Overview
Provides specialised independent legal advice and support to Chambers within the Judiciary, conducting legal research, preparing drafts, and coordinating legal teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Conducts in-depth legal research in international criminal law, humanitarian law, human rights law and other relevant bodies of law, on both procedural and substantive issues, and supervising of legal research.
- Prepares memoranda and drafts of decisions and orders, either alone or in conjunction with others, and reviews memoranda and drafts prepared by others.
- Maintains files of the Court's practice, monitors and ensures that the judges are informed of relevant developments in international law and practice.
- Coordinates a Chamber’s legal team and supervises the work of more junior staff members/interns.
- As part of a Chamber's team, coordinates and manages the case and evidence.
- Anticipates procedural issues that may arise in the course of judicial proceedings and apprises the Judge accordingly.
- Attends court hearings and liaises with the different actors in the proceedings in order to ensure the smooth preparation of the hearing.
- Provides liaison between the different divisions and chambers of the Court, other organs of the Court and the public, as the case may be.
- Performs any other legal tasks as required by the Chamber's Judges and/or the respective Division’s Legal Adviser.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five years (seven years with a first level university degree) of progressively responsible legal experience in either international criminal law, humanitarian law, or criminal law is required.
- Work experience at an international court or in a national criminal legal environment, and/or demonstrated knowledge of the legal texts and the practice of the Court.
- Proven ability to conduct comprehensive legal research and in-depth analysis of evidence and to draft to a high standard; experience in reviewing drafts prepared by others would be considered an asset.
- Ability to work well within a team of international lawyers from diverse legal backgrounds; experience in coordinating the work of a team would be considered an asset.
- Experience in working with a computer, search engines, databases and e-court applications.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in law, preferably with a specialisation in international, criminal or humanitarian law is required. A first level degree in combination with two additional years of progressively relevant experience is accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.
