OHCHR Internship: Human Rights Treaties Branch, remote or in Geneva

For final-year bachelor's students, master's and PhD students, and graduates of those programmes; a field of study related to the internship and fluent English are required, and knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage. The intern works in the Human Rights Treaties Branch of OHCHR, which supports the committees of independent experts that monitor the implementation of the core international human rights treaties, including the consideration of States parties' reports and individual complaints, country inquiries, general comments and thematic discussions. The internship is full-time or part-time, remote or in person, for 3 to 6 months; the opening builds a pool of candidates for internship vacancies between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027. The internship is not paid by the UN: travel, visa, accommodation and living costs are borne by the intern or the sponsoring institution; applications are accepted until 2 January 2027 on the UN careers portal (careers.un.org).