Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.
Required Documents for This Application
Please 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).
- Two reference letters (one academic).
- Scanned copies of university degrees and/or diplomas.
- Scanned copies of official academic transcripts that state your courses, results and completion date.
One short essay on a subject relevant to the work of the Court (maximum of 750 words, single spaced, type written).
Contract Duration
Interns are required to work full time for a period between three and six months (to be agreed to prior to commencement). Internship placements shall not be extended beyond six months.
The Opportunity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individual charges with the gravest crimes of concerns to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crime of aggression. The Court is participating in the global fight to end impunity, and through the international criminal justice, the Court aims to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes and to help prevent the crimes from happening again. You can contribute to this cause by joining the ICC.
Organisational Context
The 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 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 implements the Cooperation and Complementarity Policy when it comes to Judicial cooperation et is responsible for the coordination of the Cooperation and Complementarity Forum, intended to serve as a dynamic platform for information exchange and coordination between the OTP and national authorities. The Forum seeks to serve as a proactive and innovative approach to collaboration, enabling the ICC, States Parties, as well as non-States Parties, to assist each other in supporting the investigation and prosecution of core international crimes. It is one of the most important mechanism through which the Office will seek to implement its vision as a hub for global efforts to combat impunity for international crimes.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Judicial Cooperation Adviser, the incumbent will assist the Judicial Cooperation team to perform tasks in the area of judicial cooperation, including:
- Assist in preparation meetings on judicial cooperation regarding the implementation of the Complementarity and Cooperation policy including the follow up of the related Forum of practionners;
- Assist the processing and improving the templates of the incoming and outgoing requests for assistance (RFA) and related templates:
- Assist in ensuring compliance with requirements of the requested State or relevant organisation and manage the update of the requirements fact sheets ;
- Assist in updating of judicial assistance database to track compliance and enable timely follow-up;
- Assist Unified teams with incoming requests for assistance when it comes to External Affairs Unit’s scope;
- Take minutes and preparing summaries of relevant meetings about judicial cooperation;
- Participate with team members in relevant internal meetings;
- Assist in 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 Qualifications
Education:
All Candidates must have a degree or be in the final stages of their studies in International Criminal Law, International Relations, Political Science, Public Administration or a related field at a recognised university. 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.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments.
- Possesses sound knowledge of international relations, and strong oral communication and drafting skills.
- Has acquired a very good level of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).
Knowledge of Languages:
Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other 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 here.
Remuneration
Please 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.
