Legal Officer - Den Haag, Nederland - International Criminal Court (ICC) - Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI)
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Beschrijving
Deadline for Applications:
- 10/07/2024 (midnight The Hague time)
Organizational Unit: - Chambers, Judiciary
Duty Station: - The Hague
- NL
Type of Appointment: - Fixed-Term Appointment
Minimum Net Annual Salary:
Contract Duration:
- To be determinedThis recruitment for a roster of Legal Officers (P3) to be deployed in any of the three judicial Divisions.
Organizational Context
Under articles 34(b) and 36(1) of the Rome Statute, the Chambers are composed of 18 judges, distributed between three divisions: PreTrial, Trial and Appeals.
The Presidency decides on the assignment of judges to judicial divisions following consultation with them, assigns situations and cases to the PreTrial and Trial Divisions, and manages the overall budgetary and staffing requirements of the Judiciary as a whole.
_PreTrial Division_
The PreTrial Division handles all requests regarding either the initiation of an investigation or the preservation of evidence during the investigation and the entire first phase of judicial proceedings, up to the confirmation of the charges on which the case against the person(s) charged proceeds to trial.
The Judges of the President Division elect from amongst their members a President of the Division, who oversees its administration.
The judicial functions in the Pre-Trial Division are carried out by Pre-Trial Chambers composed of three judges or by a single judge.
In each Pre-Trial Chamber, the judges decide on a presiding judge.Legal and administrative staff is assigned to a Division and its judges to support their work. The legal staff provides assistance to each Chamber and is led by the Legal Adviser.
_Trial Division_
The Trial Division is composed of the Trial Chambers, whose mandate is to conduct trials, following confirmation of charges by the PreTrial Chambers.
In conducting the trials, the Chambers are required to ensure, in accordance with article 64 of the Rome Statute, that a trial is fair and expeditious and is conducted with full respect for the rights of the accused and due regard for the protection of victims and witnesses.
_Appeals Division_
The principal statutory function of the Appeals Chamber is to hear final appeals against decisions on acquittal or conviction and sentence, and potentially reparations at the end of a trial, as well as interlocutory appeals against certain decisions of the PreTrial and Trial Chambers made in the course of proceedings.
Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Head of Chambers' Staff and the direct supervision of the respective Division Legal Adviser, and within a Chamber's legal team as the case may be, the Legal Officer:
Provides specialised independent legal advice through the performance of the following tasks:
- Conducts in depth legal research in international criminal law, humanitarian law, human rights law and other relevant bodies of law, on both procedural and substantive issues, and supervising of legal research.
- Prepares memoranda and drafts of decisions and orders, either alone or in conjunction with others, and reviews memoranda and drafts prepared by others.
- Maintains files of the Court's practice, monitors and ensures that the judges are informed of relevant developments in international law and practice.
- Coordinates a Chamber's legal team and supervises the work of more junior staff members/interns.
- As part of a Chamber's team, coordinates and manages the case and evidence.
- Anticipates procedural issues that may arise in the course of judicial proceedings and apprises the Judge accordingly.
- Attends court hearings and liaises with the different actors in the proceedings in order to ensure the smooth preparation of the hearing.
- Provides liaison between the different divisions and chambers of the Court, other organs of the Court and the public, as the case may be.
- Performs any other legal tasks as required by the Chamber's Judges and/or the respective Division's Legal Adviser.
Essential Qualifications
- Education:_
A first level degree in combination with two additional years of progressively relevant experience is accepted in lieu of advanced university degree.
- Experience: _
A minimum of five years (seven years with a first level university degree) of progressively responsible legal experience in either international criminal law, humanitarian law, or criminal law is required.
- Skills and abilities: _
- Excellent knowledge of international criminal law and good knowledge of criminal law and procedure of the Common Law and Romano-Germanic systems of law; in dept
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