23963 | SASP

Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.

This position is funded by the Trust Fund for the Development of Interns and Visiting Professionals, thanks to the generous contributions of donors such as the French Republic, as well as elected officials and staff of the ICC.

In order to be eligible for this funded position, all applicants must be nationals from countries that appear on the United Nations Statistics Division’s list of least developed countries that are a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, namely:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Timor-Leste, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia.

Required Documents for This Application

Please note that you will need to have the following information ready in order to complete your application:

• A completed “Duties and Responsibilities Form” (refer to step 1 on your eRecruitment Profile page).
• Motivation letter (maximum of 400 words).
• One reference letter.
• Optional: Short essay on a subject relevant to the court (max. 750 words)

Funding

This position is funded through the Trust Fund for the development of interns and visiting professionals, whereby the Court will provide the selected candidate a monthly remuneration of €1,500 (with a mandatory deduction for emergency health insurance) as well as some financial help for travel purposes for candidates who are not based in the Netherlands at the time of the recruitment. Please note that (i) costs associated with Visas are the responsibility of the selected candidate, (ii) due to the nature of the assignment, participants cannot bring their families with them.

Contract Duration

Visiting Professionals are required to work full time for a period of six months.

The Opportunity

The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individual charged with the gravest crimes of concerns to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression. The Court is participating in the global fight to end impunity, and through international criminal justice, the Court aims to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes and to help prevent the crimes from happening again. You can contribute to this cause by joining the ICC.

Organisational Context

The Secretariat (SASP) provides the Assembly and its Bureau and subsidiary bodies with administrative and technical assistance in the discharge of their functions under the Statute. The Secretariat provides substantive servicing of the Assembly and its subsidiary bodies. The substantive servicing functions include, inter alia, providing legal and substantive secretariat services, such as the provision of documentation, reports and analytical summaries, and supplying advice within the Secretariat on legal and substantive issues relating to the work of the Assembly.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Director of the Secretariat of the Assembly of States Parties, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties:

• Support the team by conducting legal research and analysis, contributing to the preparation of legal advice, studies, and documentation.
• Assist in drafting, formatting, and reviewing legal documents, summaries, and internal reports.
• Take notes during meetings and assist in the preparation of reports of meetings of the subsidiary bodies of the Assembly, i.e. summarize discussions, highlighting key points and various perspectives for further analysis.
• Assist in drafting and editing correspondence, letters, and notes, ensuring all relevant information is accurately included and clearly presented.
• Provide support with various ad hoc tasks as requested, offering general assistance to the legal team as needed.

Essential Qualifications

Education:

All candidates must have a first level university degree from an accredited university in law, preferably with specialization in international or humanitarian law. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.

Experience:

Visiting Professional placements focus on candidates who have extensive experience in their professional careers in relevant fields of work. Practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court may be considered an asset. Candidates for a Visiting Professional placement must have at least 3 (three) years of relevant professional experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments.
• Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively).
• Very good oral communication and drafting skills.
• Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications) and research skills (including the use of electronic databases).

Knowledge of Languages:

Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, English or French is required. Proficiency or working knowledge of the other is strongly desired. Knowledge of another working language of the Assembly (Arabic or Spanish) would be considered as an asset.