POSITION AVAILABLE
LEGAL OFFICER – INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
FOCUS: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
LOCATION: THE HAGUE
Seeking a lawyer with at least five years’ legal practice
experience, including particular experience with the International Criminal
Court, and/or with other international and hybrid courts; knowledge of justice
institutions within Africa, preferred.
The Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and
tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Open
societies are characterized by the rule of law; respect for human rights,
minorities, and a diversity of opinions; democratically elected governments;
market economies in which business and government are separate; and a civil
society that helps keep government power in check. To achieve its mission, OSI
seeks to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political,
legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. On a local level,
OSI implements a range of initiatives to advance justice, education, public
health, and independent media. At the same time, OSI builds alliances across
borders and continents on issues such as corruption and freedom of information.
OSI places high priority on protecting and improving the lives of marginalized
people and communities! .
The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational
program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) <http://www.soros.org/>
, pursues law reform activities grounded in the protection of human rights, and
contributes to the development of legal capacity for open societies worldwide.
The Justice Initiative combines litigation, legal advocacy, technical
assistance, and the dissemination of knowledge to secure advances in the
following priority areas: anticorruption, equality and citizenship, freedom of
information and expression, international justice, and national criminal
justice. Its offices are in Abuja, Brussels, Budapest, London, New York, and
Washington DC.
In the area of International Justice, the Justice
Initiative undertakes projects that strengthen international and hybrid courts
established to secure accountability for international crimes. In some
instances, it works to strengthen the capacity of national courts to prosecute
these crimes, particularly in contexts where an international tribunal has been
established. For example, the program has been involved in developing the
capacity of Rwandan courts to take over genocide cases that cannot be
prosecuted before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Based in The Hague, The Netherlands, the Legal Officer
works under the supervision of the Senior Legal Officer, International Justice,
in all assigned tasks focused principally on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Responsibilities
Legal Advocacy and Analysis
· Develop
and maintain professional relationships with all organs of the ICC, as well as
relevant media, diplomatic personnel and non governmental organizations;
· Liaise
with the Assembly of States Parties Hague working group on ICC cooperation;
·
Participate in ICC-NGO meetings and Assembly of States Parties
functions;
· Foster
ICC contacts with NGOs in situation countries and other countries/regions where
ICC activity is underway or likely;
· Develop
and maintain strong relationships and partnerships with civil society,
government and inter-governmental actors in these countries/regions, including
the African Union;
· Provide
ongoing analysis of, and research, draft and participate in outreach to disseminate,
reports on ICC-related issues, including complementarity, witness proofing,
victim and witness protection, immunity for cooperating witnesses,
relationships with NGOs and governments.
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