Internships at CEJIL

General Information

CEJIL’s internship program is primarily directed at students and graduates who wish to have more practical experience in the field of human rights to complement their academic and professional training. CEJIL aims to provide broad and realistic knowledge of the functioning of the Inter-American System as well as the human rights situation in the hemisphere.

CEJIL requires interns to commit full-time for a period of at least three months. Although CEJIL will consider applicants who do not meet these requirements, CEJIL will give priority to those who do.

Internships are available in all four locations: Washington, DC (USA), San José (Costa Rica), Río de Janeiro (Brazil) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Although it is possible to apply to more than one office, each handles its selection process independently.

Currently, CEJIL offers three types of internships (click on each for more details):

Legal
Communications
Administrative

Internships are unpaid^1,2, except for certain agreements with academic institutions or other unique situations.

CEJIL is unable to provide financial assistance for interns. However, CEJIL welcomes applicants who have financial support from universities or other organizations.

CEJIL does not provide assistance with any visa arrangements but accepted candidates will receive an official letter of acceptance which will help in the visa solicitation process.

Accepted candidates MUST have valid health insurance in the country they will be interning during the entirety of their internship period.

General Requirements

It is expected that interns in CEJIL be responsible and motivated individuals and able to easily adapt to working in a multicultural and dynamic setting. It is necessary that interns possess the ability to handle a wide variety of tasks and be a team player.

The majority of CEJIL’s work is carried out in Spanish. Because of this, it is essential that interns possess a strong command of the oral and written language in Spanish. For the office in Brazil, a strong command of oral and written Portuguese is expected. Command of the English language is also welcome, specifically in the Washington DC office.

Prior experience with non-governmental organizations will be taking into consideration.

How to apply

Interested candidates should fill out our online application form for the office in which they hope to carry out an internship. After filling out all of the necessary information on the application, you will also have the option of attaching a copy of your resume.

Given that each office handles the selection process independently, those interested in applying to more than one office will be required to repeat the application process.

It is vital that you carefully review your application before submitting it and ensure that all parts of the form have been completed. Upon submission, you will receive en e-mail confirming your application to CEJIL’s Internship Program.

CEJIL will only review complete applications that have been submitted and received on time.

CEJIL will only contact those candidates that have been selected for an internship.

It is important to be aware of the following dates:

Periods and application deadlines*

* Applications for the communications internship in Washington D.C will be accepted on a rolling basis. Candidates must be available for a minimum of 3 months.

**Some accepted candidates may be individually contacted prior to the publication of this list.