24260 | Registry
Organisational Unit: Information Management Unit, Information Management Services Section, Registry Duty Station: The Hague - NL Contract Duration: 6 months Deadline for Applications: 31 December 2026 (midnight the Hague time)
Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.
Please note that the purpose of this vacancy announcement is to provide hiring managers with a list of suitable candidates from which they may make a selection throughout the year. To this end, candidates are required to specify their availability in the relevant field when applying.
Required Documents for This Application
Please note that you will need to have the following information ready in order to complete your application:
A completed โDuties and Responsibilities Formโ (refer to step 1 on your eRecruitment Profile page). Motivation letter (maximum of 400 words). Two reference letters (one academic). Scanned copies of university degrees and/or diplomas. Scanned copies of official academic transcripts that state your courses, results and completion date. One short essay on a subject relevant to the work of the Court (maximum of 750 words, single spaced, type written).
Contract Duration
Interns are required to work full time for a period between three and six months (to be agreed to prior to commencement).
The Opportunity
The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individual charges with the gravest crimes of concerns to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crime of aggression. The Court is participating in the global fight to end impunity, and through the international criminal justice, the Court aims to hold those responsible accountable for their crimes and to help prevent the crimes from happening again. You can contribute to this cause by joining the ICC.
Organisational Context
The Library, archives and Legacy team is part of the Information Management Unit and Information Management Services Section within the Registry.
Duties and Responsibilities
Assist the Legacy and Archives team with preserving the Courtโs archives and institutional memory by:
Appraising, accessioning and describing archival print and digital records. Digitizing records as necessary. Processing and packaging physical items according to best practice. Responding to reference requests from staff or outside researchers. Monitoring the environmental conditions in the archive. Completing individual projects as agreed.
Required Qualifications
Education:
All Candidates must have a degree or be in the final stages of their studies at a recognised university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.
A qualification in archives/ records management / museum studies or the intention to pursue one in the near future is desirable, but not necessary.
Experience:
Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers. Practical experience is not an essential prerequisite for selection. Should there be a practical experience that is relevant to the work of the Court, it may be considered an asset. Applicants must have less than three years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Able to adapt to multicultural and multilingual working environments. Possesses strong teamwork skills (listens, consults and communicates proactively). Has acquired a good standard of computer skills (including Microsoft Office applications).
Knowledge of Languages:
Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.
Other criteria:
It is the Courtโs objective to have diversity and gender balance. In line with the ICCโs efforts to improve geographical representation among staff, nationals of non-represented and under-represented countries at the ICC are encouraged to apply. The list can be found here.
Remuneration
Please note that internship and visiting professional placements at the ICC are unfunded. The ICC is not able to provide participants in the Internship and Visiting Professional Programme with any remuneration, nor is it possible to provide reimbursement for expenses incurred prior, during or after the internship or visiting professional placement.
Applicants must therefore be able to support themselves for the entire duration of their internship or visiting professional placement.