The International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking for freelance transcribers who are proficient in the Filipino and Cebuano language.
Transcribers who will be hired by the ICC will be assigned in its Language Services Unit, Integrated Services Division under the Office of the Prosecutor.
“A roster of freelance transcribers will be established as a result of this selection process. Once accredited, freelance transcribers may be offered contracts for the provision of remote transcription services in keeping with the operational needs of the Unit,” the job posting read.
“Mindful of the nature of the ICC’s mandate and operations, freelance transcribers must understand that the audio/video material outsourced for transcription may on occasion risk being of an upsetting or disturbing nature,” it read further.
The job opening was posted on ICC’s website on January 28, 2025 or more than a month before the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Duterte, whose primary language is Cebuano or Visayan language, is currently detained in The Hague, Netherlands as he face charges of crimes against humanity before the ICC.
According to the arrest warrant, the ICC pre-trial chamber found reasonable grounds to believe he was “individually responsible for the crimes against humanity of murder” in connection with the killings blamed on his war on drugs.
It stated that the Duterte Death Squad (DDS) and Philippine law enforcement personnel under his leadership targeted persons allegedly involved in drug-related criminal activities.
Government records show that there were at least 6,200 drug suspects killed in police operations from June 2016 to November 2021, but several human rights groups have refuted this and say that the number may have reached as much as 30,000 due to unreported related killings. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: ICC opens freelancing job posts for Tagalog, Cebuano transcribers
