International Lawyer (Remote)

About Us

Global Rights Compliance, founded in 2013, is an international human rights law foundation specialising in international humanitarian law, international criminal law and business human rights. Global Rights Compliance’s mission is to provide justice through the innovative application of international law. We operate in conflict-affected and high-risk areas around the world in over 45 countries.

With our main office in Kyiv, Ukraine, GRC is part of the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA) initiated by the US, the EU, and the UK, to assist and facilitate Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in investigating and prosecuting international crimes. Special expert groups known as Mobile Justice Teams (MJTs) are composed of legal specialists and operate in both Kyiv and the regions to provide strategic advice and operational assistance to Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) in the investigation and prosecution of atrocity crimes in Ukraine.

Our legal specialists work closely with investigators and prosecutors to provide support in prosecuting international crimes, advising and assisting in the documentation, investigation, and prosecution.

GRC team members operate in senior roles as Prosecutors, Investigators, Lawyers and Legal Advisors leading and supporting major investigations and building prosecution cases with national prosecuting agencies on a global basis.

We are seeking an International Lawyer to join our team. The International Lawyer will have experience covering criminal conduct that can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including deportation, detention/torture, and other inhumane acts, SGBV , plunder, indiscriminate/disproportionate attacks, propaganda, aggression, and genocide.

Duty Station: Remote

Contract Duration: Until the end of May 2025

The Role

• Assist in legal and factual research.
• Draft legal documents and texts.
• Assist in drafting project deliverables.
• Support in the implementation of national investigative strategy.
• Attend meetings and other interactions with relevant stakeholders. Contribute to the planning and preparation for such meetings.
• Provide other assistance to senior lawyers and senior investigators as needed.

Your Background

• 8+ years of relevant experience in war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide.
• Extensive legal drafting abilities within a IHL and ICL background
• Experience of being part of a national or international prosecution team
• Practical experience working with justice actors.
• Flexible and creative; able to work in an unstructured, changeable & fast-moving environment, proactive, anticipating problems, and solutions orientated.
• Practical thinker and willing to support all aspects of a national investigative/prosecutorial strategy.
• Administratively competent; able to manage to compete for demands.
• Practical experience in working with highly sensitive material and an ability to demonstrate the requisite skill in storing, sharing, and working with such material.
• Fluency in English, written and verbal skills.