Legal Intern
Company: United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Application Deadline: Rolling basis
Qualifications
- Enrolled in, or have completed, the final academic year of a first university degree programme in Legal fields
- Enrolled in, or have completed, a graduate school programme (Master’s degree or equivalent, or higher)
- Fluency in English
Competencies
- Conducting comprehensive legal and factual research
- Assisting in drafting memoranda on international humanitarian law
- Analysing and summarising witness testimony/evidence
- Assisting in providing assistance to national authorities
- Computer literacy in standard software applications
- Working knowledge of French is desirable
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive legal and factual research
- Assist in drafting memoranda on issues of international humanitarian law
- Work on a range of issues related to the continuing functions of the Mechanism
- Analyse and summarise witness testimony/evidence
- Assist in providing assistance to national authorities and capacity-building initiatives
- Perform cite checking and compile and collate legal materials