Human Rights Specialist

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Mission and objectives

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. OHCHR has the mandate to promote and protect all Human Rights for all. The High Commissioner for Human Rights is the principal Human Rights official of the United Nations. The High Commissioner heads OHCHR and spearheads the United Nations' Human Rights efforts. OHCHR offers leadership, work objectively, educate, and take action to empower individuals and assist states in upholding Human Rights. The Office’s priorities expected accomplishments and strategies are set out in the OHCHR Management Plan 2018-2023. OHCHR’s thematic priorities are strengthening international human rights mechanisms; enhancing equality and countering discrimination; combating impunity and strengthening accountability and the rule of law; integrating Human Rights in development and in the economic sphere; widening the democratic space; and early warning and protection of human rights in situations of conflict, violence, and insecurity. These resonate with the priorities of the Czech Republic mainly under Good Governance, inclusive Development, and humanitarian protection among others. The Office also supports the work of the United Nations Human Rights mechanisms, including the Treaty Bodies established to monitor State Parties' compliance with the core international Human Rights treaties and the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. We promote the right to development, coordinate United Nations Human Rights education and public information activities, and strengthen Human Rights across the United Nations system. We work to ensure the enforcement of universally recognized Human Rights norms, including through promoting both the universal ratification and implementation of the major Human Rights treaties and respect for the rule of law.

Context

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Representative of OHCHR EARO or his delegated responsibility, the UN Volunteer will be assigned to support OHCHR-EARO’s work in capacity building, human rights monitoring and technical assistance to the Government and Regional authorities as well as Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders

Task description

Under the direct supervision of OHCHR-EARO Deputy Representative and the relevant workstream lead, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks: • Building the capacity and technical assistance to the Federal and Regional Government institutions, Civil Society and Human rights defenders on human rights issues. • Support human rights and development work including Business and human rights. • Collaborate with human rights officers on human rights mechanisms. • Develop and Analyse relevant human rights products in support of the government institutions, planning activity implementation and organising trainings for various stake holders in the various regions in close collaboration with the human rights field monitors and relevant Human Rights Officers. • Preparation and Compile reports required for submission to the Regional office and HQ as required. • Maintain good working relations between OHCHR-EARO and partners working on human rights issues, especially the judiciary, CSOs, national human rights institutions and UN agencies. Support in building new partnerships in the regions with national ac-tors on behalf of OHCHR-EARO. • Participate as needed in OHCHR-EARO’s engagements with UN agencies, humanitarian actors, protection actors and other relevant stakeholder meetings in the regions as required in mainstreaming human rights in the humanitarian context. • Ensure a human rights base approach is used in OHCHR-EARO’s work with other UN and CSO partners in the planning and implementation of the Ethiopia country-based initiatives/projects.