Student Fellowship in Human Rights – Reprieve UK

Applications for 2024 have now closed.

The Bonavero Institute Summer Fellowship at Reprieve UK (London) is an eight-week, hybrid-working fellowship, tenable from June to late September. 

About Reprieve

Reprieve is a legal action non-governmental organisation (NGO). We are a team of investigators, lawyers and campaigners fighting for justice. We defend marginalised people facing human rights abuses, often at the hands of powerful governments.

About the internship at Reprieve

Summer interns at Reprieve will join a team of lawyers, investigators and campaigners seeking to ensure that governments are held to account on human rights issues. The Bonavero fellow will join our South East Asia Death Penalty team, supporting our assistance to those facing the death penalty in the region and to shaping, responding to and anticipating changes in domestic and regional death penalty landscapes. Our approach is holistic, using all the tools at our disposal including legal interventions but also advocacy, media and campaigns. There will always be a combination of investigation and legal work, as that’s where Reprieve’s strength and uniqueness lies. Reprieve is the type of place where students will learn how to and be expected to use all the tools in the tool box, and because we’re a small team where everyone pitches in, students will get exposure to multiple areas of the work of the team.

About the Bonavero Fellowship at Reprieve

The successful candidate will receive an award to assist with travel, accommodation, living, and other reasonable expenses associated with the internship. In determining the amount to be awarded, other sources of funding will be taken into account.

The candidate will also be expected to provide a full report on their work at the end of their internship.

Please refer to the overview page referring specifically to the application process and eligibility criteria.

This Fellowship is made possible by a generous gift from the AB Charitable Trust.