Overview
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY!
Job location: Arusha
Anticipated length: Three to SIx Months
Department/Office: International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Job type: Legal
Job: Legal Affairs
Closing date: 29th April, 2024
Workstation: Arusha
Job number: 232408
Responsibilities and Duties:
Organizational Design and Reporting Applications for legal internships are being accepted by the Arusha Branch of the Office of the Prosecutor (“OTP”) of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) in Arusha, Tanzania. The internships will begin on May 15, 2024, and run up to a maximum of six months after that. In your cover letter, please specify the duration of your desired internship. In order to fulfill the essential duties of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”) after their respective mandates have expired, the Security Council of the United Nations established the Mechanism in 2010. The Mechanism works to preserve the legacy of these two groundbreaking international criminal tribunals and to represent best practices in the field of international criminal justice in the course of its ad hoc and continuing functions. The Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism (OTP) offers legal, judicial, institutional, diplomatic, and administrative support to the Prosecutor of the Mechanism in carrying out his mandated duties. The OTP operates out of both branches of the Mechanism, which are situated in The Hague, The Netherlands, and Arusha, Tanzania. Selected applicants will report to and be supervised by legal officers at the OTP of the Arusha Branch. The Mechanism offers full-time, unpaid internships.
The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday. For general information, including the following, interested candidates should visit the Mechanism’s internship webpage at https://www.irmct.org/en/recruitment/internship/internship-programme:
The terms and conditions of the Mechanism’s internship program, the internship program, and the program guidelines are all included. Accountabilities Legal interns will support OTP counsel in a variety of ways under the direction of Senior Legal Officers and Legal Officers in the OTP, Arusha branch. Interns can be involved in the following activities:
(i) conducting in-depth legal and factual research;
(ii) helping to draft memoranda on matters pertaining to international humanitarian law and international and comparative criminal law and procedure;
(iii) working on a variety of issues related to the Mechanism’s ongoing operations, such as review and contempt investigations and proceedings, as well as other post-conviction litigation;
(iv) helping with any tasks related to fugitive tracking;
(v) analyzing and summarizing witness testimony/evidence;
(vi) helping to provide services to national authorities.
(vii) carrying out duties as needed, such as citation checking and gathering and organizing legal materials.
Requirements and unique abilities:
Candidates must fulfill one of the following requirements at the time of application:
(a) Have finished or be enrolled in the last year of a first-year university degree program in a legal discipline, with a minimum bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
(b) Have finished or be enrolled in a graduate program leading to a second university degree (Master’s degree) or its equivalent. Candidates need to know how to use standard software on a computer. To apply for the UN Internship Program, you do not need to have any prior employment experience.
During your internship, the UN should profit from your education, training, and advanced coursework. Please provide examples to demonstrate how you achieve this requirement. Candidates must have either finished a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. program, be enrolled in the final year of their first university degree (bachelor or equivalent), or be in the program for a Master’s or Ph.D. Please specify which qualification you are applying for and include documentation of it. Please be aware that you will eventually need to present an official certificate.
Language:
The Mechanism may operate in both French and English. It is necessary to speak and write English fluently. Proficiency in French is preferred.
Extra Details:
ALL of the following documents are necessary for this post. Applications that are not comprehensive will not be examined. Just those who have been shortlisted will be contacted due to the volume of applications. Note that certain documents are only available in French or English. Please send the materials listed below, each with the job opening number, to internshipoffice@un.org.
1. A cover letter that specifies the start and end dates of the internship;
2. Two recommendation letters, preferably from professional or academic references;
3. Copies of transcripts from university or law school, or enrollment (including courses taken and grades received); and
4. A writing sample, preferably no more than ten pages long and preferably in a subject related to the work of the Mechanism.
Text Particular to Interns:
Interns are not financially remunerated by the United Nations. Costs and arrangements for travel, visas, accommodation and living expenses are the responsibility of interns or their sponsoring institutions. Interns who are not citizens or permanent residents of the country where the internship is undertaken, may be required to obtain the appropriate visa and work/employment authorization. Successful candidates should discuss their specific visa requirements before accepting the internship offer.
No Charge:
At all stages of the hiring process—application, interview, processing, and training—the United Nations does not impose fees. INFORMATION ABOUT APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS DOES NOT APPLY TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
