INTERIGHTS, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, has an internship opportunity for a Women's Human Rights lawyer from Council of Europe member states within Central and South Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The internship is for six months commencing in October 2008 and is fully funded.

The application deadline is 31 July 2008. For more information on the internship visit the INTERIGHTS website.

The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) is opening the call for applications for the Geneva Training Course on UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies, to be held in Geneva from 3 to 14 November 2008.

The Geneva Training Course on Treaty Monitoring Bodies (GTC � TMB) is offered once a year at the time of the November sessions of the Committee against Torture (CAT) and the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Its main objective is to empower human rights organisations by training their representatives to effectively use the United Nations (UN) treaty body system. The course is designed for experienced human rights activists and organisations that have the capacity to use the international human rights systems, in particular the treaty bodies, in their work.

The call for application and the application form are available at the ISHR website. The deadline for application is 1 August 2008.

The European Roma Rights Centre Board of Directors invites applications for the post of Executive Director. The Executive Director is responsible for providing the strategic and management leadership necessary to enable the ERRC to fulfill its mission of promoting respect for and protection of the fundamental human rights of Roma across Europe.

The deadline for applications is 1 September 2008. For more information visit the ERRC website.

Human Rights First seeks a Pennoyer Fellow for its Fighting Discrimination Program. She or he will play a lead role in formulating program objectives; developing and implementing advocacy strategies; fostering relationships with NGOs, governments, and inter-governmental organizations; and analyzing conditions and policy. The position is a grant-dependent position with funding guaranteed for the first 2 years.

The Fighting Discrimination Program combats discrimination by reversing the tide of antisemitic, racist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, homophobic and other bias motivated violence, primarily in Europe, the Russian Federation and North America.

The deadline of submissions is 8 August 2008. The full job description can be read at www.humanrightsfirst.org/.

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is issuing Calls for Expression of interest in order to set up reserve lists of Temporary Agents for seven posts: four Programme Managers in the field of legal research, one in the field of social research, a Civil Society and Fundamental Rights Platform Officer and a Financial Manager.

The FRA is an EU agency based in Vienna. Its objective is to provide the relevant institutions and authorities of the Community and its Member States with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights.

The closing date for submission of the applications is 20 July 2008. Read the full job descriptions here.

With its "Minority Rights in Practice in SEE" project (2004-2008), the King Baudouin Foundation is supporting initiatives in South Eastern Europe that foster policy change at local, national and international levels, in order to overcome discrimination and advocate for the effective participation of ethnic minorities.

It supports advocacy and policy initiatives at both regional and European level (e.g. public awareness campaigns, conferences, policy events and cross-border projects) with small grants. Such projects are part of a permanent open call. Initial contact to request support may be made by letter; applicants whose projects are short-listed then receive a detailed application form to complete.

Further information about the guidelines is available on this webpage.

The Network Migration in Europe organizes the European Forum, a training seminar in Berlin on (forced) migration, minorities and human rights in European multicultural societies. There will be two seminars, on 3-7 September 2008 and 8-12 October 2008. During the European Forum program, the participants will be offered six days of training and site visits on the topic of how European societies deal with migration and integration.

The network is now calling for applications from advanced students, young professionals and multipliers with interest in training, discussion and project work. Applications must be submitted

• by 8 August for the European Forum of 3-7 September 2008;
• by 8 September for the European Forum 8-12 August 2008.

The Open Society Institute (OSI) has recently launched a new fellowship program to support outstanding idea entrepreneurs from around the world. The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals - including journalists, activists, scholars, and practitioners - to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, as well as generate intellectual ferment within OSI.

The fellowship focuses on four areas: National Security and the Open Society; Citizenship, Membership and Marginalization; Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement; and Understanding Authoritarianism. We will also support a limited number of fellows whose projects fall outside these areas but are germane to OSI's mission. Fellows' projects may include books, articles, outreach for documentary films, online media, and efforts to seed new campaigns and organizations.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and there are no deadlines. The fellowship does not fund programs of study, including dissertation research. More details and the link to apply online are at http://www.soros.org/initiatives/fellowship/

The MIRICO project (Human and Minority Rights in the Life Cycle of Ethnic Conflict) seeks examples of best practices of inter-ethnic cooperation in the Western Balkans countries for a manual on diversity management. The overall objective of the MIRICO is to analyse the status of human and minority rights in all phases of ethnic conflicts, as well as in the phase of reconstruction and reconciliation. As a parallel process, the project will examine the development of EU foreign policy and its shift from reactive crisis management to regional stabilisation and association with the prospect of full EU-membership.

If you or your organization are aware of successfully completed or on-going projects that have improved inter-ethnic relations on the ground, please send short descriptions of project results to antonija.petricusic@uni-graz.at by 15 August 2008.

The manual will provide a medium for disseminating your project results and reaching students, academics, and decision makers interested in human and minority rights in the Western Balkans. For more information about MIRICO, see www.eurac.edu/mirico.

The Media Legal Defence Initiative is looking for an Executive Director. The Executive Director will head a team consisting of lawyers and support personnel. The Executive Director will be the central point of contact and responsibility for MLDI's day-to-day operations and day-to-day management, and will be responsible for fundraising. The deadline of applications is 30 June 2008. The detailed job description is available at the Soros website.

The Media Legal Defence Initiative is a new organisation being established with support from the Open Society Foundation. It will provide legal defence for journalists and media outlets globally, strengthen the ability of lawyers to defend media cases and develop media lawyers' networks. The Initiative will be an independent organisation, with its own board and staff.