As to your comments in Posting #166, I draw your attention to these Job Announcement Minimum Criteria:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
University
Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice or relevant academic qualifications or equivalent training and a
diploma in criminal investigations from a
recognized public police academy with work experience in criminal investigations. (Note: This was before the IICI was set up)
••• MY ANSWER: The IICI is not a recognized Police or Law Enforcement Academy. It is a college as I explained before.
Work Experience
A
minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in criminal investigations at the national or international level. Demonstrated experience of working at a supervisory level and/or substantial participation in complex, long-term criminal investigations, especially of violent crimes is a requirement. Experience in preparing witnesses and evidence for judicial proceedings as well as experience in recruitment, management of sources and in tracking of wanted fugitives is also a requirement.
••• MY ANWSER: 7 Years as a NATION or INTERNATIONAL criminal investigator.
And Your comment that: "So what? the GWCU is a government organ. "That's how the U.S.A. choses to approach investigating war crimes, other countries and the UN have different ideas, like the IICI, for example. Interesting that the GWCU doesn't exist on the FBI current website, wonder what happened to it?"
First please go to the FBI.gov Web Page for:
Genocide War Crimes Unit
OR
Go to the independent resource, FBIAgentEDU.org serves as an objective source of information for those interested in learning about everything from education and experience requirements, to job duties and salary expectations specific to careers with the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Careers with the FBI’s Genocide and War Crimes Unit
Of course the ICC, INTERPOL, IAEA, etc, are different from the US. But the professionalism and career development and entry level criteria are about the same.
The IICI is a private school, just like and of the Colleges and Universities around the world, that offer criminal justice, law enforcement, and law degrees. But graduating from such course does not mean you have been vetted, and meet the agency specific criteria. Even with such a degree, you have to go through the Academy before you enter your probationary period.
I was a Senior Counterintelligence Special Agent and a Team Chief for a Technical Surveillance Countermeasures Team. Even though I have both a technical degree law enforcement (from CTI) and science degree (from OSU), I still have to go to the
Federal Interagency Training Center (ITC) to become a TSCM Special Agent.
Places like IICI are great for meeting the continuing education requirements annually, but they are not a qualification course.
Most Respectfully,
R