I hate to be the one to write this, but unless you attend Harvard, Yale, Columbia, NYU, or Stanford (or another highly ranked school) getting a paying, high profile human rights job out of law school is very unlikely. There are tons of people, especially at the top schools, that want international human rights, and they get first picks. Not to say you won't have a great career in humn rights, but sometimes this site lacks real, down to earth advice.
While American in DC or BC might have good human rights programs for what they're worth, they really can't compete with Harvard, Yale, Columbia, etc.