Roles within human rights are varied, as are the employers. Positions are available at head offices or 'in the field'. Roles might include advocacy (as a solicitor, barrister, community or social worker), lobbying, finance, fundraising, PR, research, marketing or education.
Employers could include international governments, non-governmental organisations, charities, pressure groups, campaign organisations, law firms or academic employers.
- About OneWorld UK
Human rights network with centres in 13 countries around the world.
- Association of Human Rights Institutes
The Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI), is a network of 50 member institutions that carry out research and education in the field of human rights.
- Brill - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Collections of Human Rights documents available to order as microfiche, including Amnesty International.
- Business & Human Rights : Home
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre is an independent resource on the subject. The website is updated hourly with news and reports about companies’ human rights impacts worldwide – positive and negative.
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
The world’s leading independent resource on the subject, covering over 5000 companies, in 180 countries
- CharityJOB
For fundraising jobs and charity jobs, UK charity jobs, human rights jobs and more.
- Child Rights Information Network (CRIN)
Gives contact details for over 2,100 member organisations spread across 50 countries.
- Derechos Human Rights
Human Rights and humanitarian jobs board
- Derechos Human Rights: Human Rights Links
Provides access to a range of information, including jobs, on human rights. Searchable by issue, country and region.
- Devex
International development, humanitarian aid or global health jobs and news.
- Devex
International development, humanitarian aid
or global health jobs and news.
- Doctors of the World UK
International humanitarian aid organisation providing healthcare for vulnerable populations around the world.
- Eldis
International development jobs, news and information.
- Ethical Consumer: the UK's alternative consumer organisation
ECRA is a not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative, that promotes universal human rights, environmental sustainability and animal welfare, producing independent research into the social and environmental records of companies, thus informing the deve
- EuroBrussels.com - Human Rights and Democracy Policy Jobs
Listings of human rights focused jobs in European affairs.
- Experience Development
This is a central portal bringing together comprehensive information on the many different aspects of international development. The site provides up-to-date listings and links including Jobs, UK NGOs, Human Rights, Research Sources, Universities, Stati
- Foundation for Human Rights Initiative
Acquire direct exposure to human rights work at local and international levels. It is designed to complement law, human rights, social work, social sciences, development and other international studies with practical experience in various aspects of democ
- Global | The Communication Initiative Network
The Communication Initiative (The CI) network is an online space for sharing the experiences of, and building bridges between, the people and organisations engaged in or supporting communication as a fundamental strategy for economic and social developmen
Communication and media network site that is central to social and economic development
- HRLA - Human Rights Lawyers Association
Forum for those involved in the law and legal professions to discuss human rights issues.
- Human Rights First
Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C.
- Human Rights First
Human Rights First is a non-profit, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in New York and Washington D.C.
- Human Rights Internet
HRI is a leader in the exchange of information within the worldwide human rights community with links to more than 5000 organisations worldwide, working for the advancement of human rights.
Site includes databank.
- Human Rights Internet
HRI maintains expertise in governance, democratization, human rights, capacity-building and project management.
Jobs and internships are also listed on the site.
- Human Rights Internet
HRI maintains expertise in governance, democratization, human rights, capacity-building and project management. Jobs and internships are also listed on the site.
- Human Rights Jobs
We subscribe to this bank of human rights job opportunities. For passwords, please see our website (internal only)
Part of the Policy Library resources website group
- Human Rights Jobs
Part of the Policy Library resources website group
- Human Rights Watch
One of the world’s leading independent organisations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights
- Human Rights Watch - Fellowships
Help bring talented people from disadvantaged economic backgrounds into human rights. The Arthur Koenig fellowship is open to recent graduates (at the Master's level or above) in the fields of law, journalism, international relations, or other relevant st
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee
For students with a background in law or social sciences you'll assist the HHC in human rights monitoring and research, legal analysis, research, helping to organize events, project management tasks, program development and proposal writing, website maint
- IDC Publisher: Human rights documents 1980-2002
Collections of Human Rights documents available to order as microfiche, including Amnesty International.
- International Commission of Jurists
Dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights.
- International Commission of Jurists
Dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights.
- Jobs in Charities
Searchable listings of a variety of jobs including those in human rights, childrens' charities and more around the UK.
Searchable listings of a variety of jobs including those in human rights, children's charities and more around the UK.
- Kurdish Human Rights Project
In the communciations internship interns will assist in the collation, editing, proofing and dissemination of KHRP publications, including trial observation and fact-finding mission reports.
- Kurdish Human Rights Project
For this legal internship interns will provide invaluable research and support assistance to the legal team, including but not exclusively work relating to its heavy caseload to the European Court of Human Rights and complaints to UN mechanisms and resear
- Kurdish Human Rights Project
On the finance internships interns gain an excellent experience of human rights issues. They also gain valuable financial skills and experience of working in a non-governmental organisation.
- LawCareers.Net
Major legal website with some information on human rights issues.
- LawCareers.Net
This site has details of practice areas by specialisation and vacancies for training contracts, pupillages and paralegal positions. LCN Focus features specific firms and there are interviews with trainees. Copies of firms' brochures are also on this site.
Major legal website with some information on human rights issues.
- Liberty
Also known as the National Council for Civil Liberties, Liberty promote the values of individual human dignity, equal treatment and fairness as the foundations of a democratic society.
- Local Independent Charities of America
Charity job listings in the USA.
- Maplecroft
Company that combines research with technological innovation to offer risk screens, monitoring tools and invaluable insights into the most challenging political, economic, social and environmental risks and responsibilities facing global business. Produce
- Maplecroft
Maplecroft is a successful specialist research and advisory company focused on the non-financial performance of large multinationals. It has a strong corporate client base and research partnerships with leading international organisations, such as those w
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Provides emergency medical assistance to communities in danger in more than 70 countries. International humanitarian aid organisation
- Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights
Online resources and jobs relating to human rights and sustainable development.
- Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights
- OneWorld
OneWorld is a civil society network online, supporting people’s media to help build a more just global society. Includes jobs website
Online resources relating to human rights and sustainable development.
- OneWorld - jobs
Provides online resource relating to human rights and sustainable development.
- OneWorld UK
Jobs and coverage of human rights, sustainability and international development
- RedR UK
Provides training and recruitment services for the humanitarian sector, improving emergency response worldwide.
- RedR UK
Provides training and recruitment services for the humanitarian sector, improving emergency response worldwide.
- ReliefWeb
Source for timely, reliable and relevant humanitarian information and analysis. Contains worldwide job search.
- ReliefWeb - Jobs
Humanitarian and development jobs
- The Communication Initiative Network
Communication and media network site that is central to social and economic development
- The NonProfit Times Job Board
Charity job listings for the USA.
- The Third Sector
Charity centred website and magazine with jobs listings.
- Twenty Fifty
An organisational change consultancy building capacities to respond to social and climate changes, natural resource shortages or environmental and human rights concerns.
- UN High Commission for Refugees - internships
Internship based on business need and intern's specialism. Examples include fields such as refugee protection (legal), international relations, administration and public affairs.
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - internships
Gives interns an understanding of current human rights issues at the international level and give them an insight into the work of the United Nations and OHCHR in particular.