Transitional Justice Lawyer Jobs – Refugee Law Project (RLP)
Job Title: Transitional Justice Lawyer
Organization: Refugee Law Project (RLP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Project Manager
About US:
The Refugee Law Project (RLP) is an outreach project of the School of Law, Makerere University. Our Mission is to empower asylum seekers, refugees, deportees, IDPs and host communities to enjoy their human rights and lead dignified lives. Refugee Law Project’s work is currently structured in five thematic areas: Access to Justice; Conflict, Transitional Justice & Governance (CTJ&G), Gender & Sexuality; Mental Health & Psychosocial Wellbeing; and Media for Social Change.
Job Summary: The Transitional Justice Lawyer is responsible for maintaining a consistent relationship with targeted CSO’s to enhance capacity of local and national civil society actors to engage in Peace and Transitional Justice processes, and by the systematic establishment of a historical record.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Community Engagement
- Monitor and document on-going Transitional Justice initiatives including International Criminal Court and International Crimes Division trials
- Conduct Victim consultations to enable them share perspectives to inform ICC & ICD justice processes;
- Convene regular Justice Tafakari forums to provide platform for key stakeholders to reflect on justice initiatives;
- Engage in strategic litigation processes in identified communities
- Organise and hold Annual Memorial Lecture series on Transitional Justice issues;
- Organise regular Peace Film Festivals in Secondary schools, Tertiary Institutions and selected refugee settlements
- Organise Women’s leadership camp to enhance capacity of local women leaders
- Coordinate annual Institute for African Transitional Justice (IATJ)
- Engage in local level reconciliation and TJ initiatives with relevant clan leaders to resolve existing conflict within communities
- Conduct bi-monthly documentary screening and public discussions around key TJ and Forced Migration issues
- The Transitional Justice Lawyer will also manage the Community screening of Live ICC trials and other TJ processes and documentaries;
Research
- Carry out legal research related to specific cases of serious human rights violations;
- Conduct detailed analysis of transitional justice mechanisms in Uganda, including relevant legislation, regulations, and policies;
- Design / prepare research plans, questionnaire/ reports and, tabulations;
- Participate in data collection processes and activities through interviews and focus group discussion or using any another adopted data selection technique;
- Participate in the analysis of data and writing final reports for publications;
- Conduct various types of research (quantitative and qualitative) as thematically defined;
- Design / prepare research plans, questionnaire/ reports and, tabulations;
Networking and Advocacy
- Hold sub-regional CSO TJ & Forced Migration(FM) platform meetings
- Hold joint CSO TJ & FM advocacy events in Kampala, Luwero, Gulu, Kitgum, Arua, Lira, Soroti, Jinja and Kasese
- Convene national level TJ & FM platform meetings on appropriate policy and legislative frameworks and issues
- Organise high-level TJ retreat targeting key actors on policy, research and practice relating to emerging TJ issues
Others
- Ensure that RLP’s rules and regulations are implemented with relevance to the activities as well as policies and procedures.
- Participate in necessary meetings and reviews;
- Perform any other tasks that may be identified or assigned.
- Ensure that RLP’s rules and regulations are implemented with relevance to the activities as well as policies and procedures.
- Participate in necessary meetings and reviews;
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Refugee Law Project (RLP) Transitional Justice Lawyer job opportunity must hold a Master’s degree in Law
- At least five years of proven and relevant work experience in engaging with key partners on transitional justice issues
- Good knowledge of international criminal law and/or human rights law and/or international humanitarian law and/or gender justice and sexual violence and/or transitional justice;
- Good knowledge of the International human rights system;
- Interest in promoting and defending human rights as well as enforcing the members of civil society;
- Skills in written composition and legal research;
- Ability to quickly assimilate domestic law concepts in order to harmonize them with knowledge of national or international law;
How to Apply:
All candidates who wish to join the Refugee Law Project (RLP) in this capacity are encouraged to send a motivation letter and curriculum vitae electronically to: recruitment@refugeelawproject.org
NB: The position applied for MUST be indicated in the subject line of the email. Copies of certificates should not be attached, but will be requested for from short-listed candidates only.
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