Highly skilled law students

About us The Institute for Human Rights was established by law by the Folketing (Danish Parliament) as Denmark's national human rights institution to promote and protect human rights. We are an independent state-funded knowledge organization that, based on research and analyses, monitors and advises on the human rights situation in Denmark and Greenland.

The role and identity as the national human rights institution is also the starting point for the institute's international work, which through projects and partnerships contributes to realizing human rights in the countries we work in.

About the position Are you interested in providing legal advice to citizens and working with complaint cases in the area of discrimination? Then the position as a student on the Institute for Human Rights' Discrimination Line is just right for you.

As a student on our Discrimination Line you shall, in collaboration with the department's lawyers and our other advisory students, provide advice to citizens who experience discrimination on grounds including disability, gender, gender identity or gender characteristics, sexual orientation, age, religion or ethnic origin.

You will, among other things, help draft complaints to the Equality Board and correspondence to the parties in the cases, and over time you may represent cases for the Equality Board yourself. You will also have to respond to inquiries from citizens who approach the institute about other issues than discrimination law, but it is discrimination law that is in focus. From time to time you will be asked to handle practical ad hoc tasks in connection with meetings and contribute to the department's other work.

You can read more about the Discrimination Line here, https://menneskeret.dk/diskriminationslinjen

Qualifications

• Knowledge of discrimination law and human rights.
• You can work independently and have the ability to structure and organize your tasks.
• You have good analytical abilities, and you can focus on the essential and express yourself precisely.
• You are good at listening and communicating clearly and understandably.
• You speak and write Danish and English.
• You are interested in societal development and the public debate about equal treatment and human rights issues in Denmark.

Contact and questions You can obtain further information about the position from the head of the Discrimination Line, Nanna Margrethe Krusaa, at phone 9132 5735 and [email protected] .

Salary and employment terms Salary and employment terms are set in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and HK/Stat. The working hours average 15 hours per week, with workplace in Christianshavn.

We aim to be a diverse workplace and therefore encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Application Applications with CV, transcript, enrollment confirmation and references should be submitted via the link on this page. We ask you to submit all of the mentioned attachments, as they will be included in the assessment.

Interviews are expected to be held at the end of week 44 and in week 45. However, it is possible that we conduct ongoing interviews.

Employment as soon as possible.

Application deadline Wednesday, 28 October 2026 at 12:00