Assistant Lawyer – France Registry of the European Court of Human Rights

Job Profile: Assistant Lawyer – France, Registry of the European Court of Human Rights

About:

The European Court of Human Rights oversees the implementation of the European Convention on
Human Rights in the member States. Individuals can bring complaints of human rights violations to the Strasbourg Court once all possibilities of appeal have been exhausted in the member State concerned.

Role:

As an Assistant Lawyer, you will assist more senior members of staff in the preparation of correspondence with applicants and draft decisions in standard form cases. You will:
 examine and deal with applications in prima facie inadmissible cases and in cases which can be dealt with in a standard manner;
 draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents;
 advise applicants, in correspondence or, if necessary, in interviews, on the conditions of admissibility of applications;
 attend the Court’s sessions and present applications;

 assist one or more experienced case-lawyers, where necessary, in the preparation of cases for examination by the Court.

Qualification and Eligibility

You must:
 have completed 4 years of validated studies in France, in particular in the fields of French private law (especially civil and criminal law) and/or public law, attested by a higher education degree in law obtained in France of a standard permitting access, either on the basis of qualifications or after passing a competitive examination, to the judicial administration or legal professions in France;
 after having obtained the relevant higher education degree in law, have a maximum of two years of relevant professional experience acquired in the legal field (preferably in the judicial service) in France or in international Organisations;
 have an excellent knowledge of French (mother tongue level) and the ability to draft legal texts therein clearly and precisely;
 have a good knowledge of the other official language of the Council of Europe (English);
 be a citizen of one of the member States of the Council of Europe and fulfil the conditions for appointment to the civil service of that State;
 have discharged any obligation concerning national service (military, civil or comparable);
 not be the parent, child, stepchild or grandchild of a serving staff member of the Council of Europe;
 be under 35 years of age at the closing of the deadline for submission of applications for this vacancy notice.

Remuneration: basic monthly gross salary of € 3 892

Deadline: 14/06/2023

Location: Strasbourg

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