubian decent in Kenya, that are otherwise stateless, can acquire a Kenyan nationality and the proof of such a nationality at birth.
• that Kenya take measures to ensure that existing children of Nubian descent whose Kenyan nationality is not recognised are systematically afforded the benefit of these new measures as a matter of priority.
• that Kenya implement its birth registration system in a non-discriminatory manner, and take all necessary legislative, administrative, and other measures to ensure that children of Nubian descent are registered immediately after birth.
• that Kenya to adopt a short term, medium term and long term plan, including legislative, administrative, and other measures to ensure the fulfilment of the right to the highest attainable standard of health and of the right to education, preferably in consultation with the affected beneficiary communities.
• That Kenya report on the implementation of these recommendations within six months from the date of notification of this decision.

The Committee also decided to appoint one of its members to follow up on the implementation of the decision.

This historical decision, the first one ever by the Committee, makes it the first time that a State has been found in violation of children’s rights treaty by an international body. The Committee is the only child rights treaty monitoring body with the power to determine cases.

Read the full decision here

IHRDA é uma organização internacional pan-Africana não-governamental que trabalha para promover a conscientização dos direitos humanos em África e melhorar a eficiência deles. Nós visionamos um continente onde todos tenham acesso à justiça através do uso de leis e mecanismos nacionais, africanos e internacionais de direitos humanos. Resumida em três palavras – defender, educar, informar – IHRDA trabalha no aconselhamento e representação (assessoria jurídica gratuita), das vítimas de violações dos direitos humanos em África, formando defensores de direitos humanos em  África sobre o sistema Africano de direitos humanos e como usar os seus mecanismos para exigir justiça para as vítimas de violações, e publicando e divulgando informações sobre o sistema Africano dos Direitos Humanos. Assim, demonstramos que o uso de instrumentos e mecanismos Africano de direitos humanos fornece um meio importante para garantir os direitos humanos e  a reparação.

O analisador de jurisprudência africana de direitos humanos é um conjunto de decisões do sistema africano dos Direitos Humanos. Criado e mantido por IHRDA, ele oferece o acesso mais abrangente para as decisões da Comissão Africana dos Direitos Humanos e dos Povos em Inglês e Francês. Ele é inigualável na sua facilidade de pesquisa, a conveniência de sua navegação e opções de pesquisa, e a sua legibilidade intuitiva. [Leia mais ...]

DESCRIÇÃO DO TRABALHO

O IHRDA pretende recrutar 2 (dois) estagiário(a)s em carga  das publicações e comunicações, para começar a trabalhar a partir de 30 de janeiro de 2012 durante um período de 12 (doze) meses. Sob a supervisão do Diretor Adjunto, o estagiário contribuirá á implementação de programas IHRDA sobre as publicações e comunicações.

RESPONSABILIDADES PRINCIPAIS

• Fornecer informações atualizadas sobre o banco de dados de jurisprudência IHRDA, o analisador de jurisprudência africana de direitos humanos (http://caselaw.ihrda.org), incluindo a revisão de textos em  Inglês ou Francês ou Português;
• Auxiliar a coleta de textos de instrumentos legais e a jurisprudência dos órgãos judiciais do sistema regional de Direitos Humanos (Comissão Africana, Tribunal Africano, o Comité Africano de Peritos) e dos sistemas económico sub-regionais de África (ECOWAS, SADC, EAC) ;
• Editar esses textos, para garantir a precisão gramátical e ortográfica e a consistência estilística;
• Desenvolver documentação em linha do analisador de jurisprudência, adicionar uma série de alterações textuais para facilitar o funcionamento do analisador;
• Auxiliar a coleta de informações / notícias sobre o sistema regional de direitos humanos e os sistemas sub-regionais  económico de África (ECOWAS, SADC, EAC);
• Traduzir regularmente a informação / notícias sobre o analisador nas contas do IHRDA nos meios de comunicação social: www.facebook.com/IHRDA; www.linkedin.com/in/IHRDA; www.twitter.com/ihrdafrica

PERFIL DO CANDIDATO

• Licenciatura em ciências da informação, direito, comunicação, humanidades, de uma universidade reconhecida;
• Bilingue: fluência em francês com bon conhecimento prático de Inglês /Português ou vice-versa;
• Habilidades excepcionais de escrita;
• Bon nível de conforto com a comunicação pela Internet;
• Conhecimento ou experiência  na utilização de software de Internet como o WordPress, Joomla, Drupal é altamente desejável;
• Conhecimento ou experiência em editoração, edição de texto, incluindo o conhecimento do software de editoração como o Adobe CS, Quark Express, seria uma vantagem;
• O interesse ou desejo de aprender sobre questões de direitos humanos em África, particularmente sobre o sistema regional de direitos humanos e os sistemas econômicos sub-regional da África é desejável.

VANTAGEMS

• Experiência em  trabalho editorial exigênte et meticuloso;
• Conhecimento do funcionamento dos sistemas continentais e sub-regionais de proteção de direitos humanos da África

BENEFÍCIOS

• bolsa de estágio mensal
• Cobertura Médica
• Alojamento
• passagen aérea de ida e volta

APRESENTAÇÃO DE CANDIDATURAS

Os candidatos deverão enviar os seguintes documentos para Modou Sowe em msowe@ihrda.org copiado para ihrda@ihrda.org:

- Uma carta de apresentação, dirigida ao Diretor-Executivo, expressando a sua motivação e aptidão para o estágio;

- Um Curriculum Vitae com os contatos de duas (2) referências;
- Uma amostra de escrita em Inglês ou Francês ou referências a quaisquer trabalhos relacionados com o desenvolvimento de um website;

Atenção
Leia também a Política de Estágio, também disponível no nosso website em http://www.ihrda.org/fellowships/
Indique onde você aprendeu deste anúncio.

Prazo de inscrição: 06 novembro de 2012. Apenas candidatos pré-seleccionados serão contactados

The African Human Rights Case law Analyser is a collection of decisions from the African human rights system. Created and run by IHRDA, it offers the most exhaustive access to the decisions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in English and French. It is unrivalled in its research friendliness, convenient navigation and search options, and intuitive readability. [read more...]

Description of the Post

IHRDA is seeking to recruit two (2) Publications and Communications Fellows to start work on 30 January 2012 for a period of twelve (12) months. Under the supervision of the Deputy Director, the Publications and Communications fellows will be involved in the main work areas relating to publications and communication at IHRDA.

Specific Responsibilities

• Upload information on to IHRDA’s case law database, the Case law Analyser http://caselaw.ihrda.org/ including textual revision, in either English, French or Portuguese;
• Assist in the collection of the texts of legal instruments and decisions of the judicial bodies of the regional human rights system (African Commission, African Court, African Committee of Experts) and the sub-regional economic communities (ECOWAS, SADC, EAC);
• Edit these texts to ensure grammatical and spelling accuracy as well as stylistic consistency;
• Upload these texts on to the Case law Analyser, while adding a special syntax that facilitates the functioning of the Analyser;
• Collect news and information on the regional human rights system and the sub-regional economic communities of Africa (ECOWAS, SADC, EAC) ;
• Regularly translate news and information on the Case law Analyser for publication on IHRDA’s social media accounts: www.facebook.com/ihrda ; www.linkedin.com/in/ihrda ;  www.twitter.com/ihrdafrica;

Qualifications and Eligibility

• Degree in information sciences, law, communications, the humanities, or related field from a recognised university;
• Bilingual: Fluency in French with good working knowledge of English or Portuguese or vice versa;
• Exceptional writing and editorial skills;
• High comfort level with internet communications.
• Knowledge or previous experience in web-based communication applications like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal is highly desirable;
• Knowledge or previous experience in editing, copy-editing and publishing, including knowledge of desktop publishing applications like Adobe, Quark Xpress would be considered as an added advantage;
• Interest in or willingness to learn about human rights in Africa, particularly Africa’s regional and sub-regional human rights systems is desirable.

Added advantage

• Experience in demanding, meticulous editorial work ;
• Knowledge of the workings of Africa’s continental and sub-regional human rights protections systems.

Benefits

• Monthly internship stipend
• Medical cover
• Accommodation
• Return air ticket

Application Instructions

Applicants should send the following documents to Modou Sowe at msowe@ihrda.org copied to ihrda@ihrda.org :

• Cover letter, addressed to the Executive Director, expressing your motivation and suitability for the internship;
• A Curriculum Vitae with contact details of two referees;
• A duly completed fellowship/internship form, download-able on our website at http://www.ihrda.org/fellowships/ ;
• A sample of writing in French/English/Portuguese or address of previous web-based work.

Please Note

Kindly also read the Internship Policy, also available on our website at http://www.ihrda.org/fellowships/

Kindly indicate where you learnt of this announcement.

Application deadline: November 6 2012. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.