Shreya Atrey
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
http://www.undp.org 

The UNDP is the UN’s global development network that works on the ground with governments and helps people develop their own solution to global and national development challenges.  It focuses on issues of democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, environment and energy, and HIV/AIDS. As an intern, Shreya had the opportunity to obtain an interdisciplinary perspective on important human rights issues, and engaged with both the theoretical and policy aspects of field work.

Toby Collis
Centre for Capital Punishment Studies, University of Westminster
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/centre-for-capital-punishment-studies 

Toby has just begun a three-month internship at the Centre, during which time he will travel to Malawi to assist on a variety of death penalty-related issues.  His duties will include raising local awareness about the inadequacy of the death penalty, meeting with representatives from the government, judiciary and academia to disseminate information about the death penalty, assisting civil society organisations to address breaches of international human rights standards, drafting legal opinions and reports, and devising training programs for local lawyers and students.

Ingrid Cloete
Centre for Child Law, Pretoria
http://www.centreforchildlaw.co.za

Ingrid undertook a two month internship with the Centre for Child Law in Pretoria, South Africa.  The Centre uses strategic litigation to promote the rights of South African children and is involved in a diverse array of cases, ranging from the rights of child detainees to children’s rights to freedom of expression.  Ingrid’s work involved researching the National Register of Sex Offenders and children’s rights under customary law.  She also assisted the Centre with its annual Child Law Moot programme.

Darryl Hutcheon
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
http://www.ilo.org

Darryl undertook a 4-month internship with the ILO in Geneva.  Darryl’s work involved contributing to the ILO Guides that advise States on how to fulfil their duties to promote collective bargaining.  He also studied draft labour law legislation in various countries, and helped draft comments that will then be passed on to relevant government departments.

Grace Sullivan
United Nations Dispute Tribunal (UNDT), Nairobi
http://www.un.org/en/oaj/dispute/index.shtml

The UNDT resolves UN employment disputes. In the course of her four-month internship, Grace conducted research on relevant legal issues, assisted with the preparation of draft orders and judgments, and attend hearings of the tribunal.

Giovanni Gruni
World Trade Organisation, Dispute Settlement Appellate Body, Geneva
http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/appellate_body_e.htm 

Giovanni provided legal research assistance to the Secretariat of the WTO Dispute Settlement Appellate Body in Geneva over a three month period. Giovanni will use his experience at the WTO to build on his doctoral thesis work, in which he will argue for a human rights approach to international trade law, particularly from the perspective of the right to adequate food.

Yvonne Kramo
AIRE Centre, London
http://www.airecentre.org

Yvonne undertook a three-month internship with the AIRE Centre in London. Her duties included legal research in support of litigation, corresponding with clients, accompanying the legal team to Strasbourg and undertaking research for the AIRE Centre’s publications and other journals.

Jackie McArthur
Human Rights Watch, Washington DC
http://www.hrw.org

Human Rights Watch is one of the most prominent human rights advocacy organisations in the world, documenting human rights abuses and targeting oppressive laws and regimes. As a legal intern, Jackie assisted senior counter-terrorism counsel. She conducted legal research on human rights law and policy which was used to draft memoranda for circulation among permanent staff.