Cambodia: Volunteer Human Rights Internships and Work Experience

Cambodia: Volunteer Human Rights Internships and Work Experience

Our Human Rights placement in Cambodia is based in the capital city of Phnom Penh. The placement gives volunteers the opportunity to work on a really worthwhile project alongside a respected humanitarian organisation, whilst also gaining first hand experience of human rights law in practice.

Volunteers must have completed at least three years of a related undergraduate degree and have a keen interest in human rights issues. Post-graduate volunteers with related degrees and relevant work experience are also encouraged to apply.

Volunteers need to commit to at least 2 months on a Human Rights placement in Cambodia.

Volunteering on a Human Rights Internship in Cambodia

Human Rights volunteers work with the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), our partner Human Rights organisation in Phnom Penh. The organisation is a not-for-profit NGO which focuses on a variety of Human Rights issues, promoting human rights, legal education and consultation. The organisation works to represent local communities and develop laws that are in the public interest. CLEC also trains groups like the Employers Council in workers rights and trains Commune councils so they understand the rights communities possess.

Recent areas that CLEC have been involved in include educating pregnant women on the labour laws and helping groups that have been evicted from certain areas gain compensation for losing their land.

A voluntary placement with Projects Abroad in Phnom Penh would be a valuable addition to your CV in the notoriously competitive world of Human Rights or International Development, and might just secure you that lucrative first job once you graduate.

Human Rights Work Experience opportunities with Projects Abroad

Your precise role will be determined by your background and level of interest in specific areas. Volunteers work under the supervision of the local staff and will work in one of four departments, labour, good governance, natural resources and access to justice.

The vast majority of the work is office based, though you may occasionally have the opportunity to undertake site visits within Phnom Penh or to one of the provinces.

Volunteers working in all four departments can expect to be involved in researching and collecting documents which support the project you are working on, compiling reports, translating documents, checking English text and editing and translating reports.

You will need to have excellent spoken and written English and should be flexible, pro-active, communicate well and work hard. Placements are certainly demanding and must be taken seriously; you will be representing a professional organisation.