Legal - Intern

Job Description

Work Location
This internship is based in Geneva on a full-time basis, and the internship modality is in-person or remote. The specific modalities may be discussed and mutually agreed upon by the managers and the selected candidate(s).

Expected duration
Full-time (40 hours per week) for 3-6 months, with desired start date of February 2026.

Duties and Responsibilities
The internship is located in the Collection, Analysis and Sharing Section (CASS) within the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), Geneva, Switzerland.

The intern will work under the supervision of a Legal Officer, Investigator or Analyst within CASS. Interns will have the opportunity to work closely with the Legal Officers, Investigators and Analysts in CASS.

The duties of interns may include, but are not limited to:

• Conducting legal research and preparing analyses on issues relating to international and national criminal law, international human rights law and/or public international law;
• Conducting research on factual and policy issues;
• Contributing to the preparation of briefing papers, reports and/or public information materials;
• Assisting in the compilation and review of information, documentation and evidence;
• Proof-reading and editing documents;
• Drafting meeting records.

Interns may be engaging with and be exposed to materials with violent imagery and distressing subject matters.

Qualifications/special skills
Applicants must meet one of the following requirements:

• (a) be enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (second university degree or equivalent, or higher);
• (b) be enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme (minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent).

Applicants must be enrolled in the final year of a first university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent), or in an advanced university degree (Master’s, or PhD Programme or equivalent), or must have completed a university degree maximum one year before the date of their application.

Do you meet any of the above criteria? If yes, please indicate which one and attach proof to the application. Please note that you will have to provide an official certificate at a later stage.

Applicants to the UN Internship Programme are not required to have professional work experience. However, they are required to have undertaken studies in international criminal, humanitarian or human rights law or related areas. Please elaborate on the courses you have taken.

Training or academic or prior experience in legal research or analysis in the field of international criminal, humanitarian or human rights law is desirable. Please provide examples if you have such experience.

Have you completed an internship with or have you worked for a UN entity before? If yes, please specify the UN entity and dates.

Do you have knowledge of, or familiarity with the Myanmar context? If yes, please provide details.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this Internship, fluency in English is required.

Additional Information
Not available.

Intern Specific text
Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions.

Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.

No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

Deadline : Jan 5, 2026