International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

Last updated 2 August 2026

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Where it posts vacancies

www.itlos.org

What it hires

  • Legal officers in law of the sea and UNCLOS dispute settlement
  • Translation, library and registry support professionals in very small numbers

Contract types

Staff appointments in the Registry on common-system-aligned terms; internships and fellowship programmes.

Headquarters and footprint

Hamburg; no external offices.

Before you apply

Portals, contract names and recruitment routes change. Verify against the organisation’s own pages before relying on anything here: www.itlos.org. This entry was last verified 2026-06.

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