[hre-asiapacific] Oak Human Rights Fellowship (September-December 2006)

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to solicit your assistance in our annual search for the Oak
Human Rights Fellow, which is targeted this year for someone working in the
area of THE ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

I have copied the announcement below.  You can also access it at
http://www.colby.edu/oak.

Each year, we host a human rights professional doing on-the-ground work at
some level of personal risk and organize a lecture series around his or her
area of expertise.

The purpose of the fellowship is to offer activists a respite from their
work and spend a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College,
exposing campus community to the issues surrounding the human rights issues
on which the Fellow works.

In conducting our annual search, we rely heavily on nominations from NGOs,
academics, journalists, and human rights lawyers, since these are the
people most likely to know of the work of on-the-ground professionals.

I would like your assistance in disseminating the announcement.  Feel free
to nominate a suitable candidate or forward the announcement to anyone in
the field who could help us.

Whatever assistance you might provide would be greatly appreciated. If you
have any questions, don't hesitate to get back to me. Thank you in advance.

Ken Rodman
Director, Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights


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OAK FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT

   The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights annually
hosts an Human Rights Fellow to teach and conduct research while at
residence in the College and organizes lectures and other events centered
around the fellow's area of expertise. The purpose of the fellowship is to
offer an opportunity for prominent practitioners in international human
rights to take a sabbatical leave from their work and spend a period of up
to a semester as a scholar-in-residence at the College. This provides the
Fellow time for reflection, research, and writing. While all human rights
practitioners are eligible, we especially encourage applications from those
who are currently or were recently involved in "on-the-ground" work at some
level of personal risk. The Oak Fellow's responsibilities include regular
meetings with students either through formal classes or informal discussion
groups and assistance in shaping a lecture series or symposium associated
with the particular aspect of human rights of interest to the fellow. The
fellow also is expected to participate in the intellectual life of the
campus and enable our students to work or study with a professional in the
human rights field. The Fellow will receive a stipend and College fringe
benefits, plus round-triptransportation from the fellow's home site,
housing for a family, use of a car, and meals on campus. The Fellow will
also receive research support, including office space, secretarial support,
computer and library facilities, and a student assistant. The Fellowship is
awarded for the fall semester (Sept.-Dec.) each year. Following the period
of the award, the fellow is expected to return to her or his human rights work.

For the fall of 2006, the Oak Institute seeks a human rights  practitioner
working on environmental issues that affect the rights  of individuals and
communities. Possible areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:
exposing or mobilizing against environmental dangers to human health
particularly among marginalized peoples, preserving ecosystems on which
traditional communities depend, environmental justice, resource extraction
and the rights of local communities, indigenous rights and the environment,
rehabilitation and compensation for environmental damages, and the
application of rights-based approaches to environmental protection.


--
Prof. Kenneth A.  Rodman
Department of Government
5310 Mayflower Hill Drive
Colby College
Waterville, ME 04901

phone:  (207) 859-5310
fax:     (207) 859-5229
E-mail: karodman@colby.edu



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