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Mission and objectives
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is the principal United Nations agency responsible for the promotion and protection of Human Rights. It is part of the Secretariat of the United Nations, an inter-governmental organization made up of 193 Member States.OHCHR’s headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It maintains an office at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, country and regional offices, and Human Rights advisers assigned to United Nations Country Teams. It also manages United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world.The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has been operating in Cambodia since October 1993. The 1991 Paris Peace Accords had given the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) a mandate to monitor the Human Rights situation during the transitional period (1991-1993). Once the work of UNTAC was concluded, the Accords mandated the United Nations to continue its Human Rights work in the country. The Office’s programme developed from this mandate.
Context
The OHCHR Cambodia Country Office is one of oldest field presences of OHCHR. It is based in the capital city of Phnom Penh. It currently has 23 staff members.In fulfilling its mandate to promote and protect Human Rights, the Country Office is focusing on the following five thematic areas:- Strengthening international Human Rights mechanisms,- Enhancing participation and protecting civic space,- Progressive realization of economic and social rights,- Enhancing equality and countering discrimination,- Strengthening the rule of law and accountability for Human Rights violations.
Task description
Under the direct supervision of the Country Representative, and in close coordination with programmatic units as relevant, the UN Volunteer will support the OHCHR Cambodia Office work on the promotion and protection of Human Rights with a focus on economic, social and cultural rights.In particular, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:• Collect, manage, and analyze both primary and secondary data and information pertaining to Human Rights matters with focus on economic, social and cultural rights, including their gender dimensions from a variety of data sources (e.g. survey, communications, publications, the press) to keep abreast of issues/events and provide up-to-date information; assists in the analysis of information, to include the impact on the countries and thematic mandates on the Human Rights situation in assigned area.• Prepare draft risk analysis pertaining to economic, social, and cultural rights.• Undertakes research on various topics relating to thematic areas of focus of the Office;• Participate in the monitoring work conducted by the Office and assist in drafting the monitoring reports;• Draft a variety of reports and correspondence relating to Human Rights matters.• Contribute to the preparation of conferences and workshops;• Take notes during meetings and events and assist in drafting the respective reports;• Proofread and compile reports and materials in English for distribution during events;• Participates in Human Rights training program for government officials, representatives of the civil society and Human Rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in order to promote national capacity building.• Reviews Human Rights issues, including their gender dimensions, and participates in discussions with other Human Rights Officers (HROs) and economists on the integration of these issues into political, humanitarian and economic efforts and programs.• Participates with other HROs in discussions with relevant authorities and other influential actors with the aim of stopping or preventing Human Rights violations or seeks other remedial action by the authorities to prevent similar violations occurring in the future.• Designs and maintains database to track project progress.• Performs other related duties as required.Furthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for in-stance in events that mark International Volunteer Day);• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country;• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities;• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.;• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers;• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.
