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“Indigenous Peoples” Fellowship
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) offers the Indigenous Peoples Fellowship on human rights and indigenous peoples' rights.
Venue: Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights - Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Address: 1889 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006, United States of America
Deadline to present applications: December 14, 2010
Start and End Dates: January 18, 2011 - May 17, 2011
Length of the Fellowship: Four months
Number of Fellowships: 1 (one)
Objectives: To provide an opportunity for young indigenous professional lawyers from OAS Member States to understand and apply the mechanisms of protection of the Inter-American Human Rights system in the sphere of indigenous people's rights. The Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the IACHR was created in 1990, and its object is to strengthen, promote and systematize the IACHR's action in the field of indigenous people's rights in the Americas.
Program: To support the work of the Rapporteurship on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, under the supervision of its specialists during the period of the fellowship.
For More Information on Dates and Requirements please visit the official website