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Under the supervision of UNICEF and of the Coordinator of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Working Group on Access to Justice, and in close consultation with the other members of the Working Group and the CRC Committee Secretariat (OHCHR), the consultant will draft the General Comment on Access to Justice and act as a resource person throughout the process, as detailed below.
Vacancy Announcement: Consultant
Consultancy Title: To Support the development of General Comment 27 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Children’s Access to Justice, Consultant
Section/Division/Duty Station: Human Rights Unit, Programme Group Leadership Team – Programme Group, NYHQ
Duration: 15 March 2024 – 30 June 2025/ REMOTE
About UNICEF
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world’s leading children’s rights organization would like to hear from you. For 70 years, UNICEF has been working in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection, and development. UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations, and governments.
BACKGROUND
Purpose of Activity/Assignment:
Being able to seek and obtain remedy when one’s rights are violated is both a right and a means to enforce rights put forth in international, regional and national standards. The right to remedy is what makes a right a right (as opposed to a favor or privilege) and being able to exercise such right is inherent to the status of rights holder.
Accessing justice can, inter alia, oblige States to put an end to violence; help children and families living in poverty to obtain or restore entitlements such as social benefits that have been denied; can help minority children or children with disabilities and their families to challenge decisions excluding them from schools; can help children and families to challenge a decision to withdraw parental rights and/or place the child in care – and much more.
Access to justice is also an integral part of the Sustainable Development Goals (16.3) as it has an important role to play in combating inequalities, challenging discriminatory practices and restoring entitlements that have been denied.
Yet, while millions of children have their rights violated every day, only a fraction come forward to seek redress and even fewer obtain an effective remedy. The right to access justice – while being generally recognized for adults – still seems, in the minds of many, including children themselves, inconceivable or unacceptable when it comes to children. This is true for all children but is exacerbated for a child with a disability, an indigenous or a minority child, a child in detention or deprived of parental care – to name just a few of the most excluded children.
In order to guide States Parties on how to overcome these challenges and fulfil their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Committee on the Rights of the Child has decided to develop a General Comment on children’s access to justice. UNICEF will support the Committee in this respect, including by hiring a consultant to draft the document.
Purpose
Under the supervision of UNICEF and of the Coordinator of the Committee on the Rights of the Child Working Group on Access to Justice, and in close consultation with the other members of the Working Group and the CRC Committee Secretariat (OHCHR), the consultant will draft the General Comment on Access to Justice and act as a resource person throughout the process, as detailed below.
Scope of Work:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 1 and 2:
Terms of Reference / Deliverables
Phase 1
30 April 2024
31 July 2024
30 November 2024
Phase 2
30 June 2025
NOTE: The timeline as indicated above may have to be adapted throughout the process to align with the pace of discussions within the Committee on the Rights of the Child. Timelines will continuously be reassessed, and some flexibility will be required from the selected consultant.
Possible Travel (All trips below have yet to be confirmed):
– 1 Trip for 3-4 days to Leiden (the Netherlands) foreseen in April 2024.
– 1 Trip for 3-4 days to Geneva (Switzerland) foreseen during the duration of this contract.
– 5 Trips for Regional Consultations; however, online/remote participation may take place for one or more of these events.
Qualifications
1) Education
2) Work experience
3) Competencies
Requirements:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants. Consultants are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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