Students will conduct research on enforced disappearances in a country that will receive a WGEID country visit in 2015 and draft a background paper on enforced disappearances in their assigned country for WGEID member Prof. Ariel Dulitzky. The two countries that will receive WGEID visits in 2015 are Peru and Turkey. Background papers must be completed by the end of the spring semester.
Organization
United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
The WGEID is entrusted with monitoring the progress of States in fulfilling their obligations deriving from the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances and to provide to Governments assistance in its implementation. One of the WGIED's activities is to conduct country visits and issue reports that draw the attention of Governments and non-governmental organizations to different aspects of the Declaration and recommend ways of overcoming obstacles to the realization of its provisions.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
- February 2015
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 20-30 hours total over the course of spring semester
- Training
- Training will be provided by Prof. Dulitzky on an as-needed basis
- Skills used
- Legal research/writing
- Project location
- The law school and other locations, at the student’s discretion
- Address
- Palais des Nations, CH-1121 Geneva 10, Switzerland
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 2
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Language: Spanish required for the background paper on Peru; no foreign language required for the background paper on Turkey
- To Apply
- Submit a resume and an email stating interest, language skills, and country of preference, if any, to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu