University of Toronto

Published purpose

This project is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), funded by the Government of Canada's Youth Employment Strategy (YES). The IYIP contributes to the YES by providing a large spectrum of Canadian graduates with valuable international development work experience abroad. The two-year fellowship project provides 20 young Canadian lawyers with international experience, skills, and knowledge to prepare them for future employment in the field of international human rights law, public international law, and/or immigration and refugee law. The interns provide legal expertise to eight field offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and impact the lives of stateless and/or refugee women, children and men in eight countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, South Africa, and Honduras).