Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment
is a non-profit organization registered in South Africa, with offices in India,
Malaysia and New York City. We assist communities to engage with legal
frameworks to secure environmental and social justice. Our mission is to
facilitate full and effective participation of Indigenous peoples and local
communities in the development and implementation of laws and policies relating
to conservation and customary uses of biodiversity and the protection of
associated cultural heritage. Natural Justice works at the local, regional,
national, and international levels with a range of partners.
Natural Justice (India) is inviting applications for
volunteer interns to support our work around extractive industries in Orissa.
This project is part of an inter-regional action-research project with case
studies in five countries across the world, including India. The project
explores the development and use of bio-cultural community protocols as a tool
to facilitate conflict transformation by enabling communities to engage
constructively with extractive industries and other external actors, to secure
their rights and interests.
Duration: We would prefer the internship to begin on 10th June 2014, for a minimum period of 3 weeks, but the position may be open beyond that.
Location: Please note that the intern will be required to work out of Bangalore, India for the entire duration of internship.