Legal Advisor (Belarus) – Temporary Position At DIGNITY – Danish Institute Against Torture

About the position

The position is temporary and terminates on September 30, 2026.

As legal advisor your primary tasks are:

• Conduct and contribute to legal research to support the development of the IAPB’s analytical products, including issues of international criminal law, international human rights law and other national and international laws.
• Prepare briefs and updates on legal and factual issues for internal and public products, including for IAPB’s website.
• Organize and coordinate meetings and trainings with partner organizations online and in-person to ensure that the collection of evidence adheres to international standards and best practices.
• Manage work processes with partner organizations, acting as a focal point for issues related to the handling of evidence, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and managing consent-related matters.
• Provide support in establishing, maintaining, and improving the collection and ingestion of witness evidence, including updating and where necessary drafting IAPB’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Support the coordination of content creation for IAPB’s new website.

We offer you:

• A job in a dynamic organization with a global outlook and a strong professional focus, where all activities are driven by the desire to make a positive difference for victims of human rights violations.
• An opportunity to become part of an international team of committed and highly skilled colleagues with a focus on setting the best framework for collaboration and joint learning.
• Flexible working hours and an emphasis on a good balance between work and private life.

Skills

We expect you to have a master’s degree in law, preferably with a specialization in international human rights law (IHRL), international humanitarian law (IHL) or international criminal law (ICL).

We also expect that you have:

• A minimum of 5 years of practical legal experience with international human rights law and/ or international criminal law.
• Experience in organizing meetings and capacity building events.
• A minimum of 5 years working with human rights organizations, ideally at both the national and international level.
• Proficiency in English language, including excellent legal drafting skills.

Competency in written and oral Belarusian and/or Russian will be considered a distinctive asset.

It is also important that you have:

• Excellent strategic thinking and with strong organizational and inter-personal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in an inter-disciplinary environment and across different cultures.
• Excellent oral communication skills, and ability to communicate effectively with different target audiences.
• Ability to work across a broad portfolio, manage complex workload and be responsive to evolving demands.
• Cultural and context sensitivity, high ethical standards, and diplomatic skills.
• and that you are resourceful, creative, collegial, empathic, and respectful.