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LELegal Action Worldwide
Legal Officer – Middle East Programme(m/w/x)
Genf
from CHF 75,780 - 77,052 / year
Full-timeOn-siteExperienced
Nejo AI Summary
Advancing strategic litigation and shaping legal strategies for human rights violations. Minimum 4 years litigating and investigating international crimes required. Work in independent non-profit, survivor-centred justice focus.
Requirements
- Right to work in Switzerland
- Bachelor's degree in law, criminal justice, human rights, or international law
- Minimum 4 years experience litigating human rights, humanitarian law, or international criminal law
- Minimum 4 years experience investigating human rights violations or international crimes
- Experience as investigator within international tribunal or mechanism is desirable
- Strong understanding of gender perspectives in armed conflict and fragile security contexts
- Demonstrated experience working with partners on litigation initiatives
- Experience in case preparation and development, including investigation, case strategy, legal drafting
- Proficiency in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English and Arabic is highly desirable
- Good knowledge and understanding of Middle East context and implications for justice and accountability
- Familiarity with volatile and unpredictable nature of working in conflict environments
Tasks
- Advance strategic litigation initiatives
- Contribute to human rights outcomes
- Support in-depth investigations
- Produce high-quality legal memoranda and arguments
- Shape effective legal strategies
- Support joint legal initiatives with partners
- Initiate and develop litigation in international human rights and humanitarian law
- Deliver analysis on legal frameworks
- Draft legal documents and submissions
- Support strategies for investigating international crimes and human rights violations
- Conduct open-source research on specific incidents
- Monitor open sources for investigation leads
- Embed gender proactive, trauma-informed, and survivor-led approaches
- Build engagement with partner organizations and stakeholders
- Design and implement advocacy strategies
- Monitor legal and policy developments
- Identify opportunities for strategic litigation
- Support internal coordination within the legal team
- Manage case documentation and knowledge sharing
- Implement Middle East-focused projects
- Facilitate high-level advocacy events
- Liaise with panellists and prepare event materials
- Organize meetings and prepare agendas
- Take notes during meetings
- Support other activities as directed
Work Experience
- 4 years
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
- Arabic – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MS Office
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
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Legal Officer – Middle East Programme(m/w/x)
Genf
from CHF 75,780 - 77,052 / year
Full-timeOn-siteExperienced
Nejo AI Summary
Advancing strategic litigation and shaping legal strategies for human rights violations. Minimum 4 years litigating and investigating international crimes required. Work in independent non-profit, survivor-centred justice focus.
Requirements
- Right to work in Switzerland
- Bachelor's degree in law, criminal justice, human rights, or international law
- Minimum 4 years experience litigating human rights, humanitarian law, or international criminal law
- Minimum 4 years experience investigating human rights violations or international crimes
- Experience as investigator within international tribunal or mechanism is desirable
- Strong understanding of gender perspectives in armed conflict and fragile security contexts
- Demonstrated experience working with partners on litigation initiatives
- Experience in case preparation and development, including investigation, case strategy, legal drafting
- Proficiency in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English and Arabic is highly desirable
- Good knowledge and understanding of Middle East context and implications for justice and accountability
- Familiarity with volatile and unpredictable nature of working in conflict environments
Tasks
- Advance strategic litigation initiatives
- Contribute to human rights outcomes
- Support in-depth investigations
- Produce high-quality legal memoranda and arguments
- Shape effective legal strategies
- Support joint legal initiatives with partners
- Initiate and develop litigation in international human rights and humanitarian law
- Deliver analysis on legal frameworks
- Draft legal documents and submissions
- Support strategies for investigating international crimes and human rights violations
- Conduct open-source research on specific incidents
- Monitor open sources for investigation leads
- Embed gender proactive, trauma-informed, and survivor-led approaches
- Build engagement with partner organizations and stakeholders
- Design and implement advocacy strategies
- Monitor legal and policy developments
- Identify opportunities for strategic litigation
- Support internal coordination within the legal team
- Manage case documentation and knowledge sharing
- Implement Middle East-focused projects
- Facilitate high-level advocacy events
- Liaise with panellists and prepare event materials
- Organize meetings and prepare agendas
- Take notes during meetings
- Support other activities as directed
Work Experience
- 4 years
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
- Arabic – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- MS Office
- Excel
- Word
- PowerPoint
Find the original job posting in its most current version here. Nejo automatically captured this job from the website of Legal Action Worldwide and processed the information on Nejo with the help of AI for you. Despite careful analysis, some information may be incomplete or inaccurate. Please always verify all details in the original posting! Content and copyrights of the original posting belong to the advertising company.
About the Company
Legal Action Worldwide
Industry
NonProfit
Description
Legal Action Worldwide is an independent non-profit organisation comprised of human rights lawyers and jurists, united in their belief that those who have experienced grave human rights violations and international crimes should receive targeted, survivor-centred support to access justice.
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