OHCHR Internship Programme (Geneva)

Application Form
(Available in English only)
IMPORTANT: INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

PART I - TO BE FILLED OUT BY THE APPLICANT 

 
1.  FAMILY Name Name
__________________________ __________________________

2.  Sex 3.  Civil status

__________________________ __________________________

4.  Date of birth  5.  Place of birth

    (day)   (month)   (year)
__________________________ __________________________

6a.  Nationality 6b. Valid Work Permit (for students in

__________________________ Switzerland only)
(B,C, F, N, or Other)
__________________________

7.  Permanent address 8.  Current address

__________________________ __________________________
__________________________ __________________________
__________________________ __________________________
__________________________ __________________________
tel________________________ tel________________________
email _______________________ email _______________________

9. Person to be warned in case of emergency:  Name ___________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________________
 
 

10. Insurance: I confirm that I have health/accident insurance with the following company:
__________________________________________________________
 The insurance policy number is:
__________________________________________________________
 
 

11. Obtained University degree and year:

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

12. Proposed dates for internship: From  _________________    to _________________

13. Knowledge of languages: What is your mother tongue? __________________

Do you read Do you write Do you speak

Do you understand
. easily/with easily/with easily/with
easily/with difficulty
difficulty difficulty difficulty

English . . . .
French . . . .

Spanish . . . .

Other
languages 
. . . .
(please
specify)

14a. Advanced studies (University or equivalent):

Academic institution  Years  Degree(s) obtained Major areas of study

(name, city and country)

. 20__-20__ . .

. 20__-20__ . .

. 20__-20__ . .

. 20__-20__ . .

. 19__-19__ . .

. 19__-19__ . .

. 19__-19__ . .

14b. Degree expected: (Area of Study and name, city country of the institution)

____________________________________________________________________ 
____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
 
 

15. Employment: Describe briefly your responsibilities if you have had professional experience
(use additional pages, if necessary, See Part V).
_____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
 

16. Career Plans: _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________________

List of any significant work you have published:

______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

17. Have you previously submitted an application for internship or employment with the United
Nations? ___________________________________________________
 

18. Have you ever been arrested, indicted or summoned into court as a defendant in a criminal
proceeding, or convicted, fined or imprisoned for the violation of any law (excluding minor traffic

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violation)?  YES                  NO 

If "yes", give full particulars of each case in attached statement.

_________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

19. What is your preferred field of work?

To facilitate your placement, please indicate in order of preference, the broad areas of activites of
the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for which you wish to be considered:

 1_______________________________________________________________________
2_______________________________________________________________________
3_______________________________________________________________________

 Field of Interests
 Bioethics  Transnational Corporations and other
business enterprises
 Business and Human Rights  HR and equitable access to safe drinking
water and sanitation
 Child pornography  HR and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous peoples
 Child prostitution  Independence of Judges and Lawyers
 Violence against Children  Right of peoples to self-determination
 Sale of Children  Trafficking in Persons
 Committee on the Rights of the Child  Internally displaced persons
 Violence against Women  Migration and HR of Migrants
 Elimination of discrimination against  Minorities
Women
 Economic, Social and Cultural Rights  HR Education and Training
 Environment  Finance & Budget
 Extrajudicial, summary of arbitrary  Human Resources
executions
 Freedom of Religion & Belief  HR Defenders
 Globalization – Business & HR  HR and international solidarity
 Globalization – Trade and investment  Communications and Public Information
 Human rights of persons with disabilities  Contemporary forms of slavery
 Involuntary Disappearances  Torture
 Promotion and Protection of the Right to  Information Management & Technology
Freedom of Opinion & Expression Database Helpdesk Web
 Right to an adequate Standard of living  Democracy
 Right to Development Economic reform  Racism
policies and foreign Governance & Debt
 Right to Education  Protection and promotion of HR through
action to combat impunity
 Right to food  General Administrative Services
(Travel Procurement)
 Right to the highest attainable standard  Poverty
of physical or mental health
 Civil and Political Rights HRC  Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
 HIV/AIDS & Human Rights  HR & Counter terrorism

 Civil Society  Others – Please specify

20. References: List three persons, not related to you, who are familiar with your character and
qualifications:

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Full Name  Full Address  Business or occupation 

1. . .

2. . .

3. . .

21. I certify that the statements made by me in answer to the foregoing questions are true,
complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. 
 

 ________________ ________________
SIGNATURE DATE

PART II (a) - TO BE FILLED BY THE INSTITUTION OR ORGANISATION

WHICH  PROPOSES/SUPPORTS THE CANDIDATE 

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Name of the institution/ organisation:

______________________________________________
proposes/supports the candidate to participate to the United Nations internship programme in
Geneva.

 1) Term and dates of the internship: _________________________________________

 

 2) Aims of the Candidate's participation in the internship programme:

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
 

Name and address of the institution/organisation which proposes/supports the candidate

________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

Name et title of the authorized to sign:

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
 
 

 ________________ ________________
SIGNATURE DATE

___________
STAMP

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PART II (b) – TO BE FILLED BY THE UNIVERSITY / SCHOOL

PROOF OF ENROLMENT

This is to certify that ________________________, ___________________________,

(Last Name) (First Name)
Born on (Day/Month/Year) ___/___/_____ is currently enrolled as a student in (degree type & Name)
_______________________________________________________ at the University / School (Name of
institution) ________________________________________

 The above mentioned degree programme is a graduate degree Masters or PHD (please circle) or equivalent
(please specify) ________________________________
OR
 If the student is pursing his/her studies in a country where higher education is NOT divided into undergraduate
and graduate stages, and you are currently enrolled in your fifth year (or higher) at a university or equivalent
institution towards the completion of a degree.
The student will return to resume his/her studies at the above mentioned university after the internship. His/her
expected graduation date is (Month/Year) ___/________

(To Be Filled Out By University / School)

Hereby, I (Last name, First name) _______________________________________,

(Designation) ________________________________confirm the correctness of the above given information.

Address of University: _____________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Contact Phone Number: _____________________________________________________
Contact Email: _____________________________________________________
Email of the student: _____________________________________________________

_________________________________ ___________________________
Signature/Stamp Date (Day/Month/Year)

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PART III - TO BE FILLED BY THE APPLICANT – Letter of motivation (use additional pages, if
necessary).

Describe briefly your motivation to apply for an internship

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PART IV - TO BE FILLED BY THE APPLICANT – Curriculum Vitae/Resume (use additional
pages, if necessary).

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PART V - TO BE FILLED BY THE APPLICANT – Abstracts of Academic papers you have
written (3 to 12 pages maximum)

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