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18th July, 2014 marked the first ever European Interns' Day! The event, organised with InternsGoPro, started with a protest at Place du Luxembourg before a panel debate at the European Parliament with Androulla Vasiliou in Brussels that afternoon.

18th July, 2014 marked the first ever European Interns' Day! The event, organised with InternsGoPro, started with a protest at Place du Luxembourg before a panel debate at the European Parliament with Androulla Vasiliou in Brussels that afternoon.

European Interns Day - 18 July 2014

WE ARE INTERNS, NOT SLAVES.
QUALITY INTERNSHIPS NOW.

Join the European Interns Day this Friday 18th July at the European Parliament in Brussels.

More info on www.europeaninternsday.org

Leiden University Department of Child Law is holding an international conference in November - 25 Years of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (November 17-19).

Conference 25 Years CRC - Leiden Law School Leiden University offers outstanding international students an intellectually exciting learning environment with high academic standards. Rather than concentrating on knowledge transfer, the focus is on debate and critical thinking whereby students' abilities to think independently is greatly stimul…

Last call for applications: International Children's Rights Summer School, 7-11 July 2014, Leiden University:

International Children's Rights Summer School Would you like to learn more about International Children's Rights? Frontiers of Children's Rights provides a comprehensive one-week children's rights summer...

Apply now for the Human Rights and Transitional Justice Summer School, 14-18 July 2014, The Hague:

Human Rights & Transitional Justice Summer School Are you interested in human rights and transitional justice? The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies in The Hague organizes a one-week summer cour...

"These 15 heartthrobs will have you wishing your maritime borders required international adjudication!"

So interns, who's your pick?

Community Post: Ranking The Sexiest Judges Of The International Court Of Justice These 15 heartthrobs will have you wishing your maritime borders required international adjudication!

"The bill [...] expands the city’s Human Rights Law to afford unpaid interns the same protection accorded to paid employees. It is currently awaiting Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature, which is expected in the coming days.

If the bill is signed, interns will be able to allowed to file complaints with the New York City Commission on Human Rights, regarding sexual harassment as well as discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation and more."

New York City council passes bill to protect unpaid interns' rights Bill, expected to be signed by Mayor de Blasio, would protect interns from sexual harassment and discrimination

"[H]er supervisor invited her to lunch and to his hotel room, where, she alleged in a court case, he threw his arms around her, forcibly kissed her and squeezed her buttocks [...]

Realizing she wasn’t the only employee to experience such abuse, she filed a suit against the company in 2013. The claim was tossed—but not because she wasn’t subject to a hostile work environment.

Judge Kevin Castel found that [she] was not actually an employee and, as such, wasn’t protected by the New York City Human Rights Law."

The Fight To Protect Unpaid Interns Against Sexual Harassment They’re not employees, and courts have ruled they aren’t protected if they’re sexually harassed

NYT Editorial Board supports steps against unpaid internships, in yesterday's op-ed

Good Steps Against Unpaid Internships New York University and Columbia are setting a good example by tightening their policies on employers.

Hilary Clinton speaks out against unpaid internships:

"She warned there is a 'youth unemployment crisis' created by the weak economy they inherited, and stressed the need for more opportunities such as paid job training.

She decried—to applause from the audience—businesses that have 'taken advantage' of young people with unpaid internships."

Hillary Clinton's Love Letter to Millennials In a speech at UCLA, the former secretary of State gushes about how "remarkable" Millennials are.

Dean of Colombia University: "[We] will no longer provide registration credit (R credit) on academic transcripts to note that a student has participated in an internship.

There is no doubt that internships can be valuable experiences for students seeking an introduction to a range of careers and professional cultures. However, we expect companies to appropriately compensate students for work performed during internships."

Columbia no longer gives credit for internships On the heels of NYU's new internship policies, Columbia University's undergraduate colleges have ceased to provide credit for internships. This is a major step forward: the university is no longer encouraging and legitimizing a practice that locks those wh

“No one hires interns,” said Mr. Lang, who sees himself as part of a “revolving class of people” who can’t break free of the intern cycle. “Is this any way to live?”

Millennials Feel Trapped in a Cycle of Internships With Little Pay and No Job Offers Unpaid internships are the bane of millennial workers with high aspirations.