Human rights fellowship

[karen banks <karenb@gn.apc.org>]

hi everyone

thought this might be of interest to list members..

karen

>From: Leslie Wright <lwright@ngocongo.org>
>Reply-To: lwright@ngocongo.org
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:59:24 -0700 (PDT)
>To: womenact@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [womenact] Fwd: Human rights fellowship
>
>OMCT <omct@omct.org> wrote:
>From: "OMCT"
>To: "Appeals - ENG"
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:04:46 +0200
>Subject: Human rights fellowship
>
>
>*************************ANNOUNCEMENT*************************
>
>OPPORTUNITY: 2004-05 HUMPHREY LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS FELLOWS AT THE
>UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
>
>We are pleased to announce an opportunity for five or six fellowships
>
>in law and human rights for the August 2004 - May 2005 academic year.
>
>The fellowships are open to mid-career human rights advocates and
>lawyers from designated developing nations and emerging democracies
>who want to study human rights law, other relevant law courses,
>public policy, and administration as well as to undertake a
>professional affiliation in their particular areas of interest. We
>invite you to consider taking advantage of this opportunity to be a
>participant in this outstanding fellowship program. The Humphrey
>Fellowship program was founded over 25 years ago and has had over
>3,000 global leaders participate during that time.
>
>In 2003, we launched a new law and human rights component to the
>International Humphrey Fellows program at the University of
>Minnesota. This collaborative program allows Humphrey Fellows to continue 
>their
>professional development and career work in the fields of law and
>human rights as well as to fulfill the program goals in public policy and
>administration.
>
>The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship is a year-long, non-degree program
>with an emphasis on developing professional affiliations and
>networking. The five or six Humphrey Law and Human Rights Fellows
>selected to participate will spend their year in Minneapolis,
>Minnesota. Beyond the academic and professional activities,
>participants learn about the United States, its society, customs,
>history, culture, and government. Participants also share knowledge
>of their own countries. We encourage you to explore the Web sites
>listed in this announcement and learn about the Human Rights Center
>(http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/hrcenter.htm) and at the University of
>Minnesota Law School (http://www.law.umn.edu). You might also want
>to access the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
>(http://www.umn.edu/humanrts) with its core collection of human
>rights treaties and other human rights materials in Arabic, English, French,
>
>Japanese, Russian, and Spanish.
>
>Applicants need to apply at the U.S. Embassy in their home country.
>Act quickly as the deadline differs by country. For more information
>
>check out this Web site:
>http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?&Template=/programs/hhh/fellinf.htm.
>
>We would appreciate your help in circulating this announcement on to
>your international colleagues and friends, who may be interested in
>this opportunity!
>
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>
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