International Human Rights intern Kate Oja wins Helton Fellowship

The International Human Rights Program is pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, one of our IHRP internship students has been awarded a Helton Fellowship from the American Society of International Law to contribute to the cost of her summer internship.  Kate Oja (II) was selected from a pool of over fifty applicants from around the world.

For the summer of 2008, Oja is interning with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Morocco.  The award will be announced at the ASIL General Meeting in Washington DC this April, as well as on the ASIL website and newsletter.  Upon completion of her internship, Oja will also draft a short essay about the experience that will be published on the ASIL website.

Last year, Oja was an IHRP summer intern at the Open Dialogue Project (ODP) in Uzbekistan. Read about her 2007 internship experience.

• See the 2008 ASIL Helton Fellows press release