Kenneth Roth Practitioner In Residence

Human Rights Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Job Description

About Human Rights:

Kenneth Roth was Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) longest-serving executive director (1993 – 2022). His ambitious vision for HRW’s role in influencing how governments deliver on their human rights obligations saw the organization grow to a staff representing roughly 70+ nationalities covering more than 100 countries. Our staff are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. We are experts in using the media – both traditional and social media – to create and amplify pressure for human rights change. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims. The Opportunity With an established research, advocacy and communications platform to draw from, we are launching a mid-career opportunity open to human rights practitioners from around the world. The aim is to support emerging or established national leaders in the human rights movement and work together to advance ambitious human rights change. The Practitioner-in-Residence will have the option to be placed in either our Program (research and investigations) or Advocacy departments. The Practitioner-in-Residence will work closely on a project around a priority area of work depending on the experience that the practitioner brings.

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