Internship - Victims Participation and Reparations Section, Registry

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Legal Coordinator, assist the Legal Unit with the following tasks:

• Conduct legal research and analysis;
• Assist the Legal Unit with the data entry and preliminary legal assessment of victims’ applications for participation and/or reparations;
• Prepare summaries of important decisions;
• Attend meetings, lectures etc when requested and prepare minutes;
• Conduct other tasks as needed, including occasional assignments to support other aspects of the mandate the Section.

Essential Qualifications

Education:
All Candidates must have a law degree (preferably in criminal law, public international law, humanitarian law, or human rights law) from a recognized university - or be in the final stages of their relevant studies. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.

Experience:
Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers; therefore, practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. However, practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Legal analysis and drafting skills
• Able to adapt to a multicultural and multilingual working environment
• Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively)
• Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications); Knowledge of TRIM and Ringtail is an asset;
• Other important qualities are discretion, reliability, intellectual rigor, precision, perseverance, creativity, co-operative spirit and integrity.

Languages:
Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, and working knowledge of the other are required. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Deadline for Applications: 31 December 2025 (midnight The Hague time)