LONG-TERM TRAINING PERIODS AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (ECtHR)

Presentation

The long-term training periods will take place at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

Please read carefully the general conditions applicable to the long-term training period at the ECtHR. 

Participants will normally be integrated in one of the case-processing divisions of the Court’s Registry and mainly deal with individual applications, in English or French, from their country of origin. Under the supervision of the head of division, they will more particularly:

• examine and deal with applications in accordance with the Court procedures and internal guidelines; applications dealt with include in particular prima facie inadmissible cases and cases which can be dealt with in a standard manner;
• draft decisions, minutes, reports, notes and other documents;
• maintain correspondence with applicants and, where appropriate, with Governments and third parties;
• advise applicants on the conditions of admissibility of applications to the Court and provide them with all relevant information;
• ensure legal analysis and assist experienced case-lawyers in the preparation of Chamber cases for examination by the Court and in the drafting of Chamber judgments and decisions; attend the Court’s sessions;
• undertake studies and research relating to the Court’s case-law and domestic law as well as comparative and international law.

NOTE: Participants, with excellent writing skills and proven experience in drafting in English or French may also be assigned to the Court’s Research Division. In that case, they would dedicate more time to research assignments and projects, this will include in particular:

• To provide contributions for comparative research reports concerning national law or laws depending on the knowledge of different languages and legal systems
• To assist or to prepare research reports on requested topics in the field of the Court's case-law, comparative law or international law within the set time-limit.
• To write (as author and co-author) comparative law research reports under supervision
• To update existing reports on various topics. Research reports are confidential, but the results are to be found and are referred to in the judgements.

Lawyers in that division also monitor relevant developments in the human rights field elsewhere in the Council of Europe, in other international organisations and at national level.

Length

12 months (1^st September 2021 to 31^st August 2022)

NB: The agreed duration for the training placement cannot be extended under the EJTN financial scheme

Requirements

• be a judge (either ordinary or administrative) or a prosecutor;
• have about 5 to 10 years’ work experience;
• have a thorough command of French or English (ability to draft decisions in one of these languages).

In addition, one candidate can be allocated to the Department of the European Social Charter and Secretariat of the European Committee of Social Rights.

The participant will contribute to collective complaints and reporting work depending on competence and experience. Priority will be given to candidates with judicial experience in the fields of labour and employment law, social security and health, child and family protection or other aspects of social rights falling within the scope of the Charter and the purview of the European Committee of Social Rights.

Requirements:

• be a judge (either ordinary or administrative) or a prosecutor;
• have about 5 to 10 years’ work experience in a legal profession, preferably in an area related to social rights (or human rights more generally)
• have a thorough command of French or English (ability to draft decisions in one of these languages).

The applicants are requested to clearly indicate in the online application form if they wish to apply for the placement at the European Social Charter Secretariat.

Candidates from all EU Member States participating in the Justice Programme of the European Union* and with a strong motivation are invited to submit their applications to the long-term training period at the ECtHR by 14 December 2020. Candidates from the following countries are particularly encouraged to apply: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain and Portugal

Number of places available

15

Calendar

Financial conditions

A daily allowance/per diem of € 120 will be paid to participants by EJTN during the whole training period. For more information about the financial support during long-term training periods, please read carefully the long-term financial conditions.

*Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

LONG-TERM TRAINING PERIODS AT EUROJUST

Presentation

The long-term training periods will take place in the Eurojust headquarters in The Hague, The Netherlands. Participants will be assigned to the National Desk of their Member State in order to be actively involved in its daily work, in particular in operational work dealing with operational cases and/or project under the supervision of the National Member. They may also be involved in other Eurojust activities (College plenary meetings, strategic meetings, coordination meetings and team meetings).

Length

The length of training periods in Eurojust will vary from 3 to 4 months depending on the National Desks.

The indicative list of available National Desks and the length of the training period corresponding to each one of them is now available: 

Requirements

- be a practicing prosecutor or judge (preferably investigative judge) in an EU Member State

- work at a national level where rogatory letters and other forms of judicial cooperation in criminal matters are dealt with

- have at least three years of practical experience in the field of criminal law

Number of places available

20

Calendar

Financial conditions

A daily allowance/per diem of € 120 will be paid to participants by EJTN during the whole training period.

LONG-TERM TRAINING PERIODS AT THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CJEU) 

Please read the general conditions for detailed information.

Presentation

The long-term training periods will take place at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. EJTN trainees will be assigned to the Chambers of a Member of one of the Court of Justice or the General Court making up the CJEU. Their tasks will vary according to the needs of each Member but they will be called upon, in particular, to assist the Member concerned in processing files for which he or she has been appointed Judge Rapporteur or Advocate General. They will not participate in the deliberations of those courts.

Applicants also have the possibility to apply for a training at the Directorate for Research and Documentation ("DRD") of the Court. The selected trainees would process files in analysis and judicial research for new cases before the Court.

Length

• 6 months (from 1^st of September 2021 to 28^th of February 2022)

or

• 10 months (from 1^st of September 2020 to 30^th of June 2022)

NB: The agreed duration for the training placement cannot be extended under the EJTN financial scheme

Requirements

• be a judge or a prosecutor from an EU Member State
• have at least one year of experience as a judge/prosecutor
• be familiar with EU law
• Candidates must have an adequate knowledge of French to be able to provide support to the Cabinet members or the DRD in processing files and drafting decisions
• The good knowledge of another EU language is also required

Candidates are requested to clearly indicate in their motivation whether they would like to be allocated to a Cabinet at the Court, a Cabinet at the Tribunal or the Research and Documentation Division (DRD) of the Court.

Number of places available

15

Calendar

Financial conditions

A daily allowance/per diem of € 120 will be paid to participants by EJTN during the whole training period. For more information about the financial support during long-term training periods, please read carefully the long-term financial conditions.