Human Rights Officer

hace 3 semanas

Panama United Nations A tiempo completo

This position is located within the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (Group of Human Rights Experts) pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/49/3. The incumbent will work under the direct supervision of the Coordinator of the Group of Human Rights Experts.

**Responsibilities**:
Within delegated authority, the Human Rights Officer (Legal Officer) will be responsible for the following duties:

- Conducts extensive legal research and analysis on the body of information and evidence collected by the Secretariat with a view of identifying individual criminal and command responsibility; assesses evidence for relevance, admissibility, and shareability in conformity with established OHCHR consent practices;
- Conducts analysis and research on various legal matters pertaining to the investigation, and contributes to drafting the investigation plan;
- Analyzes and advises the team on matters related to the applicable legal framework and the legal standards applicable to the human rights situation under investigation;
- Provides advice on different legal issues and assists in drafting legal opinions, memoranda and other briefing documents for the Secretariat staff;
- Ensures legal accuracy of all documents, including reports, submissions, press releases etc., prepared by the Secretariat;
- Assists in the drafting of the legal framework and analysis of the Secretariat’s reports and ensures consistency of findings, conclusions and recommendations with the mandate, applicable law and information gathered
- Identifies trends and patterns of human rights violations and abuses, and violations of international criminal law and international humanitarian law;
- Conducts information gathering activities under the guidance of the Investigation Team Leader, including interviews and the collection and analysis of open sources material and satellite imagery.
- Ensures the legal analysis and legal qualification of the findings integrate gender perspective, reflecting the gender dimensions and gendered impact of the violations.
- Performs other duties as required

Competencies

TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others’ ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.

COMMUNICATION: Speaks and writes clearly and effectively; listens to others, correctly interprets messages from others and responds appropriately; asks questions to clarify, and exhibits interest in having two-way communication; tailors language, tone, style and format to match audience; demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.

Education
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international law, international criminal law or another discipline related to human rights is required. A first level university degree in the mentioned fields of studies, in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Work Experience
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and/or international criminal law is required.

Relevant working experience in a judicial institution or accountability mechanism providing legal analysis on international human rights law, international humanitarian law and/or international criminal law is desirable.

Relevant working experience in or on Latin America is desirable.

Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency, in English and Spanish (both oral and written) is required.

Assessment
Evaluation of qualified applicants may include an eliminatory assessment exercise which will be followed by a competency-based interview

Special Notice

United Nations Considerations

Due regard will be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis as possible. The United Nations places no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs. The United Nations Secretariat is a non-smoking environment.

Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process.

Applicants are urged to follow carefully all instructions available in the online recruitment platform, inspira. For more detailed guidance, applicants may refer to the Manual for the Applicant, which can be accessed by clicking on “Manuals” hyper-link on the upper right side of the inspira account-holder homepage.

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