The research project 'Rethinking the Outer Limits of Secondary Liability for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations' (https://rethinkingslic.org/) has an immediate vacancy for a student assistant in Criminal Law.

What are you going to do?
For the support of the project you will be deployed at:

• the Expert Group on Secondary Liability
• the research meetings;
• maintaining the website;
• support research of SLIC-team members

Our ideal candidate has the following profile and experience:

• affinity with human rights and international criminal law;
• excellent communication skills, both oral and written, in English;
• demonstrated organisational skills, including strong administrative skills;
• is available one day per week for the period of the project.

We offer a temporary part-time contract (0.2 fte) for the period from preferably October 15th, 2023 until August 31th, 2024.

The gross monthly salary based on full-time employment (38 hours per week) ranges from €2,618 up to a maximum of €2,846 (salary scale SA4J). This is exclusive 8% holiday allowance and 8,3% end-of-year bonus. The starting salary will be based on qualifications, expertise and relevant experience. The profile student-assistant is applicable in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities.

What else do we offer?

• a position in which initiative and input are highly valued
• an enthusiastic and warm team that is open to new colleagues
• an inspiring academic and international working environment in the heart of Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Law School

Committed, responsible and with an open mind. At the Faculty of Law, for example, we look at the role of law in an (international) society that is constantly changing. With over 5,000 students and 550 employees, we are one of the larger law faculties in the Netherlands. We train lawyers who know how to use law effectively with the aim of actually contributing to solutions for society. We respond to social developments with innovative and groundbreaking research. In this way we always keep the connection with society.

The Criminal Law section is part of the Public Law Department and provides education and research in the field of national and international criminal law. The research profile of the members of the section, which partly determines the education, is international, internationally comparative law and nationally oriented.Employees of the section provide education in the bachelor's degree program in Dutch law and in the master's degree program in Public Law, track Criminal Law and in the master's degree program in International Criminal Law .The research of the members of the section is housed at the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and Amsterdam Center for Criminal Justice (ACCJ).