Legal Intern Public Law

Berne, Suisse (and home office) | 80-100%

What you can contribute

• Take part in the process of developing national reports intended for the UN and monitoring recommendations, in particular by contributing to the development and updating of coordination instruments (database, website)
• Process requests from other services, provide information on legal points, and participate in drafting legal opinions
• Participate in the drafting in French of positions intended for the European Court of Human Rights and UN committees (CAT, CERD, CEDAW, CRC, CED) and a periodic overview of the Court's case law
• Monitor the compliance of draft legislation with human rights

What makes you unique

• Master in law (MLaw)
• Marked interest in the international protection of human rights
• In-depth knowledge of public law
• Writing skills; structured and precise work; ability to put your legal knowledge into practice
• Good active knowledge of two official languages and good knowledge of English

In a few words

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success of the Swiss model and to the well-being of the population.
• Diversity in everyday life We ensure equal opportunities, which allows us to deploy our skills and express different points of view.
• Health at work We assist and advise our employees on all matters related to physical or mental health.

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

The Office fédéral de la justice is the legal center of excellence of the Confederation. It develops draft legislative acts in the fields of public law, private law, and criminal law. It also ensures the legislative support for all draft normative acts emanating from the Confederation. It also works at the international level.

The Protection internationale des droits de l'homme unit deals with legal issues relating to this field. It carries out its activity at the international level, within the framework of the Council of Europe and the United Nations, as well as at the national level, during the implementation in Swiss law of international human rights protection instruments.

Additional information

The degree must have been obtained at most 18 months before the start of the internship (the date appearing on the degree is decisive).

Questions about the position

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