Fellowship & Internship

Summer Internship Programme

REDRESS, in partnership with specific universities, offers a limited funded Summer Internship Programme to students from a diverse range of backgrounds or who are otherwise underrepresented in the international human rights NGO sector. The programme aims to provide interns with meaningful insight into the work of a small but international human rights organisation and has a structured educational element. Please liaise with your institution.

Funded fellows, experienced volunteer lawyers, and corporate secondments

We also offer ad hoc arrangements for more experienced individuals that are able to contribute to REDRESS’s work on a self-funded basis. We have had successful arrangements in the past with:

  • fellowships for graduate students or academics that have been funded by their institutions.
  • experienced lawyers looking to gain experience in human rights by working for a period on a voluntary basis; and
  • secondees from corporate firms.

If you fit any of the above profiles and would like to discuss a potential role, please email [email protected]; we will review requests every two months. For Legal Fellowship applications, please see below.

Legal Fellowships: 2025-26 Intake Close

Fellowships are full–time and in-person, typically lasting a maximum of one year and a minimum of four months. Fellows are solely responsible for searching for and securing funding for their fellowships. Self-funded fellows won’t be considered. More information and details on the next intake will be posted in May 2025.

What Former Fellows Say About REDRESS

Picture of Emma sat on a stone bench overlooking a view of surrounding villages and the sea.

Emma

“I’m now a lawyer in the Office of Amal Clooney, primarily supporting the Office of the Prosecutor at the ICC on its investigation into crimes committed in Sudan since 2023. I would not be in this role but for my time at REDRESS!

During my fellowship, I was given the chance to lead cases with partners in Sudanese courts, the African Commission, and before the UN.”

 

Picture of Alix sitting on a stone next to a river. She is wearing a hat and a citrus-coloured jumper.
Alix

“I currently work as a workers’ rights attorney in Oakland, California. My work at REDRESS has given me the tools to use my position to advocate for community-led change.

In my time as a fellow, I especially enjoyed developing close relationships with partner LGBTIQ+ organisations in Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and South Africa. It was these people who did the day-to-day, often dangerous, work on the ground, and it was truly an honour to work alongside them.”

 

Mira

“I now work at a legal organisation in the UK that advocates for Palestinian rights. The exposure and skills that I gained at REDRESS – from becoming more familiar with litigating before both domestic and international courts to building relationships with other civil society organisations – have allowed me to succeed in the positions I have held since.

Over the course of the fellowship year, I was very much embedded into the legal team and had the opportunity to work on many complex and exciting cases, including Magnitsky sanctions submissions to the UK government, developing innovative asset recovery cases, a case before the European Court of Human Rights, and a case before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the UK.”