Visiting Professional – Judicial Cooperation team (External Affairs Unit – OTP)

Job title:

Visiting Professional – Judicial Cooperation team (External Affairs Unit – OTP)

Company:

International Criminal Court

Job description

24024 | OTPOrganisational Unit: Office of External Affairs, Office Of The Prosecutor
Duty Station: The Hague – NL
Contract Duration:6 months
Deadline for Applications:15 June 2025 (midnight The Hague time)Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.Required Documents for This ApplicationPlease 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.
• Scanned copies of university degrees and/or diplomas.

Contract DurationVisiting Professionals are required to work full time for a period of one to six months. Candidates are invited to specify their exact availability in their application.Organisational ContextThe Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is responsible for the independent and impartial investigation and prosecution of individual perpetrators of crimes within the Court’s jurisdiction, in a manner complementary to national jurisdictions.Under the direction of the Prosecutor and in close collaboration with the Immediate Office of the Prosecutor (IOP), the Judicial Cooperation team is a part of the External Affairs Unit (EAU) together with the External Relations Team and the Civil Society and Complementarity Team.The Judicial Cooperation Team is responsible for leading the processes of judicial cooperation and fostering the cooperation needs of the unified teams as well as for general cooperation transversally in support of all the activities of the OTP pursuant to Part 9 of the Rome Statute (RS).It includes fostering and maintaining a high level of judicial cooperation from States Parties and Non-Party States, international or regional inter-governmental organisations and specialised agencies, non-governmental organisations and other private actors, streamlining the OTP processes to request and obtain judicial cooperation, developing and managing databases and other tools to ensure channelling, standardising and tracking of requests outgoing and incoming, and ensuring a high level of quality and reliability of cooperation processes.The Judicial Cooperation Team provides strategic, technical and operational advice, guidance and quality control to all judicial assistance requests and responses sent on behalf of the Unified Teams. The Judicial Cooperation Team also centralizes a judicial cooperation tracking and compliance system and oversees all communications and records related to outgoing and incoming requests for assistance in the dedicated database.The Judicial Cooperation Team is in charge of developing the activities under the Complementarity and Cooperation Forum that is part of the Complementarity and Cooperation policy of the Office. EAU workplan also includes innovative activities under the coordination of the Judicial Cooperation Team.Duties and ResponsibilitiesUnder the supervision of the Judicial Cooperation Adviser, the incumbent will assist the Judicial Cooperation team to perform judicial cooperation tasks, including:

• Preparation of requests for judicial assistance on behalf of International Cooperation Adviser, in conformity with relevant procedures and standards;
• Ensuring compliance with requirements of the requested State or relevant organisation;
• Updating of judicial assistance database to track compliance and enable timely follow-up;
• Supporting Unified teams with incoming requests for assistance;
• Take minutes and preparing summaries of relevant meetings about judicial cooperation;
• Participate with team members in relevant internal meetings;
• drafting of reports, papers, and other written documentation and information products;
• Conduct other background / independent research on topics of relevance for general cooperation;
• Perform any other duties as required.

Required QualificationsEducation:All Candidates must have a degree in Law, International Law, Political Science or a related field from a recognised university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance. A completed Master’s degree in Public International Law, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, Political Science or a related field will be considered an asset.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:

• Strong drafting skills and ability to perform research from open sources to produce quality analytical summaries and commentary.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team and engage with individuals from various units and offices.
• Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments.
• Possesses knowledge of the mandate of the ICC and its priorities, particularly in relation to the Office of the Prosecutor’s engagement with civil society, complementarity programmes and multilateral engagement.

• Ability to deliver within set deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic office environment.
• Good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).

Knowledge of Languages:Proficiency in English is required for this position. Working knowledge of French is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.Other criteria:It is the Court’s objective to have diversity and gender balance. And in line with the ICC’s efforts to improve geographical representation among staff, nationals of non-represented and under-represented countries at the ICC are encouraged to apply. The list can be found .RemunerationPlease note that internship and visiting professional placements at the ICC are unfunded. The ICC is not able to provide participants in the Internship and Visiting Professional Programme with any remuneration, nor is it possible to provide reimbursement for expenses incurred prior, during or after the internship or visiting professional placement.Applicants must therefore be able to support themselves for the entire duration of their internship or visiting professional placement.

Expected salary

Location

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland

Job date

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 07:07:45 GMT

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