University Intern Public Law

Bern, Schweiz (and Homeoffice) | 80-100%

Your contribution

• Participate in the framework of the UN state reporting procedures and the implementation of recommendations, in particular by assisting in the design and updating of coordination instruments (database, website)
• Process inquiries from other official bodies, provide legal information and assist in drafting legal opinions
• Assist in preparing statements in French for the European Court of Human Rights and the UN Committees (CAT, CERD, CEDAW, CRC, CED) as well as a periodic overview of the Court's case law
• Check the legal compliance of draft decrees with international human rights

What makes you unique

• Master's degree in Law (MLaw)
• Demonstrated interest in international human rights protection
• Solid knowledge of public law
• Proficiency in editing texts; exact, structured way of working as well as the ability to apply legal knowledge in a practice-oriented manner
• Good active knowledge of two official languages and good English skills

In a nutshell

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

The Federal Office of Justice is the Federal government's legal competence center. It manages legislative projects in state, administrative, private, and criminal law. In addition, the office accompanies all federal legislative transactions in an advisory capacity and is also active in the international field.

The International Human Rights Protection unit deals with legal issues in the field of international human rights protection, at the international level within the framework of the Council of Europe and the United Nations, and at the national level within the framework of the implementation of international human rights instruments in Swiss law.

Additional information

The degree must have been completed no more than 18 months prior to the start of the internship (the date on the diploma is decisive).

Questions about the position

Xavier-Baptiste Ruedin
Head of Unit
+41 58 46 42802