Legal Advisor at International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC

Description of the role

The incumbent performs the following activities:

• Provide legal advice and guidance to colleagues across Africa on matters related to Protection and Management of the Dead and Missing Persons as well as other forensic areas of relevance to ICRC’s mandate.
• Support the regional legal department based in the Pretoria delegation in its legal analysis of laws, policies, and procedures in the region related to Protection and Management of the Dead and Missing Persons, and identification of gaps in those laws.
• Support the regional legal department by developing recommendations for addressing gaps in the laws in the region to improve national implementation
• Support and promote national implementation by States of relevant laws related to Missing Persons and Protection and Management of the Dead
• Support humanitarian diplomacy efforts of the African Centre of Expertise to motivate policy level changes, including by drafting key messages from a regional perspective
• Deliver presentations on the relevant law at events targeting African stakeholders working on Management of the Dead and Missing person issues and other forensic areas of relevance to ICRC’s mandate.
• Support Missing and Deceased Program Oversight Committee operating in South Africa and Zimbabwe with a view to the Program possibly being expanded and/or replicated
• Collaborate with the ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency and its Global Hub, including on the development of legal and policy frameworks related to the National Information Bureaux

Minimum required qualification & experience:

• Master’s degree in Law
• Good knowledge of International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law, and the criminal justice system (knowledge of International Criminal Law and the African Human Rights system is an advantage)
• Good knowledge of comparative law and its methodology
• Fluent in spoken and written English and French (another African language will be an asset)
• Computer proficiency

We are looking for someone responsible, organized, and with a good sense of teamwork, initiative, and respect for ICRC values. Should be able to work autonomously and with pro-activity.

Please submit your application: CV, cover letter, and copies of diplomas/certificates by electronic mail with the mention in the subject “application to the position of DHP and Legal Advisor to: [email protected]