Deadline:
As soon as possible
Location(s)
Greece Online
Overview
BVMN depends on the work of its volunteers. BVMN’s legal team is searching for volunteers with a background in law or with previous experience in legal work or legal advocacy for a minimum period of 3 months. The work will be mostly remote, but in specific circumstances, the volunteer may be placed with a member organization in the region.
Details
Join our Field Team
Our field team and member organisations are looking for volunteers to help:
- -Collect on-site reports of human rights violations against people-on-the-move by conducting interviews with victims and witnesses;
- -Maintain our database and edit case reports;
- -Communicate with local organisations and potential partners;
- -Write inquiries, summary reports and statements;
- -Communicate with the press;
- -Manage and contribute to social media channels;
- -Illustrate reports and releases;
- -Fundraise and write grant applications;
- -Organize public events.
If interested, please write us your motivation, relevant experience, and your availability to jobs@borderviolence.eu.
About us
Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is an independent network of NGOs and associations mainly based in the Balkan regions, Greece and Turkey, that monitors human rights violations at the external borders of the European Union and advocates to stop the violence exerted against people on the move. BVMN publishes monthly reports covering pushbacks along the Greek and Balkan routes. Every report analyzes in detail pushbacks in specific geographical areas, escalating of violence, excessive use of force, cases of alleged tortures and other key issues.
BVMN History
Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is an independent Network of NGOs and associations mainly based in the Balkan regions and in Greece, who monitors human rights violations at the external borders of the European Union and advocates to stop the violence exerted against people on the move.
BVMN was created in 2016 when several NGOs became aware of the existence of violent pushbacks of asylum seekers along Balkans and Greece and began to document such cases. The Network has developed a common framework for the recording of testimonials and supporting evidences which, after going through a process of fact-checking, are published on our website (see testimonies). These case reports include hard facts, pictures of the injuries and medical documents that provide evidence as well as detailed descriptions of the incidences.
BVMN publishes monthly reports covering pushbacks along the Greek and Balkan route. Every report analyzes in detail pushbacks in specific geographical areas, escalating of violence, excessive use of forces, cases of alleged tortures and others key issues. All the reports are free in access and represent a useful tool to study in details the phenomenon of management of migration flows at the borders in this geographical area.
The testimonials and the reports serve as a basis for the Network’s advocacy effort at the European level, where BVMN engages in meetings with European Parliamentarians, in order to denounce the violations of human rights at the borders and promote a better management of migration flows, in the total respect of human rights.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Personal requirements
- Be able to work independently
- Ability to cope with a stressful working environment and stories of trauma
- Interest in the topic and the work
- A degree of flexibility. It is not required to hold fixed working hours, the work being more task based
- You should be able to work in English
- Commitment for a least 3 months
Dates
Deadline: As soon as possible
Cost/funding for participants
What we offer
- International, motivated team
- Depending on your and our financial situation, we might be able to reimburse travel costs for work trips
- You will be seen as a full member of the team
- As a registered non-profit association we can issue you appreciative internship certificate and recommendation letters (upon request)
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