The
Human Rights Center encourages residents of the Upper Midwest—including
students, teachers, lawyers, health professionals, community leaders and
others—to undertake
practical experiences/internships in human rights organizations. The Fellowship Program is designed to promote social justice by providing practical
training in the varied aspects of human rights work worldwide. The fellowship
placement should provide both training for the individual and assistance
to the host organization.
*Note: For 2012, almost all of the program’s funding is restricted to law students and University of Minnesota graduate human rights students. See the Background section of the Fellowship Guidelines and Application for details.
The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center Fellowship Program also fosters
links between communities in the Upper Midwest and human rights/social justice organizations
around the world. Participants return with a stronger commitment to a lifetime
of work in human rights/social justice and contribute to bringing human rights concerns
home to communities in the Upper Midwest. The human rights/social justice movement itself
can benefit greatly from collaboration among individuals from different social,
political, economic, and cultural backgrounds.
