To Support the development of General Comment

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.
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