TEMPORARY LAWYER FOR THE EQUALITY PROGRAMME

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title : Lawyer (Equality Programme)

Responsible to: Executive Director and Legal Director

Responsible for: Programme Coordinator, interns and volunteers

Liaises with: INTERIGHTS’ legal staff, lawyers, judges, human rights organisations

Overall purpose: to develop and implement INTERIGHTS’ Programme on Equality, strengthening international standards through strategic litigation and other means of intervention.

Responsibilities:

taking the lead role in defining and developing the overall focus of INTERIGHTS' work in this field

providing legal advice and assistance relating to international and comparative equality standards to lawyers, NGOs and others worldwide

assisting applicant and representatives before the European Court of Human Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the UN treaty bodies in strategically significant equality cases

developing strategic litigation and submitting amicus curiae briefs to international and regional courts and tribunals, and on the national level as appropriate

providing expertise at internal and external training workshops on international and comparative equality law

disseminating legal information on these issues through publications, the worldwide web and other means

supporting INTERIGHTS' other regional and thematic programmes in their equality wo-rk; providing them with advice and resources on these issues as they arise

managing the work of the Programme Coordinator

recruiting and supervising interns and volunteers