Are you a specialist in international humanitarian law and passionate about applying IHL as a tool to enhance protection within conflict? If you have demonstrated excellence in IHL, over a period of 5 years through to over 30 years, here at the Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre we would welcome your application to join our IHL Expert Roster.
Who we are
Diakonia is a Swedish non-profit and non-political organization for international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. Diakonia supports more than 400 partner organisations in 25 countries – in Africa, Asia. Latin America and the Middle East. The base for Diakonia’s work is people’s will to improve and change the world. Fundamental thematic areas for Diakonia are democracy, gender equity and human rights. Our work is based on the rights-based approach (RBA) and feminist principles. Read more about us on www.diakonia.se
As of 2017, Diakonia established its flagship International Humanitarian Law Centre which works on Israel/Palestine, Syria (and Region) and Mali, as well as selected global initiatives. The Diakonia International Humanitarian Law Centre engages in the global promotion for the respect of international humanitarian law (IHL). The Centre believe that through promoting respect of basic legal standards in the most challenging of circumstances it can contribute to generating an environment where people and their communities can eventually live side by side, in peace and with their basic rights fully respected.
In order to support the ongoing activities and projects across the Centre throughout the strategic period, the Centre is looking to enhance the expert legal support through the creation of an expert roster. This specific type of support needed will be dependent on the needs of the Desks. Therefore, both specific contextual experience, and/or thematic experts are invited to apply.
The roster will be updated and renewed on an annual basis.
Minimum Qualifications and Professional Experience
· Degree in law (JD or LLM) with specialization and/or experience in international humanitarian law, international human rights law and international criminal law;
· Outstanding level of English and/or French writing proficiency;
· Five years experience working in the field of human rights, humanitarian law, or international law;
· Demonstrated expertise and credibility in the IHL community, demonstrated through publications and engagement in academic discourse.
· Experience, or interest and motivation, of working with gender mainstreaming within the field of human rights, humanitarian law, or international law.
How to apply
If you meet all of the minimum qualifications, please submit the following documents to [email protected] by the 15th of March 2021.
a) Cover letter setting out your motivation for applying to roster. The letter should also set out specific areas of IHL expertise, for example cultural property, disability, gender, detention, conduct of hostilities. Those that are able to identify clear and specific thematic expertise will be prioritised. Language capacity should also be clearly set out.
b) Resume/CV
c) Fee expectations at both an hourly and daily rate (inclusive of VAT)[1].
d) Availability indication based on both weekly hours available and duration of assignment. (Example: I am available for a period of 3 months, at a maximum of 10 hours per week.)
*Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Process
Those selected for inclusion into the roster will be contacted directly. Specific tenders will then be sent to three rostered candidates per assignment based on an assessment of relevant experience, thematic excellence and availability. Inclusion within the roster provides no guarantee of selection for tendering of projects. It should be noted that the IHL Centre will also advertise for all open employment positions as and when they are available.
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