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15 people are interested
Human Right to Health Advocate
ORGANIZATION: International-Lawyers.Org
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15 people are interested
International-Lawyers.Org is seeking a committed volunteer to work on its advocacy project for the international human right to health.
The specific aim of the project is to achieve for the first time in 68 years a resolution reaffirming the human right to health by the World Health Assembly (WHA). The WHA is the plenary body of the World Health Organization (WHO), a Specialized Agency of 193 state members.
Responsibilities, which will be carried out under the close supervision of an experienced project coordinator, will include:
- research on the right to health;
- contacts with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health and other UN offices and officials;
- communications with senior international health officials;
- communications with diplomatic missions in Geneva and occasionally government's capitals;
- the preparation of lobbying materials;
- the lobbying of senior diplomats and government officials;
- discussions and negotiations with governments; and
- attendance at and participation in intergovernmental meetings, especially the WHO Executive Board (EB) meetings in November, January, and May; and the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May as well as relevant Human Rights Council sessions.
The volunteer will also have the opportunities for writing and publication with an experienced academic who has published eight books, numerous academic articles and is a regular commentator in major newspapers.
ONLY VOLUNTEERS WHO CAN COMMIT TO AT LEAST ONE YEAR WILL BE CONSIDERED.
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About International-Lawyers.Org
Location:
4 rue Cramer, Geneva, GE 1202, CH
Mission Statement
International-Lawyers.Org (INTLawyers) is a non-governmental organization striving to promote social justice, equality, equity, and non-discrimination. Its strategies are based on the dictates of social justice and international law, especially international human rights law. INTLawyers undertakes to achieve its strategic goals by making representations in political forums within the United Nations (primarily at ECOSCO and the Human Rights Council); contributing opinions and studies to the UN and regional bodies; by organizing events, by itself and with partners that promote the human rights and development through cross-cultural perspectives; by producing publications on issue of importance to international human rights and development in a cross cultural perspective; entering into discussions with governmental and NGOs; offering technical support and expertise to governmental and NGOs; and by contributing to the work of international bodies with expert opinions.
Description
International-Lawyers.Org is a non-governmental organization (NGO) registered according to the Swiss law as an association based in Geneva, Switzerland.
International-Lawyers.Org was created in 1989 as a result of the meeting of activists and intellectuals from all continents in particular from Europe and Africa who share the same vision of combating a world "order" that creates inequality, injustice and misery for many individuals as well as the mounting violence that threatens all the species on the planet in the 21 st Century.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Based in Geneva SwitzerlandGeneva, GE 1202Switzerland
DATE POSTED
September 18, 2015
SKILLS
- Public Speaking
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Project Management
- Critical Thinking
- Organization
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- at least two full days a week (16 hours a week)
- Attend Executive Board (annually in January) and World Health Assembly (annually in May) in Geneva.