Summer Scholars Fellowship: UNDP Suriname

This summer I will be working for the Democratic Governance team in the UNDP Office in Suriname. I started working on May 13th remotely and will arrive to Paramaribo on Tuesday June 4th.  Scope of Work: UNDP Suriname Governance Unit The governance portfolio is focusing on two main projects to provide support to the Surinamese government: (i) a Human Rights Institute; (ii) capacity building and implementation of a new electoral legislation.  (i) Human Rights Institute In 2022, UNDP provided support in drafting the legislation to create and implement the Human Rights Institute ("HRI LAW"). The HRI Law was submitted to parliament in 2023 and is expected to be approved this year. The government has requested UNDP to operationalize the Human Rights Institute upon the legislation's approval.  (ii) Capacity building and implementation of a new electoral legislation. The Surinamese government has amended its electoral law after the constitutional court declared that the electora