Open-Rank Postdoctoral Research Scholar/Associate Research Scholar

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Open-Rank Postdoctoral Research Scholar/Associate Research Scholar
The Law School invites Legal Fellow for the Institute's human rights in the US work.
The Fellow will play an integral role in strengthening awareness and implementation of international human rights norms in the United States, with a particular focus on advancing racial and gender justice, equality, and accountability. Will develop new and innovative strategies to hold the United States accountable to human rights principles, undertaking research, writing, and advocacy. Will work in collaboration with a range of U.S. human rights lawyers and advocates, impacted communities, and government officials. To identify best practices in human rights advocacy, strengthen norms, and improve human rights monitoring, will also convene meetings of human rights experts, and contribute to global and regional reviews of United States human rights record providing relevant data on domestic law, policy, and practice. Will also develop resources, reports, op-eds and blog posts on emerging issues and developments in human rights law and practice. Contribute to the Institute's pursuit of redress for human rights violations related to juvenile justice through advocacy at the Inter-American Commission and domestic channels; research and document city and state efforts to "bring human rights home," as well as related legal developments, and provide training and technical assistance to local governments engaged in this efforts, with a particular focus on implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; and submit stakeholder reports to the United Nations human rights treaty bodies and experts. Will also contribute to the overall work of the Human Rights Institute at Law School, including through event planning, mentoring of students, and engagement with the Institute's other projects. The Fellow may also have opportunities to supervise students in the Human Rights Clinic, at the discretion of the Director of the Clinic, and manage research assistants.

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