About Us
Global Rights Compliance, founded in 2013, is an international human rights law foundation specialising in international humanitarian law, international criminal law and business human rights. Global Rights Compliance’s mission is to provide justice through the innovative application of international law. We operate in conflict-affected and high-risk areas around the world in over 45 countries.
With its main office in Kyiv, Ukraine, GRC is part of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) initiated by the US, the EU, and the UK, to assist and facilitate Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting international crimes. Special expert groups known as Mobile Justice Teams (MJTs) are composed of legal specialists and operate in both Kyiv and the regions to provide strategic advice and operational assistance to Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) in the investigation and prosecution of atrocity crimes in Ukraine.
Our legal specialists work closely with investigators and prosecutors to provide support in prosecuting international crimes, advising and assisting in the documentation, investigation, and prosecution.
GRC team members operate in senior roles as Prosecutors, Investigators, Lawyers and Legal Advisors leading and supporting major investigations and building prosecution cases with national prosecuting agencies on a global basis.
Starvation Track: GRC has a dedicated starvation and humanitarian crisis work stream. For the last six years, GRC has become the leading legal organisation on prohibiting, preventing and seeking accountability for mass starvation and associated violations. We possess unrivalled expertise and granular knowledge of the crime of starvation, derived from a dedicated portfolio of analysis, accountability and investigative work. We have conducted multiple starvation investigations with partners and pursued advocacy and accountability documentation accurately and sensitively with often unseen datasets and political nuance, with extensive experience in partnering with OSINT providers to pursue innovative investigative avenues. Our principal geographic focus has been Syria, South Sudan and Yemen, Tigray, Ethiopia with a more recent focus on Ukraine. For more information on GRC’s starvation workstream, visit: https://starvationaccountability.org
We are looking for an International Lawyer to join our International team. We are seeking specialisms/experiences covering the full spectrum of criminal conduct that can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including deportation, detention/torture and other inhumane acts, CRSV, plunder, starvation indiscriminate/disproportionate attacks, and genocide. This role further requires complimentary experience of working in case building and the prosecution of large-scale international crimes.
Duty Station: Remote
Contract Duration: 12 Months
The Role
- Advising on a range of international crimes.
- Legal research and jurisprudence review.
- Preparation and delivery of training.
- Collection of information for prosecutorial purposes from open-source and elsewhere.
- Analysis for the purposes of case building including witness statements and summaries.
- Supporting in community outreach and survivor centred witness and victim engagement.
- Facilitation during meetings and other interactions with relevant stakeholders.
- Providing support in ongoing investigations and other investigations.
- Open to possible field travels.
Your Background
- 5+ years of relevant investigative experience in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide.
- Experience in a national or international prosecution, legal or human rights team.
- Practical experience working with justice actors.
- Flexible and creative; able to work in an unstructured, changeable &
- fast-moving environment, proactive, anticipating problems and solutions orientated.
- Not requiring detailed guidance to get started; can be given a ‘desired outcome and figure out the action areas required to reach it.
- Practical thinker, able to break down and pursue the elements required to operationalise an investigative/prosecutorial strategy.
- Willing to support all aspects of a national investigative/prosecutorial strategy.
- Administratively competent; able to manage competing urgent demands.
- Practical experience of working with highly sensitive material and an ability to demonstrate the requisite skill in storing, sharing and working with such material.
- Fluency in English, verbal and written skills.
How to apply
How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and a short cover letter (in English) to Application Form – International Lawyer by 10 January 2025.