Giulia Mereu Scholarship in Law for Master’s Studies at University of Essex, UK

This scholarship which is awarded annually has been established by the family and friends of Giulia Mereu who lost her life at age 26, in 1996, while monitoring human rights violations in the former Yugoslavia. She had been an Intern with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

and was serving as a Civil Affairs Officer with the United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium when the tragedy occurred. The aim of the scholarship is to enable those who might otherwise not be able to study the discipline of human rights to do so and to ensure that Giulia Mereu's ideals live on.

This scholarship, instituted in 1997, covers the equivalent of home/EU tuition fees for the academic year as well as a modest allowance to enable the recipient to undertake a one-month internship with a human rights organisation.

Eligibility and Criteria

The candidate should have relevant field experience in human rights, working in a country in a situation of acute crisis as Giulia did, and should not have the means to pay for postgraduate studies at Essex.

You must hold an offer of a place on the LLM in International Human Rights.

Details of how to apply will be sent out with offer letters.

It is expected that all applicants for the Giulia Mereu Scholarship will have sought funding elsewhere.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 10 June 2011

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