Consultant: Legal Expert on Southern Africa Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (Cancelled)

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Overview

Provide legal expertise on combating trafficking and smuggling in Southern Africa.

You have:

• An advanced university (Master's degree or equivalent) in the field of law is required.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional experience in work related to serious and organized crime, human rights law or criminal law.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.
• Proven experience in delivering workshops to develop legislation, policy, national strategies and action plans.
• Very strong knowledge of local, regional and global human trafficking developments is desirable.

Result of Service a) Provide legal support in the strengthening of legislative frameworks on combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in selected SADC member states b) Undertake multi-disciplinary trainings on combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants for prosecutors, Judges and Magistrates in selected SADC member states including development of training material tailored for each country – preferably based from the TIP Regional Case Digest.. c) Undertake training for Prosecutors, Judges and Magistrates in SADC Member States. d) Develop of a mock trial based on the Regional Case Digest cases to be executed in a mock trial for Judicial Officers in the SADC Region. e) Plan and execute a mock trial for judicial Officers in at least one SADC country.

Work Location Home based with travel to the Region

Expected duration 55 working days.

Proposed working period: 15 May– 10 August 2022

Duties and Responsibilities 1. Background of the assignment

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Southern Africa (ROSAF) implements a Regional Programme aimed at combating Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants. This project is run under collaboration with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat. Under an EU funded Southern Africa Migration Management (SAMM) project which is a model of a ONE-UN approach collaborative effort between 4 UN development and humanitarian agencies: the ILO, the IOM, UNODC and UNHCR, whose overall objective is to improve migration management in the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) supports Member States in domesticating the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, both protocols supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

Trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants are distinct crimes. The lines between the two may often be blurred though especially when they occur in mixed migration flows. A person may start their journey as an asylum seeker, for example, before seeking the help of smugglers and then being exploited as a victim of trafficking, while in need of refugee protection. According to the SADC regional statistical report (2004-2016), approximately 1,217 victims of TIP were officially reported to law enforcement agencies in the SADC region during the period 2004- 2016/7. It is believed that this is just a small proportion of cases of trafficking in persons as a number of cases are not identified and therefore, not reported. This is largely because of the complex and hidden nature of the crime. There are also cases where victims are rescued but are not interested in cooperating with law enforcement for purposes of investigation and prosecution of the offence. The Programme also just launched the Trafficking in Persons Case Digest, which is a compendium of cases from the Region. This will require dissemination, through trainings, to Criminal Justice Practitioners.

In that regard, UNODC requires the services of a consultant (Legal Expert) to support the strengthening of legislation frameworks on combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants as well as supporting multi-disciplinary trainings for criminal justice practitioners in the SADC Region.

2. Purpose of the assignment

The purpose of the assignment is to support the delivery of multi-disciplinary anti-trafficking in persons and anti-smuggling of migrants’ trainings in selected SADC member states on victim centered investigations, prosecutions and adjudication through provision of training expertise, as well as providing technical legislation support in strengthening legislations on combating TIP and SOM in the SADC region.

3. Specific tasks to be performed by the consultant

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Representative and within the framework of the UNODC Regional Programme for Southern Africa, the consultant will perform the following tasks:

a) Provide legal support in the strengthening of legislative frameworks on combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in selected SADC member states

b) Implement a technical assistance work-plan on multi-disciplinary trainings on combating trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants for prosecutors, Judges and Magistrates in selected SADC member states including development of training material tailored for each country – preferably based from the TIP Regional Case Digest. c) Undertake training for Prosecutors, Judges and Magistrates in SADC Member States d) Develop of a mock trial based on the Regional Case Digest cases to be executed in a mock trial for Judicial Officers e) Plan and execute a mock trial for judicial Officers in at least one country.

Qualifications/special skills Academic Qualifications: - An advanced university (Master's degree or equivalent) in the field of law is required. A first level university degree in similar fields, in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Experience: - A minimum of ten (10) years of professional experience in work, legislative drafting, national strategy and policy development or research in the area of serious and organized crime, human rights law or criminal law, including through direct work with multi-stakeholders bodies at national level is required; - Proven experience in delivering workshops to develop legislation, policy, national strategies and action plans, as well as facilitation of high-level multi-stakeholder processes is desirable; - Previous experience working with UN and/or Government entities is desirable; Competency: - Very strong knowledge of local, regional and global human trafficking developments is desirable; - Excellent legislative drafting, strategic planning, and presentation skills is desirable; Language: - English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For this post, fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations Secretariat language is desirable.

No Fee THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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