Internship - Public Information and Outreach Section, Registry (funded)

Due to the volume of applications received, only successful applicants will be contacted by the Court.

Please note that you will need to have the following information ready in order to complete your application:

This position is funded by the Trust Fund for the Development of Interns and Visiting Professionals, thanks to the generous contributions of donors such as the French Republic, as well as elected officials and staff of the ICC.

Interns are required to work full time for a period of six months (to be agreed upon prior to commencement).

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 crimes of aggression. The Court is participating in the global fight to end impunity, and through 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.

Media monitoring

•  Monitoring media and formatting the ICC Daily Press Review, featuring news articles relevant to developments in the ICC’s situation countries, as well as media coverage of the Court’s activities and proceedings (in English and French)

Website and social media 

•   Monitoring social media

•   Support new website/social media projects, assisting in designing infographics and visuals

•   Assist with photography projects including inserting metadata, compiling selected photos for specific themes and projects, assist in securing permission to use external photographs

•   Assist with uploading archive of videos onto our server and insert metadata into photographs

General assistance

•  Help maintain the Public Affairs Unit mailing list

•  Assisting journalists at the Court’s Information Desk during key public hearings, providing them with badges to access the media centre and other practical information

• Escorting visitors and arranging meetings when necessary

•  Take notes at specific meetings

•  Perform background research 

•  Provide other assistance as requested

All Candidates must have a degree from or be in the final stages of their studies at a recognized university. Candidates are expected to have a very good record of academic performance.

Internship placements focus on candidates in the early stages of their professional careers. Applicants must have less than 3 (three) years of relevant full-time professional experience to be considered for an internship. 

Proficiency in one of the working languages of the Court, French or English, is required. Working knowledge of the other is considered an asset. Knowledge of another official language of the Court (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.