Senior Prosecutors

Global Rights Compliance (GRC) is an international legal foundation focussed on bringing perpetrators to justice for atrocity crimes. We have a presence in the Hague, London, Washington, and Kyiv.

GRC in Ukraine works in support of the Office of the Prosecutor General (OPG) through deploying several Mobile Justice Teams (MJTs) which assist the PGO in all aspects of investigation, case building and prosecution. Our headquarters for this project are in Kyiv, Ukraine. GRC’s MJTs operate throughout Ukraine in areas of interest to the OPG.

Prosecution and Investigation Track: GRC possesses unrivalled expertise and granular knowledge of the OPG, its working methodology and ongoing investigations and prosecutions within the context of the ongoing aggression by the Russian Federation. GRC is the only international organization consisting of ICL specialists that has been consistently present in Ukraine since 2015, working with the OPG, law enforcement agencies and CSOs to document international crimes and bring about criminal accountability.

Our Ukraine team has, over time, acquired an intimate knowledge of the conflict operating environment, and built trust-based relationships with all criminal justice system actors, relevant governmental bodies, CSOs and international partners. Our blend of technical expertise, knowledge of the Ukraine context/conflict and language proficiency is unrivalled, and is without doubt our unique selling point.

OBJECTIVES

We seek to recruit 3 full-time senior prosecutors having significant complimentary experience managing the prosecution of large-scale international crimes, alongside prosecutorial experience gained in a national jurisdiction, and with 15+ years’ experience.

The consultancy will commence as soon as possible after the 1 November 2022, and run for five months. GRC is looking for ICL prosecutors with specialisms/experiences covering the full spectrum of criminal conduct that can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, including deportation, detention/torture and other inhumane acts, CRSV, plunder, indiscriminate/disproportionate attacks, propaganda, aggression and genocide.

The post will be based in Kyiv.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advising on a range of international crimes
• Collection of information for prosecutorial purposes
• Implementation of national investigative strategy
• Facilitation during the meetings and other interactions with the relevant stakeholders
• Facilitation and prosecutorial leadership during crime scenes visits
• Planning of field investigation and trips
• Other assistance to senior and junior national and international lawyers
• Tasking junior lawyers / investigators in the investigation and prosecutorial effort

ATTRIBUTES

Mandatory

• 15+ years of relevant investigative experience in war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide
• Leading role in 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.
• Not requiring detailed guidance to get started; can be given a ‘desired outcome’ and figure out the action areas required to reach it
• Practical thinker, able to break down and pursue the elements required to operationalise an investigative/prosecutorial strategy
• Willing to support on all aspects of a national investigative/prosecutorial strategy.
• Administratively competent; able to manage competing urgent demands.
• Fluency in English
• Practical experience of working with highly sensitive material and an ability to demonstrate the requisite skill in storing, sharing and working with such material.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a post-Soviet country / legal system
• Practical experience working with justice actors
• Fluency or competency in Ukrainian or Russian
• Experience working within a legal team at one of the international ad hoc tribunals