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Legal Internship

Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice - 30 September 2009

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Job Category: Legal

Job Experience: Internships

Job Country: Netherlands

Expiration date: 30 October 2009

Contact Name: Human Resources Department

Contact Email: Apply now

Job Description

The Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice is seeking law or graduate students with a strong background in international law and strong legal research skills, and a good knowledge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for summer legal internships. The internship requires fluency in written and spoken English; additional French language skills are strongly preferred. The legal internship is full-time, however, for exceptional candidates based in the Netherlands, part-time internships may also be a possibility.

Legal interns will make an essential contribution to the work of the Legal Team. Tasks may include: monitoring, summarizing, and analyzing filings, decisions, and proceedings of the ICC; research projects on the work of the Court and issues of gender and international criminal law; contributions to our events and program work; English/French translations; and some administrative work. The legal internship will provide an excellent opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge about the work of the Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice and the work of the ICC.

This is an unpaid internship based in our Hague office.

In order to apply for Legal Intern position, please send the following information to info@iccwomen.org, with “application for Legal Internship” in the subject line:
1. Your CV;
2. Your dates of availability;
3. Details of self-funding;
4. One A4-page (about 500 words) explaining why you are interested in interning or volunteering 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;
5. Two reference letters;
6. Any other information you think might be of relevance to us. For example, overseas experience, proficiency in languages other than English and French, experience in working for a NGO, etc.

Before sending your application, please review the information on our website (www.iccwomen.org) carefully.

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

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