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To Support the development of General Comment

United Nations Children's Fund

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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. 
Map existing relevant resources and carry out a desk review.
Conduct informal consultation calls with key experts, identified together with the CRC Working Group, UNICEF and other actors.
Prepare an outline of the General Comment for consideration by the CRC Working Group. Discuss the outline in a working meeting with the Committee.
Develop the content of the call for submissions for States, independent human rights institutions, academia, UN, civil society, children and other actors.
Participate in the preparation of an expert meeting and attend the meeting.
Develop a zero draft of the General Comment, based on the agreed outline.
Oversee the organization of (and, if possible, participate in) at least five regional consultations with governments, justice providers and other relevant professionals, civil society, independent human rights institutions, UN, academia and others; prepare the programme of the consultations in cooperation with the CRC WG, UNICEF and other actors; and collate the relevant outcomes based on the reports of these consultations.
Participate in the OPIC@10 conference (Leiden, April 2024) (TBC).
Prepare a first draft of the General Comment, based on the inputs provided by the CRC Working Group, the written submissions received from external stakeholders, the consultations with children as well as the outcomes of the regional consultations. 
Qualifications:
Education:
  • Advanced University degree in law, Human Rights, Social Sciences or a related technical field.
Work experience:
  • Minimum 15 years of work experience in human rights, child rights and access to justice, including at the international level.
  • Experience in providing guidance to States on their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
  • Familiarity with the work of the Committee on the Rights of the Child or other UN Treaty Bodies.               
Requirements: 
  • Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and provided copy of academic credentials
  • Technical proposal with a methodology for deliverables and timelines
  • Financial proposal that will include:
  • Cost per deliverable or lumpsum for the whole deliverables as indicated in the terms of reference
  • travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
  • Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
  • Indicate your availability
  • Any emergent/unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
  • At the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have current health insurance coverage in place.
  • Payment of professional fees will be based on the submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

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