United Nations OHCHR Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent 2025 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are open for the United Nations OHCHR Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent 2025. The Fellowship programme for folks of African descent is an intensive human rights coaching for folks of African descent, from the diaspora, who’re engaged in selling the rights of folks of African descent. It takes place annually on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva.

The Fellowship programme offers the contributors with the OPPORTUNITY to:

• Engage with the worldwide human rights mechanisms and OHCHR and strengthen expertise in growing challenge proposals and delivering shows.
• Learn about and deepen their understanding of the worldwide human rights regulation and the UN human rights system, the worldwide framework to fight racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and associated intolerance, and intersecting points with a concentrate on folks of African descent;
• Gain first-hand publicity to worldwide human rights mechanisms and OHCHR.

Cost

• Each fellow is entitled to a return ticket (economic system class) from the nation of residence to Geneva; primary medical health insurance; and a stipend to cowl modest lodging and different residing bills for the period of the Programme.

Eligibility

• The candidate should be a person of African descent residing within the Diaspora.
• The candidate will need to have a minimal of 4 years of work expertise associated to the rights of People of African Descent.
• The candidate ought to submit an official letter from a company engaged on points associated to folks of African descent or minority rights – on official letterhead – certifying the candidate’s position throughout the group.
• The candidates should be accessible to attend the total period of the programme. The chosen fellows will likely be anticipated to take part in numerous actions and to strictly comply with the programme.

Application

Applicants are requested to submit the next paperwork in a single single e-mail to [email protected]:

• A Curriculum Vitae
• A accomplished, signed and scanned Application Form in a single single doc.
• A private assertion (most 500 phrases) by which the candidate will clarify their motivation for making use of, and the way they may use the information gained from the fellowship to advertise the pursuits and rights of folks of African descent.
• An official letter from an organisation engaged on points associated to folks of African descent or minority rights – on official letterhead – certifying the candidate’s position throughout the group
• A replica of the applicant’s passport.
• Note that submissions with greater than 5 attachments is not going to be accepted.

Important: Mention within the topic header of your e-mail: “Application for the 2025 Fellowship Programme for People of African Descent.”

Name the hooked up doc as follows:

LAST NAME First title – Type of doc
Example: SMITH Jacqueline – Application type.doc
SMITH Jacqueline – A Personal Statement.doc
SMITH Jacqueline – Official letter from nominating organisation .pdf
SMITH Jacqueline – Passport.pdf

For extra data, go to UN OHCHR Fellowship.