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