Preparing briefing notes on Human Rights Council's interactive dialogues with Special Rapporteurs
Summarize interactive dialogues on human rights and climate change.
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Overview
Summarize interactive dialogues on human rights and climate change.
You have:
- Excellent drafting skills in English.
- Advanced degree in law, human rights, sociology, political science, or related field.
- Minimum of one year professional experience in research and drafting documents on environment, climate change, water and sanitation, or other related areas.
- Experience in inter-governmental meetings (if possible).
Contract
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In 2021, the Human Rights Council established a new mandate on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change and it will appoint the Special Rapporteur during its 49th session in March 2022. The Human Rights Council has asked the Special Rapporteur on climate change to coordinate closely with Special Rapporteurs on environment, hazardous substance and waste, and water and sanitation. In order to facilitate such coordination, it is essential to understand what has been discussed at the interactive dialogue held by those mandate-holders at the Human Rights Council.
The UN Volunteer will summarize the interactive dialogues held by three Special Rapporteurs (environment, hazardous waste and water and sanitation) during the Human Rights Council sessions from 2015 - 2022 by reviewing the recordings on UN webTV. Specifically, the relevant sessions are: September HRC sessions in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (for two mandates: hazardous waste and water and sanitation) and March HRC sessions in 2020 and 2021 (for one mandate: environment). In the summary, the UN Volunteer will take notes of salient points made in the interventions by each State and non-State entity. The UN Volunteer will be asked to provide the summary of two interactive dialogues per week. The interactive dialogues last from 2 to 3 hours and therefore, the estimated time required for this task (total of 12 summaries) will be 4 to 5 hours for each summary. A sample summary of interactive dialogue will be provided.
- excellent drafting skills in English
- advanced degree in law, human rights, sociology, political science, or related field
- minimum of one year professional experience in research and drafting documents on environment, climate change, water and sanitation, or other related areas
- experience in inter-governmental meetings (if possible)
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a time when your drafting skills significantly impacted a project? | This question assesses the candidate's ability to articulate the importance of clear communication in their work. | Provide an example where your writing helped clarify complex issues or facilitated understanding among different stakeholders. |
| How do you approach researching complex topics like climate change and human rights? | This question evaluates the candidate's research methodology and ability to synthesize information. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What experience do you have working in intergovernmental settings? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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