Call for Oak Fellow Nominations

Fall 2010 Oak Institute Fellowship Theme: Human Rights and Incarceration

Can you think of a human rights activist (or an organization where someone might be working) in need of a short respite from on the ground human rights work? 

The Oak Institute for the Study of International Human Rights at Colby College is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2010 Oak Fellowship. We seek front-line human rights activists working outside of the U.S. and advocating for those incarcerated.  Areas of work for prisoners’ rights include, but are not limited to living standards and health care in prisons, pretrial detention, illegal imprisonment, detained non-citizens, the right of legal representation, juvenile detention, education and practical training for inmates, post-detention rehabilitation, families of inmates, disciplinary procedures, prison privatization, gender and racial discrimination in incarceration, political prisoners, prisoners of war, torture, sexual abuse, brutality, and the death penalty.

The 2010 fellowship will offer a semester in residence at Colby, giving respite from front-line human rights work, a $32,000 stipend, plus medical insurance, transportation, housing and utilities.

See our brochure for more information.

In conducting our annual search, we rely heavily on nominations from NGOs, journalists, human rights lawyers, and academics.

Please help us identify an Oak fellow for the fall of 2010.