Overview
Assists in researching, collecting, verifying, analyzing and synthesizing information relevant to human rights in the designated mission area. Liaises with local and national authorities, civil society, and other partners to monitor human rights situations and develop initiatives to strengthen responses to violations.
Key Responsibilities
- Assists in researching, collecting, verifying, analyzing and synthesizing information relevant to human rights.
- Assists in liaising with local and national authorities, civil society, and other partners to monitor human rights situations.
- Assists in developing initiatives to strengthen responses to human rights violations.
- Assists in investigating human rights and international humanitarian law violations.
- Provides inputs to reports, briefings, and communications on human rights matters.
- Participates in formulating recommendations and strategies to promote and protect human rights.
- Participates in mainstreaming human rights in UN peace mission and agency activities.
- Interacts with other UN components to integrate human rights considerations.
- Assists in supporting human rights capacity building efforts for civil society and state authorities.
- Assists in designing, delivering, and evaluating human rights training programmes.
- Verifies and ensures timely entry of human rights violation cases into a database.
- Contributes to the integration of gender perspectives and women/girls' rights issues.
- Integrates UN methodology in human rights monitoring, reporting, and investigation activities.
- Performs other related duties as required.
Required Experience
- Two years of progressively responsible experience in human rights, social work, legal affairs or a closely related field is required.
- Experience acquired in developing and/or implementing projects for communities at risk or population in vulnerable situation is required.
- Experience working with national and/or international human rights standards, instruments and mechanisms is required.
- Previous experience in human rights monitoring and reporting and on/or in building capacity for the promotion and protection of human rights is required.
- Experience in facilitating training, participating in education or information campaigns is desirable.
- Previous experience in assisting victims of human rights violations is desirable.
- Previous experience in project management is desirable.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (master's degree or equivalent) in law, political science, international relations, social sciences, humanities, or similar fields is required.
- A first-level university degree (bachelor’s degree) in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
