United Nations OHCHR Minorities Fellowship Program 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 31, 2026

Applications are open for the United Nations OHCHR Minorities Fellowship Program 2026. Launched in 2005, the Minorities Fellowship Programme (MFP) is OHCHR’s most complete coaching programme for human rights defenders from nationwide, ethnic, spiritual, and linguistic minority teams.

By the tip of the programme, fellows will acquire a normal understanding of the United Nations system, worldwide human rights devices, and mechanisms, with a specific concentrate on minority rights. The MFP additionally serves as an OPPORTUNITY for human rights activists to broaden their community by constructing strategic partnerships with activists from all over the world, the United Nations, and related Geneva-based NGOs.

Benefits

Felows are entitled to:

• A return financial system class ticket from their nation of residence to Geneva.
• Basic medical insurance at some point of the programme.
• A stipend to cowl modest lodging and dwelling bills.

Eligibility

• Applicants should belong to a nationwide, ethnic, linguistic, or spiritual minority group. Applicants not belonging to minority teams is not going to be thought of, even when they’ve shut ties with minority communities or organizations.
  • Note: Indigenous candidates ought to apply to the Indigenous Fellowship Programme, which has a separate application course of.
• Formal schooling shouldn’t be a prerequisite, offered related expertise is demonstrated.
• Applicants should have the power, willingness, and alternative to coach others of their group or group upon returning.
• They should even have a great working information of the language during which the programme is performed.
• Candidates must be proposed and supported by their group or group.

Ideally, the sponsoring group:

• Has a agency constituency or membership inside the minority group.
• Represents minority points.
• Undertakes work associated to minority points.
• Is composed of individuals belonging to minorities.

Application

Application types can be found in English, Russian, and Arabic. Both components I and II of the shape should be accomplished and accompanied by an official suggestion letter from the nominating group or group. Only totally accomplished purposes will probably be thought of.

The deadline for purposes is 31 January 2026, at 23:59 (Geneva time). They encourage you to submit your application effectively earlier than the deadline. Applications should embody a suggestion letter, uploaded immediately onto the net kind.

For extra info, go to OHCHR Minorities Fellowship.