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  • Shelter City and Artists’ Safe Haven; a call for applications

    Justice & Peace Netherlands is launching a new call for applications for its initiatives: Shelter City and Artists’ Safe Haven initiative. The deadline for applications for both initiatives is 2 October 2022 at 23:59 CET. Please note that special conditions may apply due to COVID-19.

    Shelter City is a global movement of cities, organizations and people who stand side by side with human rights defenders at risk. Shelter City provides temporary safe and inspiring spaces for human rights defenders at risk where they re-energise, receive tailor-made support and engage with allies. The term human rights defender is intended to refer to the broad range of activists, journalists and independent media professionals, scholars, writers, artists, lawyers, civil and political rights defenders, civil society members, and others working to advance human rights and democracy around the world in a peaceful manner. From March 2023 onwards, several cities in the Netherlands will receive human rights defenders for a period of three months. At the end of their stay in the Netherlands, participants are expected to return with new tools and energy to carry out their work at home. For last year see: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/04/20/shelter-city-netherlands-call-for-applications-for-september-2022/

    Artists’ Safe Haven initiative

    Through its Artists’ Safe Haven initiative, Justice & Peace Netherlands aims to contribute to the promotion of freedom of artistic expression globally, including the right to create art, admire it, critique it, challenge it, be provoked by it, and respond to it free of governmental censorship, political interference or the pressures of non-state actors. Through the provision of temporary relocation and tailor-made support for artists at risk, Justice & Peace aims to promote the safety of these artists, and in particular women artists, worldwide so that they can build new strategies and continue their important work for freedom of artistic expression in their country of origin. With support from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Justice & Peace will be able to provide three temporary safe spaces in The Hague in March, June or September 2023 for artists or art practitioners at risk.

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    This post was originally published on Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards.

  • Justice and Peace Netherlands seeks programme officer

    Justice and Peace Netherlands‘ Rights Defenders team is looking for a Programme Officer. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2017/06/08/justice-and-peace-nl-increasingly-active-for-human-rights-defenders/

    Activities:

    • Design and organise trainings on security and protection for human rights defenders within our Shelter City programme;
    • Support defenders throughout their stay in the Netherlands with your knowledge of safety and security in the human rights field;
    • Support Shelter City alumni by building and coordinating the online community with creative and innovative activities and ideas;
    • Support the programme with relevant project management tasks (project development, evaluation, reporting, etc.);
    • Organise a broad range of events as part of the Shelter City programme, such as outreach events throughout the Netherlands and the annual International Shelter City Workshop;
    • Stay informed about the latest developments regarding security and protection in the field of human rights, and more specifically human rights defenders.

    Your profile:

    Having worked in the Global South in the field of human rights, you have a thorough understanding of the security challenges human rights defenders face and how to mitigate risks. Your enthusiasm for human rights issues translates into a hands-on and creative approach. You like to take initiative and are not afraid to try new things, engaging and mobilising people. You are a natural organiser who can work independently but also thrives in a team and you enjoy working with people from different cultural backgrounds.

    Requirements:

    • You have an academic or University of Applied Sciences level education in a relevant field, such as international human rights, international relations, political science, or international law;
    • You have at least 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the field of human rights, of which a considerable part international field experience;
    • You have experience working on security and protection within the human rights field, preferably related to human rights defenders;
    • You have experience organising events, workshops and trainings (both online and offline) and online community building;
    • You are proficient in English. Additional languages such as French, Spanish, Russian, Swahili or Arabic are an asset.

    What we offer:

    • Stimulating work environment in a small and dedicated team, where working hard and having fun go hand-in-hand.
    • Good and competitive working conditions.
    • Full reimbursement of travel expenses to our office building (2nd class public transport).
    • A part-time workplace at our office in The Hague city centre.

    Justice and Peace is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from people who may bring diversity to our team.

    Send a motivation letter and CV before 10 August 2021 to Suzan Goes, programme coordinator: vacature[at]justiceandpeace.nl, citing ‘Programme Officer Human Rights Defenders Team’. For more information you can e-mail the above address.

    Programme Officer – Human Rights Defenders team

    This post was originally published on Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards.