REDRESS is seeking applications from law graduates and LLM students with a strong background in international law to work on its International Criminal Court (ICC) programme. Due to the particular work of the ICC Programme, which includes work related to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Legal Intern working on the ICC Programme must have good written and spoken French.
REDRESS legal interns working on the ICC Programme will work with REDRESS programme staff on a variety of assignments, including work on individual cases before the ICC, monitoring of victim-specific ICC jurisprudence in view of producing quasi-monthly “Legal Updates”, work on the Victims' Rights Working Group Bulletin “ACCESS” published by REDRESS three times a year, background research for reports and submissions and other related projects.
More information on REDRESS' work can be found on this website and on its work on the ICC at: www.vrwg.org
Qualifications and experience:
- A background in public international law, human rights, humanitarian or international criminal law.
- Basic criminal law / law of evidence desirable.
- Knowledge of the functioning of international criminal tribunals or International Criminal Court an asset.
- Good organisational skills.
- Strong research skills required.
- Good written and spoken French.
Time commitment:
Full time or part time for a duration to be agreed between the intern and REDRESS (minimum 4 months).
Application deadline:
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, for a start in April 2011.
How to apply:
If you would like to be considered please email a brief covering letter highlighting your key skills and your availability with your CV to: helen@redress.org
No calls please - thank you.
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