Legal Fellow (two positions)

Civitas Maxima is launching two Excellence Fellowships in International Criminal Law for graduates who completed a Master’s degree in International Law from a Geneva-based university in 2025 or 2026:

- One fellowship is open to graduates from any Geneva-based university with a focus on international criminal law.
- One fellowship is specifically reserved for graduates of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID).

The selected fellows will join the legal team of Civitas Maxima for a two-year period and gain practical experience in the field of international criminal law.

**Position**: Legal Fellow

**Employement type**: full time (40 hours/week)

**Location**: Geneva

**Starting date**: September 01, 2026
**Application deadline**: June 10, 2026

**Qualifications:**

- Completion of a Master’s degree in International Law from a Geneva-based institution in 2025 or 2026 (first Fellowship) or of a diploma from the IHEID (second Fellowship);
- Outstanding academic performance throughout university studies;
- Demonstrated and sustained interest in international criminal law;
- Excellent command of both French and English; knowledge of Spanish and/or Arabic is a strong asset;
- Authorization to work in Switzerland.

**Personal Attributes :**

- Respect for different cultures, flexibility, diplomacy, and the ability to work independently and take initiative;
- Ability to adapt in a dynamic environment with frequently changing priorities and to manage multiple tasks simultaneously;
- Readiness to interact with victims of serious human rights abuses;
- Willingness and availability to travel occasionally, sometimes in challenging conditions.

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

Fellows are responsible for the following tasks:

- Investigation:
- Assist in preparing and conducting investigations, including investigative planning, evidence collection, interviews, reporting, etc.;
- Assist in conducting opensource investigations.
- Legal:
- Conduct legal and/or factual research and analysis related to the case assigned;
- Assist in drafting and/or draft complaints, legal memoranda, judicial acts, and any other legal documents, as required.
- Analysis:
- Assist in identifying leads and advise on potential perpetrators, sources of evidence, witnesses (victims, insiders, experts or other), OSINT, documents, etc.; and
- Assist in drafting analytical synthesis/reports.
- Other:
- Assist in day-to-day liaising with a variety of stakeholders and/or partner organizations (*e.g.* NGOs, international organizations, community leaders, etc.) and in establishing new partnerships, as required;
- Participate in drafting detailed preparation documents, agendas, minutes, follow-up communications, etc., as required;
- Assist with case management and analysis platforms related to international crimes, as required;
- Monitor various conflict developments and/or conduct *ad-hoc* research related to the main investigation and attend various events/conferences, as required.

**What Civitas Maxima offers:**

- A dynamic environment within one of the leading organizations working on extraterritorial criminal justice for victims of mass crimes;
- A unique opportunity to work on concrete cases in the field of international criminal law;
- The Swiss minimum monthly salary.