Title: Legal Officer
Location: MDAC headquarters, Budapest, Hungary
Reports to: Litigation Director
Summary: Based in MDAC’s headquarters in Budapest and working in close collaboration with the legal as well as policy and advocacy staff, the Legal Officer liaises with lawyers and NGOs, carries out legal research and drafts submissions under the guidance of the Litigation Director. The Legal Officer develops cases for submission to domestic courts, the European Court of Human Rights and other human rights mechanisms.
Litigation: Analyses new challenges and opportunities for the legal protection of human rights in line with MDAC’s Strategic Plan; Communicates regularly with MDAC’s consultants, collaborators and partners in specified countries to review current and potential cases; Carries out legal research and drafts legal memos; Writes draft legal submissions for consideration by the Litigation Director in domestic courts and international legal fora (including writing accurate factual summaries, and statements of domestic and international law);Takes part in planning and implementing advocacy strategies to achieve reforms stemming from and related to litigation Keeps abreast of developments in disability law in target countries and at the international level; Oversees development of case summaries for case database ;Travels to countries on fact-finding missions as needed.
Project Management: Tracks project milestones; Keeps accurate case files, including monitoring legal monitor files for regular updates; Ensures regular internal communications; Reports on work achieved and planned.
Communications: Contributes to MDAC publications, including its website and newsletter. Ensures that information is up-to-date and relevant;Communicates effectively on behalf of MDAC to a range of stakeholders in target countries, ensuring consistency, relevance and quality of communications.
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