{"id":656,"date":"2016-05-11T11:16:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2024-10-07T17:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T15:30:06","slug":"human-rights-jobs-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/magazine\/human-rights-jobs-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Organizations Offering Human Rights Jobs in London"},"content":{"rendered":"

London is a great destination if you are looking for a human rights job. Some of the world\u2019s most renowned human rights and humanitarian NGOs such as Amnesty International, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res and Redress are based in the British capital. We\u2019ve put together this short guide to human rights jobs in London to make it easier for you to find suitable vacancies. If you are looking for other human rights related opportunities in London, check out the following links to find Human Rights Studies in London<\/a>, Human Rights Fellowships<\/a> eligible<\/span> for the UK, or search for Paid Human Rights Internships<\/a> in London.<\/p>\n

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  1. Amnesty International<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Amnesty International\u2019s Headquarter and the country office of the UK are both based in London. As one of the biggest human rights NGOs in the world Amnesty is offering vacancies in communications and campaigning, research and advocacy, fundraising and administration and organizational development and resources. The campaigning organization originally focused on the abolition of death penalty and the combatting on torture. Today their field of advocacy is very broad and includes all human rights.<\/p>\n

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    1. REDRESS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Similarily to Amnesty International REDRESS is a human rights organisation that helps torture survivors obtain justice and reparation.\u00a0REDRESS offers human rights jobs in London mainly related to legal advocacy.<\/p>\n

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      1. Reprieve<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Another human rights organization based in London is Reprieve. The NGO, which was founded in 1999, primarily works on the combatting of torture and death penalty. Reprieve is focusing on more than 70 individual cases currently and puts emphasis on awareness raising related to Guant\u00e1namo Bay and CIA drone strikes.<\/p>\n

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        1. Article 19<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Probably you already guessed that Article 19 is defending freedom of expression and information. Article 19 maintains offices globally, in locations such as Bangladesh, Brazil, Kenya, Mexico, Tunisia and Senegal.<\/p>\n

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          1. Child Rights Information Network<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            CRIN is an international network that focuses on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It was founded in 1995 to spread information about the convention. Today the network has more than 2000 members in 130 countries.<\/p>\n

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            1. Save the children UK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Save the children was founded almost a century ago and promotes child rights around the world. In addition to the Save the children office in the UK there are 29 national Save the children entities globally. If you are passionate about child rights you should check out their vacancies.<\/p>\n

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              1. The Equal Rights Trust<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                The Equal Rights Trust is an independent international organisation combating discrimination and advancing equality worldwide. They currently work in 40 countries on various levels including advocacy, litigation and development.<\/p>\n

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                1. Human Rights Watch<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Another well-known human rights organization with an office based in London is Human Rights Watch. With roughly 400 employees around the globe HRW is one of the bigger human rights NGOs out there. The staff of human rights watch consists of human rights professionals including country experts, lawyers, journalists, and academics of diverse backgrounds and nationalities.<\/p>\n

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                  1. Oxfam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Oxfam is a global movement of several million people who advocate for the elimination of poverty. The organization is working in more than 90 countries around the globe. The offered vacancies include communications, finance, retail, logistics, administrative support and programme support. The Oxfam Head Office is located in Oxford, while several shops and boutiques are located in London.<\/p>\n

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                    1. M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res UK<\/a>
                      \n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      The UK office of M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res in London was established in 1993. MSF mainly works on crisis response regarding medical issues and awareness raising. To perform their work they need both, excellent communicators and campaigners and top notch medical staff.<\/p>\n

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                      1. Action Aid<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        Another NGO based in London is Action Aid, which is working for the poorest, most disadvantaged women and children in the world. The NGO is focusing on four pillars to reach its goals: Education; Emergency and humanitarian response; Food, Hunger and Sustainable livelihoods; Women\u2019s rights and gender equality. The work of ActionAid regionally focuses on western Africa, south East Asia and southern America.<\/p>\n

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                        1. CARE International UK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          CARE International is fighting poverty and injustice in vulnerable communities, they aim to overcome inequalities and find long lasting solutions to poverty. CARE works in 75 poor and developing countries and is dedicated to help millions of people every year.<\/p>\n

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                          1. WaterAid<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            WaterAid is dedicated to ensure safe water, sanitation and hygiene to everyone everywhere by 2030. The organization offers a broad variety of jobs in policy & campaigning, fundraising, communications, information systems and development.<\/p>\n

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                            1. World Vision UK<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              World Vision is comitted to improve the lives of children and to create a world where every child has the chance to live life to the full. Their work reaches from child protection, over child health towards emergency response.<\/p>\n

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                              1. JUSTICE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                JUSTICE is an all-party law reform and human rights organisation working to strengthen the justice system \u2013 administrative, civil and criminal \u2013 in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,110,106,301,63,111,107,108,109],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","tag-amnesty-international","tag-care-international-uk","tag-london","tag-national-human-rights-jobs","tag-oxfam","tag-save-the-children-uk","tag-uk","tag-wateraid","tag-world-vision-uk","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n15 Organizations Offering Human Rights Jobs in London | Human 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