Business and Human Rights Legal Advisor & Researcher NGO Job Amnesty International

Job description

Legal Jobs, Amnesty International Jobs Responsible for conducting investigative research into corporate human rights abuses, analysing corporate structures and financial flows, providing legal advice on potential criminal offences and avenues for justice, supporting investigations and litigation, reviewing legal and advocacy materials, and representing the organisation in corporate accountability work. Requires professional legal qualification or extensive legal experience, with strong knowledge of international human rights, criminal, corporate, or economic law. The position can be based in Nairobi.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead AI’s project on corporate crimes and accountability, including ensuring the delivery of work linked to external grants; guiding its strategic direction and vision; maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders; and representing AI in fundraising activities.
• Carry out investigative research (both desk and field research) into legal breaches, including the commission of crimes, as well as human right abuses, by corporate actors; carry out investigative research (using a range of techniques) into corporate structures and financial flows; provide legal research and advice to support cases being investigated by AI, including advice on potential criminal offences and legal avenues for justice; provide or commission written materials to support the investigation of AI cases by law enforcement agencies; and act as AI’s lead representative on corporate crimes, with respect to both case work and the corporate crimes project generally.
• Advise on the strategic use of human rights bodies and procedures and international, regional, and national tribunals to advance AI priorities relating to business and human rights and corporate crimes.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification to practice law in at least one jurisdiction, or recognition as an outstanding professional international lawyer, and experience in the practice of law, is essential.
• Professional qualification or extensive knowledge of and experience in the application of international law, including international human rights law, humanitarian law and international criminal law, is essential.
• Professional qualification or extensive knowledge of and experience in domestic criminal law, corporate law and/or economic law.
• Experience in investigating human rights-related corporate crimes and in identifying and pursuing legal avenues for justice at national and international level.

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