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Posting Date

11/12/2025

Deadline for Applications

18/12/2025 (midnight The Hague time)

Organizational Unit

Registry Legal Office, Registry

Duty Station

The Hague – NL

Type of Appointment

Short Term Appointment

Minimum Net Annual Salary

€71,288.00

Contract Duration

3 months

Special Notice:

A Short-Term Appointment is used to recruit staff to meet short-term needs. The duration of this assignment is provided above. The maximum duration of a short-term appointment including extensions shall not exceed 12 months.

A Short-Term Appointment does not carry any expectancy, legal or otherwise, of renewal and shall not be converted to any other type of appointment.

Due to the short-term nature of the assignment, the ICC reserves the right to make an appointment at one grade lower than that stated in the vacancy with a modified job description.

A current ICC staff member who is holding a fixed-term appointment may apply for any short-term position. Where a current ICC staff member is selected to a short-term position, he or she will be temporarily assigned to the position in line with section 4.10 of ICC/AI/2016/001. GS-level posts are subject to local recruitment only.

The terms and conditions of service for staff members appointed under a short-term appointment are governed by ICC/AI/2016/001.

Organisational Context

The Registry Legal Office (“RLO”) combines a commitment to legal excellence with a result-oriented and policy-friendly approach in delivering legal services. The RLO operates as a dynamic and multifaceted international law practice in anticipation of, and in response to, client requirements, in both operational and policy matters.

The RLO supports the performance of the legal functions of the Registrar under the Rome Statute, Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Regulations of the Court, Regulations of the Registry, Financial Regulations and Rules, Staff Regulations and Rules, and other legal instruments governing the ICC. This concerns both the judicial functioning of the ICC, where the Registry is involved, and legal matters affecting the ICC as an international organisation and its legal position as a whole. In performing this dual role, the Office is responsible for ensuring the quality, uniformity and consistency of legal positions across the Registry and its Divisions of Judicial Services, External Operations, and Management Services – including the coordination of an internal legal network. The Office provides a broad range of legal services, including drafting, negotiating, advising and litigating.

The RLO is headed by the Senior Legal Adviser who, together with the Registrar and the three Directors, is a member of the Registry Management Team. The Associate Legal Officer reports to the Senior Legal Adviser or Legal Adviser.

Duties and Responsibilities

Within this framework, and under the direct supervision of the Senior Legal Adviser or the Legal Adviser, the incumbent will perform the following duties:

• Conducts extensive legal research and analysis;
• Contributes to the preparation and drafting of (complex) legal documents including legal submissions, correspondence, memoranda, legal opinions and briefs;
• Contributes to providing advice to client sections and assists in providing advice to the Registrar and other senior officials of the Court;
• Assists in negotiating contracts, agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoU) with a variety of parties within the Court;
• Prepares summaries and updates of legal and factual issues;
• Monitors judicial proceedings, provides advice on decisions and prepares summaries and digests for various purposes of the Registry;
• Provides support in developing the operational framework for delivery of legal services including establishing and managing work flows, work processes, SOPs, systems and databases and central repositories of legal opinions and research, agreements, contracts and MoU;
• Supports the Senior Legal Adviser and/or the Legal Adviser in the efficient operation of the Registry Legal Network; and
• Performs other or additional duties as assigned by the Senior Legal Adviser or the Legal Adviser.

Essential Qualifications

Education:

Advanced university degree in law with specialisation in international law. A first level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience is accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Bar admission or equivalent (e.g. solicitor), with post-qualification experience, would be considered an asset.

Work Experience:

A minimum of four years (two years with an advanced university degree) of progressively responsible professional experience in a legal environment relevant to the work of the Court, and to the aforementioned duties and responsibilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Thorough theoretical and practical knowledge of the law governing the Court: public international law, international institutional law, and international criminal law, including the case law of the Court and other international criminal tribunals.
• Strongly developed legal skills, including excellent drafting (concise, well-reasoned, persuasive, and legally and factually accurate) and research skills.
• Good organisation skills to ensure consistent and timely legal advice.
• Strong analytical skills, and effective communication, negotiation and advocacy skills, combined with interpersonal skills and political sensitivity.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of the legal, political, administrative, financial and procedural framework of the Court in both operational and policy matters.
• Knowledge of relevant (electronic) document and information management systems.
• Sound judgment; ability to contribute to innovation and eliminate barriers to effective and efficient work practices.
• Proven track record of good customer service within an international organization and a complex multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent decision-making skills.
• Professionalism and integrity.

Knowledge of Languages:

Proficiency in either of the working languages of the Court (English and French) is required and a working knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish) would be considered an asset.

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General Information

Candidates appointed to posts at a P-5 grade or in the Director category are subject to a maximum aggregate length of service of seven years. This is pursuant to a decision of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP Resolution ICC-ASP/23/Res.2 – ICC-ASP-23-Res.2-ENG) to implement a tenure policy at the Court as of 1 January 2025.

– The selected candidate will be subject to a Personnel Security Clearance (PSC) process in accordance with ICC policy. The PSC process will include but will not be limited to, verification of the information provided in the personal history form and a criminal record check.

– Applicants may check the status of vacancies on ICC E-Recruitment web-site.

– Post to be filled by a national of a State Party to the ICC Statute, or of a State which has signed and is engaged in the ratification process or which is engaged in the accession process. This is pursuant to a decision of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP Resolution ICC-ASP/23/Res.3 – ICC-ASP-23-Res.3-ENG) to introduce a moratorium on the recruitment by the ICC of staff of non-States Parties’ nationality.

– In accordance with the Rome Statute, the ICC aims to achieve fair representation of women and men for all positions, representation of the principal legal systems of the world for legal positions, and equitable geographical representation for positions in the professional category.

– Applications from female candidates are particularly encouraged.

– The International Criminal Court applies the Inter-Organization Mobility Accord and can support secondment of staff from organizations of the United Nations Common System.