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The realities of human rights work
by Catherine Ndiaye Going into my internship at Equitas, I was expecting to help big-shot lawyers defend victims of human rights violations, just...
August 2, 2022
“Never, never again!”
by Fatima Beydoun Trigger warning: Mentions of death and state violence. I arrived in Manila during a challenging time for human rights supporters....
August 2, 2022
Subsidiarity and Complementarity: Guiding Principles in International Human Rights Work
by Renée Lehman Upon beginning my internship at Avocats sans frontières Canada (ASFC), it quickly became clear that the principles of subsidiarity and...
August 1, 2022
Seeing Myself in Human Rights Work
by Mariana Furneri Ahead of our internships, my peers and I attended information and preparation sessions where we discussed what to expect...
July 25, 2022
Tunisia on the precipice
by Weeam Ben Rejeb Five days after the start of my internship at Aswat Nissa, a feminist organization in Tunisia, President Kais Saied...
July 25, 2022
Josh A Singer Johnson – And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?
by Joshua Singer Johnson The title of this post is taken from the Talking Heads’ 1980 song Once in A Lifetime. In that...
July 24, 2022
Creating a System Navigator for People with Disabilities
by Laiba Asad This summer, I am interning with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD): a national human rights organization that advocates...
July 22, 2022
A Balancing Act: freedom of expression and protection from harmful content
by Charlotte Ridsdale I started my internship with the Centre for Law and Democracy remotely, living the work-from-home life in Montreal. This was...
July 21, 2022
Wanting Power, Getting Rights
by Jack Ball The views expressed in this post are my own. At the beginning of my internship with the Yukon Human Rights...
July 20, 2022
Whose Law Is It Anyway?
by Eric Epp I was thrilled and grateful to get a spot in this program but still laughed when I read “Saskatchewan:” after...
July 19, 2022
Unique, all-encompassing and holistic; that’s human rights work!
by Angela Nassar It has been a few days since the end of my internship. I wanted to take this time to mark...
July 18, 2022
A Summer of Crossing Borders and Jurisdictions in Akwesasne
by Brandon Bonspiel This summer, I am interning at the Akwesasne Justice Department. The Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) community is geographically divided by the colonizing...
July 15, 2022
