Legal Monitoring Consultant

The Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice has an immediate opening for a Part-Time Legal Monitoring Consultant to work in our Legal Monitoring Programme.

Responsibilities: tracking and analysing judicial decisions of the International Criminal Court; writing summaries of decisions from a gender perspective; legal research; writing and editing other documents and publications as needed.

Qualifications: law degree; master's degree in international criminal law or related field strongly preferred; excellent legal writing and analytical skills; 2-3 years minimum experience in international law; expertise in international criminal law and familiarity with the International Criminal Court; expertise in women's rights strongly preferred; fluency in English required and fluency in French strongly preferred.

This is a part-time position for 2-3 days per week for a minimum of 6 months. The Part-Time Legal Monitoring Consultant will be part of the Legal Monitoring Team which is coordinated from our Hague office and will work closely with Legal Officers located in The Hague. However, it is not essential for this post to be based in The Hague.

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In order to apply for the Part-Time Legal Monitoring Consultant position, please send the following information to info@iccwomen.org, using "Application Legal Monitoring Consultant" as subject line:

Curriculum vitae.
An unedited writing sample (15 pages or less), on a topic relevant to our work.
One A4-page (about 500 words) explaining why you are interested in working with us. Please include in this letter your connection to gender and women's rights issues as well as a description of your expertise and how that may be of benefit to us.
Contact information for two references, including one employer; references will be contacted for those selected for interviews.
Before sending your application, please review the information on our website (www.iccwomen.org) carefully.

Application deadline: Candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. The deadline for applications is 14 January 2013.

Only short-listed individuals will be invited for an interview. No phone calls, please.