International Criminal Court
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The ICC has an internship program for each the Presidency and Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry.
Each Organ has specific requirements and offers specific opportunities for interns, and have separate application procedures, with differing closing dates. You can only apply to one Organ at a time.
While interns don’t receive remuneration for their work, there is an EC grant program available that covers the cost of living in the Hague, approximately €350 per month.
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[edit] About
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. The Court came into being on July 1, 2002 — the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, entered into force — and it can only prosecute crimes committed on or after that date.
As of February 2008, 105 states are members of the Court. A further 41 countries have signed but not ratified the Rome Statute. However, a number of states, including China, India and the United States, are critical of the Court and have not joined.
The Court can generally exercise jurisdiction only in cases where the accused is a national of a state party, the alleged crime took place on the territory of a state party, or a situation is referred to the Court by the United Nations Security Council. The Court is designed to complement existing national judicial systems: it can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute such crimes. Primary responsibility to investigate and punish crimes is therefore reserved to individual states.
To date, the Court has opened investigations into four situations: Northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic and Darfur. The Court has issued public arrest warrants for ten people; five of them remain free, two have died, and three are in custody, awaiting trial.
The official seat of the Court is in The Hague, Netherlands, but its proceedings may take place anywhere. The ICC is sometimes referred to as a "world court"; it should not be confused with the International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, which is the United Nations organ that settles disputes between nations.
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[edit] Opportunities
The ICC has both an internship and 'visiting professionals' program.
Candidates for these programs are selected by selection rounds or campaigns, inviting applications for a specific period of time.
There are three Organs of the Court participating in the Court’s Internship and Visiting Professional Programme namely the Presidency and Chambers, Office of the Prosecutor and the Registry. Each organ has different internship opportunities available.
Candidates may only apply to one Organ at a time.
[edit] Presidency and Chambers
[edit] Office of the Prosecutor
[edit] Registry
[edit] Requirements
[edit] General requirements
Academic
- Candidates must have a degree or be in the final stages of study with a recognised very good record of academic performance
- Applicants to legal positions are welcome from graduates from: criminal law, public international law, international humanitarian law, human rights law, comparative law and criminology.
- Applicants to non-legal positions are welcome from graduates from: history, international relations, political science, journalism, translation and interpretation, information technology and communication, logistics, human resources management, social psychology, administrative sciences, forensic science, statistics or economics.
- Other graduates may also be considered.
Language
- At least one of the working languages of the ICC (English or French), a working knowledge of both languages is desirable.
- Knowledge of any of the other official languages is an asset: Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish.
Other
- Applicants must be under 35 years of age
- Willing to adapt to a multicultural and multilingual environment
- Ability to work in a team and independently
- A good standard of computer literacy
[edit] Cost
ICC Internships are unfunded. However, there is an EC grant program available to support interns who are deemed to be most in need of financial assistance. The grant is awarded to applicants upon the basis of eligibility criteria that reflects the aims of the EC grant progam.
The aims include:
- Increase the number of participants from developing countries
- Facilitate contact between the ICC and academic institutions to allow the ICC to access talented legal professionals and to include the ICC in the international network of intellectual and academic excellence
- Raise awareness and improve knowledge of the Rome Statute provisions
- Increase public awareness and support for the mandate of the ICC
- Strengthen the system established by the Rome Statute
The EC grant provides a stipend of €950 per month to assist with living costs in the Hague. It also provides medical insurance and the costs of return travel to the Hague.
