Description

The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit human rights organisation. Registered in the Netherlands, COHRE coordinates its global activities from their headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Their mission is to ensure the full enjoyment of the human right to adequate housing for everyone, everywhere, and to prevent forced evictions against persons, families and communities from their homes. COHRE's activities also apply to ensuring that the economic and socio-cultural rights of people are upheld.

COHRE operates from offices in Geneva, Duluth and Accra and works at various levels from grassroots assistance to communities fighting forced eviction or slum conditions, to standard-setting at international institutions such as the United Nations to resist and prevent forced evictions, strengthen the protection and promotion of housing rights and increase awareness of these fundamental rights as key components of international human rights law.

COHRE work currently includes three major projects. These are:

* The Women and Housing Rights Programme, which mainly involves the Women's Land Link Africa (WLLA) Project
* The Global Forced Eviction Programme
* The Right to Water Programme

The Programme's coordinating office now operates from Accra, Ghana, where it is registered as an NGO. The Accra office serves as the main base for COHRE programmes in Africa.

In Ghana, COHRE is actively involved in projects covering the following focus areas:
* Policy advocacy, on a regional level
* Research
* Networking
* Information

Highlights

A lawyer with an interest in human rights is required to assist with policy advocacy and educating people, especially women, on their housing rights.

Intern Types

• Human Rights
• Law

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

USD 163 p/wk

Program Fees Include:

* Accommodation & fully furnished kitchen
* Welcome pack
* In-country introduction to life in Ghana
* Airport pick-up & drop-off
* 24/7 Emergency support

Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Africa Intern's Mission Statement

Our objective is to help more people gain the life changing, life affirming experiences that volunteering can give. We are committed to enabling skill transfer, enabling organisations in the developing world to access different skill sets and to helping volunteers realize the value they can add using the skills they hold.

Year Founded

2004