RESEARCH ASSISTANT, COLOMBIA | PTL485

**full-time job vacancy** **research assistant, colombia** **americas division** **colombia** **application deadline: 29 september 2024** the americas division of human rights watch (hrw) is seeking a research assistant who will focus on improving human rights in colombia. the americas division works to advance human rights in latin american and the caribbean and conducts a wide range of work, including investigation, report writing, advocacy and media work. **responsibilities**: 1. provide research, advocacy, and administrative assistance to the americas division research staff and directors; 2. develop contacts with government officials and other local actors, including using pre-existing networks among local rights activists and organizations to expand hrw's monitoring capabilities and access to information; facilitate meetings with ngos, government officials, and individuals able to provide information regarding human rights abuses; 3. assist the americas division research staff and directors in monitoring human rights conditions and documenting abuses by collecting and analyzing information from a wide variety of sources including governments, local media, ngos, victims, witnesses, and journalists, and in fact-checking human rights watch publications; 4. assist the americas division research staff and directors in following up on specific cases of human rights violations, including interviews with family members; assist in follow-up with authorities and with local un representatives on strategic cases on which hrw is advocating for justice; 5. provide writ...