INTERN Sri Lanka accountability project
Category | Grade:Intern | I-1Deadline:20 Jan 2027Job ID:281381Posted on:22 Jul 2026
Overview
Supports OHCHR’s Sri Lanka accountability project by reviewing and cataloguing evidence, structuring and visualising datasets, maintaining research repositories and information systems, researching accountability frameworks and enforced disappearances, synthesising open-source material and coordinating project meetings.
Languages
Required: English
Desired: Tamil or Sinhala
Job Areas
- Human Rights
- Knowledge & Information Management
Minimum Experience
No minimum listed
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Review and catalogue information relevant to Sri Lanka accountability work
- Extract and consolidate evidence into structured datasets and visualisations
- Maintain documentation repositories and information-management systems
- Research accountability frameworks, enforced disappearances and international crimes
- Synthesise open-source evidence and support meetings and project activities
Requirements
- Current or completed qualifying university study under UN internship rules
- Ability to begin on the date stated in the acceptance letter
- Fluency in English
Skills
Human-rights researchEvidence reviewData organisationOpen-source researchRecords managementData visualisationInformation synthesis
Additional info
- Unpaid full-time internship beginning from 1 September 2026