[hr-education] OSJI-CEU Human Rights Fellows Program (2003-2005)

Dear List Members,

Please see bellow the OSJI-CEU Human Rights Fellows Program Announcement
for 2003 - 2005 Session. Please note the extended deadline for
applications from the West and Southern Africa, Indonesia/Southeast Asia,
Turkey/Middle East, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru is February 24,
2003.

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The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), part of the Open Society
Institute (OSI - Budapest), joins with Central European University (CEU)
to announce the Human Rights Fellows Program. The aim of the program is to
support and further develop a network of lawyers and activists working on
human rights-related issues The Human Rights Fellows Program is a two year
program of study and practical work experience. Ten applicants will be
selected in 2003 to participate in the program.

Applicants from the following regions and countries are eligible to
participate in the program: Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, Mongolia, West and Southern Africa, Indonesia/Southeast Asia,
Turkey/Middle East, Haiti, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru.

Applicants must be nominated by a non-governmental organization concerned
with human rights. The applicant must demonstrate a strong commitment to
human rights, a university degree and a high degree of proficiency in
English. Criteria for selection will include the experience of the
applicant, the applicant's potential to contribute to the protection and
promotion of human rights, and the suitability of the applicant's proposed
role in the nominating NGO.

Upon their selection, Fellows will be required to sign an agreement with
OSJI/OSI Budapest according to which they will commit themselves for two
years in the program: the first year to be spent with the Central European
University. The second year is to be spent in his/her home country working
with the nominating NGO. Human Rights Fellows will reside a total of one
year in Hungary, at CEU Legal Studies Department. They will undertake a
degree program (M.A. or LL.M. in Human Rights, dependent on their
undergraduate degree), in which they will be required to fulfill the
requirements of the Human Rights Program at Central European University
(starting on August 4, 2003). For the degree requirements please see
http://www.ceu.hu/legal/legalpro.html. During their stay at CEU the
Fellows will also participate in a three-month internship placement with
leading NGOs in Europe.

The Human Rights Fellowship will be administered by the Legal Studies
Department of the CEU during the first year of the program. Financial
terms will be identical to CEU policies for full scholarship students.
Human Rights Fellows will return to their nominating NGOs after the first
year, where they will spend at least one year working on human rights
advocacy on a non-profit basis: providing legal services, undertaking
human rights litigation, providing training and education, etc. OSJI will
pay a local salary during this second year that is equal to an amount
determined to be similar to equivalent work by the nominating NGO. This
amount will be provided to the nominating NGOs in the form of a grant.


Application Procedure

Please note that applicants must submit their applications to the CEU
Admissions Office. Applicants must meet the general CEU Admissions
requirements (http://www.ceu.hu/prospective_students.html), as well as the
CEU Legal Studies Department Admissions Requirements
(http://www.ceu.hu/legal/legent_2002.html).

In addition, applicants must include a nominating letter from an NGO
describing the need for having a lawyer, activist or scholar working in
the organization and contractually committing to OSI-Budapest to hire the
applicant for at least one year after he/she returns from the twelve-month
training program in Hungary. The nomination letter should also indicate a
monthly salary rate that will be offered to the applicant by the NGO in
the event that he or she is selected for the program (which would be
provided to the NGO by OSJI in the form of a grant).

The EXTENDED DEADLINE for receiving applications in at CEU from West and
Southern Africa, Indonesia/Southeast Asia, Turkey/Middle East, Haiti,
Guatemala, Mexico and Peru is February 24, 2003.

If you have questions regarding the first year of the program, please
contact Maria Balla, Department Coordinator, Legal Studies Department,
Central European University, Nádor u. 9, Budapest 1051, tel: 361 327-3204,
e-mail: ballam@ceu.hu, web: http://www.ceu.hu

For more information about the second year of the program, please contact
Eszter Filippinyi, Program Coordinator, Nador u. 11, Budapest 1051, tell:
361 327-3102; fax: 361 327 3103; e-mail: filippinyi@osi.hu




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