Summer Scholarships for Human Rights Internships


Students listed below have been awarded 2009 summer internships through the Human Rights Program. To view information on their respective organizations, click here. Additionally, the International Legal Studies program at Harvard Law School provides Chayes International Public Service Fellowships. For more information on this program, click here.

Rebecca Agule
Pact
Sudan

Alan Cheuk
Justice and Peace Commission/Carter Center
Liberia

Kathleen Gibbons
Human Rights and Law Defenders
India

Brett Jason Hartman
Irish Centre for Human Rights
Ireland

Benjamin Hoffman
DeJuSticia
Colombia

Naomi Mower
HIV/AIDS Unit of the Lawyers Collective
India

Christine Rizk
International Organization for Migration
Switzerland

Faina Shalts
CEEweb
Hungary

Namita Wahi
Human Rights Law Network
India

Leigh Ann Webster
International Refugee Rights Initiative
Uganda

Charline Yim
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Netherlands

Yujing Yue
Council of Europe Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
France

Additionally, twelve Harvard Law School students will participate in human rights summer courses in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Students will work concurrently with a human rights organization in Buenos Aires or Chiang Mai for a 10-week period. These students and their organizations include:

Stephen Cha-Kim
EarthRights International
Thailand

Virginia Corrigan
Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC)
Argentina

Ashwin Kaja
Campaign Committee for Human Rights
Thailand

Ken Leung
Human Rights Watch
Thailand

Giovanni Mejia
La Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
Argentina

Cory Needle
La Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
Argentina

Ari Peskoe
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)
Thailand

Dustin Saldarriaga
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Thailand

Chelsea Sharon
El Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL)
Argentina

Marissa Vahlsing
Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia (ACIJ)
Argentina

Julie Wimmer
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
Argentina

Sara Zampierin
Centro de Implementación de Políticas Públicas para la Equidad y el Crecimiento (CIPPEC)
Argentina

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