National Consultant: Cultural Heritage: Yazidi, Shabak, Kakai, Shi’a, Sunni, Christians

Result of Service Timelines for Work Outputs:

i. The first drafts of the Site Assessment Reports for 15-20 sites to be delivered electronically to the team latest by [15 August 2023]. ii. The first drafts of the Site Assessment Reports for remaining 15-20 sites to be delivered electronically to the team latest by [15 September 2023]. iii. Final Site Assessment Reports, after incorporating the UNITAD Team’s feedback and making necessary amendments, should be delivered electronically by [30 September 2023]. iv. Throughout the consultancy period, the Consultant will share weekly informal feedback to team members, as appropriate, and in accordance with the pace of work and volume of material apparent at the commencement of the consultancy.

In each case, indicators for the evaluation of deliverables/outputs will include: - Quality of the work products - Timeliness - All analysis, findings, and conclusions are based on documents listed in the report (refer point D) and is available for the team to review - Clear communication with the team and timely updates about information found by the consultant and any amendments to the deliverables.

Work Location Home-Based (including some field-trips)

Expected duration 45 days during three months – 01 July – 30 September 2023.

Duties and Responsibilities Background

On 21 September 2017, the Security Council adopted Resolution 2379 (2017) in which it requested that the Secretary-General establish an Investigative Team, headed by a Special Adviser, to support domestic efforts to hold ISIL accountable by collecting, preserving and storing evidence in Iraq of acts that may amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, committed by ISIL in Iraq, to the highest possible standards, to ensure the broadest possible use before national courts, and complementing investigations being carried out by the Iraqi authorities, or investigations carried out by authorities in third countries at their request. The Terms of Reference for the operation of the Investigative Team were approved by the Security Council on 13 February 2018.

On 30 May 2018, the Secretary-General appointed Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan as the Special Adviser to head the Investigative Team, with effect from 13 July 2018. On 20 August 2018 the Investigative Team formally commenced its activities and on 29 October 2018 deployed its initial elements to Baghdad, Iraq. Since taking his position, the Special Adviser has begun to take forward the work needed to establish the Investigative Team, now designated as the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (“UNITAD”), and ensure that it is fully functioning, pursuant to OP 7 of resolution 2379 (2017). In October 2021, Mr. Karim Asad Ahmad Khan was replaced by the current SA, Mr. Christian Ritscher, who has further developed the above activities.

One of UNITAD’s priority investigations is on the destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL of all ethnic communities in Iraq. UNITAD is developing a case assessment which provides an overview and analysis of the investigative findings in this field. The objective of this case assessment is two-fold: (i) to document ISIL crimes of cultural heritage committed against all ethnic communities throughout Iraq; and (ii) to identify those most responsible for those crimes with a view to bring them to account before a court of law in Iraq or elsewhere in the world, which deals with investigating and prosecuting ISIL perpetrators and offers fair trial guarantees.

Consultancy Deliverables:

The contract will be conducted through the completion of the following deliverable:

DELIVERABLE 1:

Site Assessment Reports for the Destruction of Cultural Heritage of Yazidi, Christian, Kaka’i, Turkmen, and Shabaki community in Iraq. A. Producing site assessment reports containing the following 30+ sites relevant for Yazidi, Christian, Kaka’i, Turkmen, and Shabaki community: 1. Approx. 25 sites for Yazidi, Kaka’i, Turkmen, and Shabaki community 2. 3-5 Christian sites 3. Nimrud Assyrian Palace 4. Potentially other sites to be identified

B.The suggested format for the Site Assessment Reports is as follows: 1. Full name and location of the site 2. Status of the site before ISIL takeover, including a brief history and cultural significance of the site 3. Assessment of the damage, destruction, and misuse of the site during ISIL takeover 4. Current status of the site post-liberation and information on any reconstruction efforts 5. Explanation of the ISIL ideology, reason or justification given to destroy, damage or misuse the site 6. Identification of ISIL perpetrators and/or ISIL department/diwan involved in damage, destruction and misuse of the site

Additionally, the report should include the following supporting material, wherever available 1. ISIL official publications, such as photos, videos, and fatwas, etc. in relation to the damage, destruction, and misuse of the site 2. Before and after pictures of the sites 3. Reports from the site visits undertaken by the Consultant 4. Additional literature reviewed and used in the report 5. Any further information on additional sources for more details on these sites

C. The final format of the site assessment reports to be discussed with and agreed upon with the Team at the commencement of the consultancy. There should be proper and complete citations for all the sources of information included in these reports and these citations need to be referenced in the Annex (See point D below).

D. The Site Assessment Report will also include an Annex with a complete list of supporting documents used in the report, including site visit reports, expert and academic reports, witness interviews, ISIL documents, news and journal articles etc. A copy of all supporting documents used and cited in the site assessment reports should be collected for the UNITAD team’s internal holdings.

E. The Site Assessment Report to be delivered in Arabic and translated into English.

Qualifications/special skills A University degree undergraduate- and postgraduate level is required. A PhD is desirable. Field of education: archeology, cultural heritage, history, (historical) geography or other related field.

A minimum of 10 years of experience in conducting academic research in Iraqi cultural heritage, history, historical geography, or other related fields of research is required.

Teaching experience and publications in this research area is required.

Experience in assessing the destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq by ISIL or similar groups is desirable.

Field-experience, site visits and assessments of cultural heritage sites of different ethno-religious communities in Iraq is desirable.

Languages English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this position, fluency in Arabic is required. Knowledge in English is desirable.

"Fluency" equals a rating of 'fluent' in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and "Knowledge of" equals a rating of 'confident' in two of the four areas.

Additional Information As per UN policy, Consultants and Individual Contractors may not apply for or be appointed to any position in the Professional or above categories and for positions at the FS-6 and FS-7 levels in the Field Service category within six months of the end of their current or most recent service. This restriction does not apply to associate experts (Junior Professional Officers) appointed under the Staff Rules.

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.